318: The Sherlock Holmes of Health
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 ā¢ 2.4K Ratings
šļø 21 June 2021
ā±ļø 35 minutes
šļø Recording | iTunes | RSS
š§¾ļø Download transcript
Summary
There are still people on the earth in perfect health--who don't know what a headache is, who don't experience insomnia, period pain, depression, or anxiety. Dr. Mary Ruddick is traveling the globe to find them and learn from their traditional health ways, to see how we might apply theĀ protective mechanisms to our own health.
Today, she tells stories related to her travelsĀ throughout Africa, the Blue Zones, and remote regions of the world. She discussesĀ her observations, both from traditions kept and others, lost. She also tells her own health journey and how the work of WAPF and the GAPS diet helped her recover after years of being bedridden. Finally she tells us about a project she is putting into place to help children stick close to their ancestral diets.
Visit her website:Ā enableyourhealing.comĀ &Ā cows4kids.com
Sign up for theĀ Lunch Leader Training Academy
Check out our sponsors:Ā Redmond Real SaltĀ andĀ Paleo Valley
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | One of the most recent communities I went to was the Batwa, which are in Uganda. |
| 0:04.3 | They're in this remote region over by the gorillas, and they've been kicked out of the forest. |
| 0:08.8 | They lived in the windy forest for millennia, as long as we know. |
| 0:13.2 | But I had expected them to be about as healthy as the Hudson, because they're also hunter-gatherers. |
| 0:19.1 | But they actually were far superior in health. |
| 0:22.3 | And to such a level that I didn't even know was possible with all my travels in studies. |
| 0:28.0 | The Batwa, they're elderly, are in incredible health. |
| 0:32.0 | They can hop two feet off the ground over and over for 15 minutes. |
| 0:36.0 | And these are people that are well over 100 years. |
| 0:38.8 | We saw families with seven generations where the oldest three generations were doing the |
| 0:43.4 | stance for 15 minutes, and they would do it every day. |
| 0:46.4 | The most remarkable part was that they're not out of breath when they're done. |
| 0:50.4 | From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for Wise traditions |
| 1:01.7 | in food, farming, and the healing arts. We are your source for scientific knowledge and |
| 1:06.5 | traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. |
| 1:09.9 | Hey, Hilda here. There are still people on the earth in perfect health who don't know what a |
| 1:22.7 | headache is, who don't experience insomnia, period pain, depression, or anxiety. |
| 1:29.0 | I know it seems hard to believe since many of us, along with family and friends, |
| 1:33.1 | have these health conditions, among others. |
| 1:36.0 | But our guest today has indeed witnessed this beautiful picture of health first hand. |
| 1:43.0 | This is episode 318 and our guest today is Dr. Mary Ruddick. |
| 1:47.6 | Mary is a seasoned medical nutritionist who specializes in metabolic, microbiome, immune, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Weston A. Price Foundation, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Weston A. Price Foundation and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright Ā© Tapesearch 2026.