The 2017 Ancestral Health Symposium
What I really love about PaleoF(x) and the Ancestral Health Symposium is the tremendous sense of community. I have always encouraged my peers to attend these conferences for the fantastic networking opportunities in addition to the quality of the presentations.
It was a huge privilege to be granted a chance to present on schizophrenia and evolution at AHS this year. For those of you who have been asking me for the presentation recording, please check back here for it. I will upload the presentation recording and associated article once they are available.
If you couldn’t attend this year, here is a little taste of what you missed! You can find these and other talks, including those by Robb Wolf, Chris Masterjohn, and other leaders of the paleo movement in addition to researchers such as Rand Akasheh on the Ancestral Health YouTube channel once they have been posted. I hope I will see you there at AHS 2018!
Phyto-biological warfare: An evolutionary approach to botanical medicine
Heat stress as a tool in detoxification
Hunter-gatherer sleep: What can we learn?
How the ‘New Man’ inadvertently sabotages the first ancestral food
Innovative approach to health education
N of 1 experimentation
Primal Play!
Phyto-biological warfare: An evolutionary approach to botanical medicine
Listen to a favourite and familiar story by my research partner Dr. Guillermo Ruiz of 30/30 Strong as he explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of the beautiful plants we use for making medicine. These plants aren’t producing medicinal compounds just for us, so why are they producing them? How do we benefit and what happens when we mess up?Heat stress as a tool in detoxification
You may not spend a million hours (okay, maybe it isn’t quite a million hours) in a lab like I do, but chances are you are exposed to environmental toxicants in some way, shape or form throughout your daily life. Billy Mitchell of The Robust Human presented a solution to this in the form of saunas and you will definitely want to keep an eye out for his upcoming ebook on how to implement heat stress in your detox routine!Hunter-gatherer sleep: What can we learn?
This presentation by our friend Dan Pardi may challenge your assumptions on how much sleep we get in comparison to our ancestors. Perhaps those of you who are still students and subscribing to ridiculous study hours aren’t too far off from your great-great-greats as far as sleep is concerned. Listen in to learn more about ancestral sleeping habits and factors affecting optimal sleep. You’ll also want to check out the newly launched HumanOS.me!How the ‘New Man’ inadvertently sabotages the first ancestral food
Nick Mailer really has a gift for “mansplaining” in the most entertaining way possible the role of the modern male and the quest for gender equality in interfering with breastfeeding. Easily one of the most humorous and refreshing talks at this year’s conference, you will definitely want to dig up the recording for this one.Innovative approach to health education
I’m sure we’ve all made a fuss at some point in our school careers about how we felt we were being left out of what we actually wanted to be learning. Well our friend Dr. Rob Abbott is doing something about it! This year he presented an ebook he created for those who are interested in learning more about functional medicine, and the resources that are available on this topic. If this sounds like the perfect resource for you, download the book here!N of 1 experimentation
Aaron Blaisdell actually presented on a totally different topic, but I want to share with you another really cool project he’s involved in. This is a website called Health Crowds, a place dedicated to gathering the results of N of 1 experiments. Consider the huge potential here for both patients and physicians in discovering what works, what doesn’t and maybe some new ideas you would have never thought of trying!Primal Play
If you haven’t met Darryl Edwards I must say you are missing out. This is not your typical talk. This is an everybody-get-up-and-move around-roll-on-the-floor-don’t-lose-your-balance-if-you’re-not-participating-I’m-going-to-notice kind of talk. And a word of advice: don’t wear a dress and heels to these events. That would be stupid. I agree with Darryl Edwards on this one, being in a dress and heels was a poor excuse for not being able to participate.
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