400: Lessons From The Traditional Mongolian Diet & Lifestyle
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
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🗓️ 2 January 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
What does the Mongolian diet look like? What characterizes their lifestyle, and what changes might their choices make in my life? These are questions addressed by Mary Ruddick, the nutritionist known as the "Sherlock Holmes of Health" on today's episode.
She was recently in Mongolia for an extended period. She observed the elements of the traditional Mongolian diet, its extraordinarily high-fat content, its shifts with the seasons, the similarities between the Mongolian and Maasai dietary patterns, and more. She describes her experiences with Eagle Hunters in a remote country region, and why she is convinced the Mongolians were uniquely prepared by their diet and lifestyle to expand their empire.
She also offers insights into how their probiotic-rich foods and tight-knit community have served them well over the centuries. And how they can do the same for us wherever we live!
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| 0:00.0 | I think my biggest takeaway from this trip is that of course the Mongolians were the conquerors |
| 0:06.0 | of the world because they were so strong of mine and body and the staya that they eat so full of |
| 0:12.8 | the yellow fats right and the yellow dairy and all the stuff West and A price talks about is exactly |
| 0:19.9 | what makes you strong and almost like superhuman against the elements and everything else |
| 0:26.0 | and the way that it feeds the brain so that you're calm of mood and you have clear thoughts. |
| 0:31.2 | All of that would really go into a very good leader. |
| 0:39.6 | From the Weston A price foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions podcast for Wise traditions |
| 0:45.1 | in food, farming and the healing arts. We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional |
| 0:50.4 | wisdom to help you achieve optimal health and now here is our host and producer Hilda Labrata |
| 1:00.1 | Gore. Hey, Hilda here. In the 1930s, Dr. Price traveled the world learning from Indigenous |
| 1:07.8 | people groups. He documented their dietary patterns, their overall health and the influence of |
| 1:13.8 | modernity on both. On a recent trip to Mongolia, Mary Ruddick had the same objectives in mind. |
| 1:20.4 | This is episode 400 and our guest today is Mary Ruddick, a seasoned nutritionist who has been dubbed |
| 1:26.4 | the Sherlock Holmes of Health. Mary travels the globe researching ancestral diets and their |
| 1:32.0 | protective mechanisms on health. In October of 2022, Mary had the opportunity to visit Mongolia for |
| 1:39.1 | an extended period of time and today she describes to us what she learned during her experience there |
| 1:45.2 | and through her research. She discusses the traditional high fat diet of the Mongolian people |
| 1:51.2 | and the changes that have come with the introduction of flour in the 1800s. She shares her observations |
| 1:58.0 | of the health of the general populace and why she believes their robust health played a part |
| 2:02.9 | in the expansion of the Mongolian Empire. She also talks about the influence of modern foods |
| 2:08.6 | like candy and technology like cell phones and how these may be altering the Mongolian culture. |
| 2:15.0 | Finally, she discusses her experience staying with and hunting with Mongolian ego hunters |
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