The uniform environmental comfort afforded by central heating systems is a recent innovation in the timespan of human evolution. Early humans migrating to higher latitudes and altitudes had to contend with colder climates, driving genetic, physiological, and cultural adaptations. Regular exposure to the cold activates a number of beneficial responses including reduced inflammation, enhanced immunity, fat loss, and mood enhancement. By insulating ourselves from the cold and holing up in temperature-controlled homes and offices, we forgo these hormetic benefits. In recent decades, there has been a resurgence of interest in practices such as cold showers, open-water swimming, whole body cryotherapy, and cold yoga. Since the very idea of deliberate cold exposure is abhorrent to many, I'll review my own experience and provide some practical tips on gentler ways to increase your tolerance for cold and even embrace it with joy.
Todd Becker has been a frequent presenter at the Ancestral Health Symposium on a wide range of health topics. His AHS talk on myopia reversal, with over 1 million views on YouTube, is the most-viewed AHS talk. He writes the blog Getting Stronger on the health benefits of hormesis... Read More →
Dr. Georges Dagher is a health and performance practitioner. He blends his education and experience as a Chiropractor (DC), Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), researcher and athlete through a philosophy rooted in "movement as medicine." His evidence-based approach is to... Read More →
Julie Angel is a movement coach, artist, award winning filmmaker and author. After completing the world's first parkour themed Ph.D. she continued to move and learn from some of the best teachers and coaches with different approaches to movement. An eternal optimist, she now focuses... Read More →
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
Steven has been working at gyms most of his life. His first job was teaching Pee-Wee karate lessons at the age of 13. Steven has studied a number of martial arts, bodybuilding, weightlifting, metabolic conditioning, strength training, and calisthenics. He earned a B.S. in Kinesiology... Read More →
Jared Tavasolian is a lifelong student who wants to help you. He's been a personal trainer, health coach and personalized nutrition coach for the past 20 years. After training with some of the most elite movers in the world he stepped out of the gym and developed his own approach... Read More →
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
Isabel is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Autoimmune Paleo Certified Coach specializing in adults and seniors. She initially became a health coach to better understand how lifestyle changes could impact her own set of multiple chronic conditions. After great... Read More →
Simone Miller brings to the table 25 years of cooking and recipe development, which she uses to help boost the confidence of home cooks. Her down-to-earth voice and clear, precise recipes have helped thousands of people have more fun and success in the kitchen. Being the granddaughter... Read More →
Orleatha Smith, M.Ed, is a serial entrepreneur with experience in a wide variety of fields with the most recent decade spent in eCommerce creating and growing Sip Herbals, an herbal coffee substitute company. She has served in the wellness community for over a decade and her true... Read More →
Seven years ago, Ede Fox turned her life around with a ketogenic then carnivore diet. Decades of compulsive consumption of refined carbs and junk food led to obesity, joint pain, rising blood pressure & blood sugar, plus out of control asthma, allergies and eczema. Now at 50, she... Read More →
Nutrition, sleep, circadian rhythm, stress, exercise, and social connection have profound effects on health and immune response to infection. Immune dysregulation associated with severe COVID is well documented. Likewise, the effects of these lifestyle aspects on response to infection have been studied with respect to viral illness. This lecture will explore data related to lifestyle in the context of the pandemic. Long Covid risk factors, pathophysiology, and potential treatments from a functional medicine perspective will be explored. Questions related to vaccine risks/benefits stratified by age and comorbidities will be explored. Data related to effectiveness of antiviral medications, supplements, and botanicals will also be discussed.
I am a practicing physician, board certified in Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine with a Certificate of Special Qualifications in Critical Care. I practice pain management and anesthesiology in Redding, CA. My blogging interests include the effects of lifestyle (nutrition, exercise... Read More →
We evolved to move in different ways throughout the day. The extremes of an all or nothing approach to movement leads to imbalances, injuries, poor physical and mental health, and premature aging, all of which keep us from benefiting from our efforts. Movement Snacks are bite sized practices you can do for 10 minutes each day that reset the nervous system, increase your mobility, increase strength, and rebalance the body. They are an adaptogen for the body. Whether you’re busy, over train, have a stressful life, or enjoy your training but recognize the need to be 360 degrees strong, Movement Snacks are your way to play and move each day.
