The Truth About PALEO: What The Scientific Data Reveals About Our Ancestral Diet & Nutrition & More with Dr. Jenny Powers

Optimal Protein Podcast with Vanessa Spina

Vanessa Spina

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.5 • 758 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this episode of The Optimal Protein Podcast, I’m joined by Dr. Jenny Powers, an expert in evolutionary biology and ancestral nutrition. We dive into what modern research reveals about our ancestors’ diets — and how these insights can inform optimal nutrition strategies today.

Dr. Powers shares fascinating insights on:

🧬 How ancestral diets provide clues about macronutrient balance and nutrient density.

🥩 The role of animal-based proteins and whole foods in supporting metabolic health.

🍳 How aligning with ancestral eating patterns can promote fat loss, muscle preservation, and longevity.

Key Topics Discussed:

✅ The surprising truth about the macronutrient composition of ancestral diets.

✅ How our ancestors’ food choices align with modern research on high-protein, low-carb diets.

✅ Why food quality and nutrient density are crucial for metabolic health.

✅ Practical strategies for integrating ancestral nutrition principles into your everyday life.

🎧 Tune in now for powerful insights you can apply to your diet and lifestyle!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Optimal Protein Podcast. I'm Vanessa Spina.
0:04.0	Hello, my friends. Welcome back to the podcast. I'm your host Vanessa. And I am so excited for today's episode. We have a scientist joining us today who is also an author, Dr. Jenny Powers. And she just wrote the book on The Origin of Being. I loved her book. And I learned so much about the way that our ancestors ate and slept
0:24.1	and worked and had rest and relationships with nature that we really no longer have.
0:30.9	And it was such a fun and fascinating conversation.
0:33.9	What I love the most about Jenny's approach is that she really focused on what
0:39.1	the scientific evidence said and shows about our approaches to nutrition historically.
0:47.2	And she doesn't come to it with any kind of bias. She's just really objectively looking at what
0:52.0	the data shows. And we can extrapolate from that some of the best ways to nourish our bodies and optimize
0:58.6	our health and nutrition based on what is the most aligned with our physiology, which, although
1:04.5	we today live in very high-tech environments with a lot of convenience, our actual DNA hasn't
1:10.5	really changed that much from our
1:13.0	ancestors. And so I think this is a great conversation. I love anytime we can get beyond that
1:20.0	sort of dietary camps and look at what we can actually agree on, what we should really avoid
1:25.7	and what we should include more of in our diets and our
1:29.8	lifestyles when it comes to everything from eating to sleeping to working to relating. So I really
1:37.4	enjoyed the book and I really enjoyed this conversation. I would love to hear any highlights
1:42.1	or takeaways that you had from the episode. So be sure to share those with me and all of us in our podcast group on Facebook, which is the optimal protein podcast on Facebook. All right. Now with a quick break, we will jump in to today's episode.
1:58.0	Hi, friends. I want to tell you about a very important nutrient that many of us
2:03.2	are deficient in and not even aware of it. And that nutrient is light and specifically red light.
2:09.7	I am so passionate and obsessed with the incredible amount of science behind red light therapy's
2:17.1	ability to support our mitochondrial health.
2:19.6	Now, our mitochondria, as you probably know, are responsible for helping us to do pretty much
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