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Insights and trends in ancestral health documentaries.

Most people learn about ancestral health through books and blogs, which makes sense.

Primal folks tend to be big readers.

And the complexity and depth and constant evolution of the knowledge almost requires the written word for proper transmission.

But a well-produced, beautiful film with great content has a unique effect on viewers.

The combination of video and audio are more convincing than pros to our lizard brains.

Making documentaries a great vehicle for the introduction of a radically new idea.

Skilled creators in the paleo space have taken note, producing some excellent ancestral health

documentaries. Doesn't hurt that we're right, of course. And though ancestral health documentary

is definitely a subgenre that's on the smaller side, trends are emerging. Earlier documentaries

were celebrations and explorations of and introductions to the relatively young lifestyle,

intended for individuals hoping to gain control of their own health.

Future documentaries are looking at the bigger picture, how ancestral health can help the entire world

and the natural environment get healthier. In today's post, I'll go through some of the

standouts, explain what they offer, look to some upcoming

movies, and track the trends. Fathead. Pigeonholed by critics as a satirical response to

supersize me, Fathead begins by disproving the other film's tendency to infantilize the public and lay the entirety of the blame

for the obesity epidemic at the feet of fast food conglomerates. But the real meat of fathead

lies in the second half, when director Tom Norton skewers the lipid hypothesis and low-fat

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