Julie Angel is a movement coach, artist, award winning filmmaker and author. After completing the world's first parkour themed Ph.D. she continued to move and learn from some of the best teachers and coaches with different approaches to movement. An eternal optimist, she now focuses... Read More →
Jared Tavasolian is a lifelong student who wants to help you. He's been a personal trainer, health coach and personalized nutrition coach for the past 20 years. After training with some of the most elite movers in the world he stepped out of the gym and developed his own approach... Read More →
Cyclic changes in estrogens and progesterone in mammalian species evolved over thousands of years and eventually developed into what we now refer to as the menstrual cycle. In the 1950s something occurred that natural selection had never anticipated: wide scale distribution of hormonal contraceptives. Today, over 100 million women use hormonal contraceptives, and this number is rapidly growing. Despite this, research on hormonal contraceptives and the brain has only recently emerged. Recent findings have found structural and functional changes in neuroimaging studies of hormonal contraceptive users as well as altered neuroplasticity in animal studies. Most strikingly, studies have reported altered cognitive function and increased depression, anxiety, binge-eating, insomnia, stress, and suicidality among hormonal contraceptive users. From an evolutionary perspective, control over one’s reproductive hormones is a brand-new phenomenon for humans. It’s essential that we consider these drugs in light of evolution in order to understand what unintended consequences they may have.
Jesse is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology in Montreal, Canada. His research focuses on the impact of hormonal contraceptives on the brain and cognition. Jesse is the assistant guest editor for a special issue on hormonal contraceptives in Frontiers... Read More →
The Gokhale Method helps people transform their S- or C- or I-spines to J-spines. In this workshop, the audience will learn how to begin their J-spine transformation. Volunteers will be invited on stage to use our PostureTracker wearable to help teach the audience. Helpful historical, anthropological, radiographic, and wearable data on posture will help deepen the learning. Expect to look better and feel better at the end of the workshop.
Esther Gokhale (GO-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton... Read More →
Esther Gokhale (GO-clay) has been involved in integrative therapies all her life. As a young girl growing up in India, she helped her mother, a nurse, treat abandoned babies waiting to be adopted. This early interest in healing led her to study biochemistry at Harvard and Princeton... Read More →
Dr. Georges Dagher is a health and performance practitioner. He blends his education and experience as a Chiropractor (DC), Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), researcher and athlete through a philosophy rooted in "movement as medicine." His evidence-based approach is to... Read More →
We evolved to move in different ways throughout the day. The extremes of an all or nothing approach to movement leads to imbalances, injuries, poor physical and mental health, and premature aging, all of which keep us from benefiting from our efforts. Movement Snacks are bite sized practices you can do for 10 minutes each day that reset the nervous system, increase your mobility, increase strength, and rebalance the body. They are an adaptogen for the body. Whether you’re busy, over train, have a stressful life, or enjoy your training but recognize the need to be 360 degrees strong, Movement Snacks are your way to play and move each day.
Julie Angel is a movement coach, artist, award winning filmmaker and author. After completing the world's first parkour themed Ph.D. she continued to move and learn from some of the best teachers and coaches with different approaches to movement. An eternal optimist, she now focuses... Read More →
Jared Tavasolian is a lifelong student who wants to help you. He's been a personal trainer, health coach and personalized nutrition coach for the past 20 years. After training with some of the most elite movers in the world he stepped out of the gym and developed his own approach... Read More →
One of the greatest public health crises any society faces is childhood developmental trauma. The trajectory of a person’s lifelong holistic health is determined less by genetics and more by epigenetics. Healthy epigenetic expression is determined by how completely a person’s childhood developmental needs were met and how secure the parent-child attachment relationship had been from birth through adolescence. Devastating numbers of children in industrialized and agricultural societies alike suffer developmental trauma and parent-child attachment disruption, which are scientifically correlated to lifelong deleterious outcomes in mental and physical health, including addiction, violence, suicidal ideation, autoimmune diseases, and premature mortality. Nature’s intent for children’s epigenetic, physical, psychological, neurological, cognitive, social, sexual, and spiritual development is foundational to holistic health. While a healthy Paleolithic diet is part of that equation, so must be attachment parenting and play-based learning: Paleolithic parenting and educating.
Laurie A. Couture is the author of "Instead of Medicating and Punishing" and the upcoming book, "Nurturing and Empowering Our Sons". She is an expert in child behavior, learning, and attachment and a specialist in treating developmental trauma in children and youths.Laurie has 25... Read More →
In 1990, Dr. Staffan Lindeberg, a Swedish physician, conducted an extensive field study in the island of Kitava, Papua New Guinea. Its inhabitants were horticulturalists and dietary staples were cultivated tubers (mainly yam, sweet potato and taro, but also small amounts of cassava), supplemented by fruits, leaves, nuts (including coconut), fish, maize and beans. Electricity, telephones, and motor vehicles were absent, and the average level of physical activity was classified as moderate-to-active. Among the various conclusions of this cross-sectional study, the most striking were: 1) the superiority of various biomarkers among Kitavans, when compared to a sex and age-matched Swedish control population, notwithstanding their low protein and high carbohydrate and saturated fat diet; 2) the apparent absence of common western diseases, despite the existence of a significant number of elderly individuals, the exceedingly high prevalence of smoking and betel chewing among adults, and a high parasitic and infectious burden.
PhD candidate and Researcher at Lund University (Sweden), and at the European University of Madrid (Spain). BSc and MSc in Human Nutrition.The title of his talk is “Revisiting the Kitava study.”
Isabel is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Autoimmune Paleo Certified Coach specializing in adults and seniors. She initially became a health coach to better understand how lifestyle changes could impact her own set of multiple chronic conditions. After great... Read More →
Brent is currently a Psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital. He trained at Johns Hopkins for medical school, residency, and fellowship. He co-founded AHS, with Aaron Blaisdell, over ten years ago, and we are delighted to welcome him back!His talk is entitled, “Prescription for pai... Read More →
I'm an English Orthodontist, my focus is on the why, why are teeth crooked, what causes sleep apnea, and what has changed. I have built a treatment based on treating the cause of the problem, and have lectured around the world on this subject. My current goal is to achieve positive... Read More →
Dr. Scott Solomons has practiced General Dentistry at Dental Associates of Connecticut since 1989, recently adding functional medicine to his practice. Dr. Solomons recently completed his studies in Functional Medicine at the Kresser Institute. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery... Read More →
James Nestor is an author and journalist who has written for Scientific American, Outside, The New York Times, and more. His latest book, Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, was released May 26, 2020 by Riverhead/Penguin Random House and was an instant New York Times and London... Read More →
Dr. Kevin Boyd is a board certified Pediatric Dentist in Chicago. He teaches in the Pediatric Dentistry residency program at Lurie Children's Hospital and serves as a dental consultant to their sleep medicine clinic. Dr. Boyd is a visiting scholar at the University of Pennsylvania... Read More →
Robert H. Lustig, M.D., M.S.L. is Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, and Member of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF. Dr. Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist, with expertise in metabolism, obesity, and nutrition. He is one of the leaders... Read More →
Siobhán Cooke is an Assistant Professor in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her laboratory- and field-based research program focuses on primate, and more broadly, mammalian dental and dietary evolution. Since 2009... Read More →
Get fitter, stronger and healthier using the power of Primal Play. Regardless of your relationship with activity; whether you have a love affair with fitness and relish a new challenge or hate exercise but want to get passionate about movement again – you will gain practical movement skills that will assist you in performing everyday, recreational and extraordinary physical tasks more effectively. You will also have a lot of fun doing it!
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
Tarpuna means ‘to sow’ in Kichwa, the ancestral language of the Andes. In the Corn episode of this documentary series, guardians from the highlands of Ecuador share their skills and traditions to preserve, exchange and reproduce their most sacred seed. The episode is a window into the most important indigenous ceremonial rituals centered around the sowing and harvest seasons in September and April-June. Viewers experience a typical day in the celebration of “la Sopalata”, with dancing and gatherings to honor the “abuelos” or sages during the day, and corn-based food and drink preparations and offerings at night. Traditional healers and cooks in the Saraguro, Loja and Cotacachi regions demonstrate the preparation of corn-based cooking recipes that have ritual and medicinal uses. Viewers take away a practical guide detailing the types, cultural meanings and methods of cooking, preservation, cultivation and honoring of corn in Ecuador.
Pilar Egüez Guevara, PhD is an Ecuadorian cultural anthropologist, writer and filmmaker, who specializes in food, culture, conflict and health. She is co-founder and director of Comidas que Curan, an independent food education and media company that blends ethnography and film to... Read More →
Ecuadorian filmmaker. He studied cinema in Montpellier, France and has 10 years of experience directing, producing and editing award-winning films. Selected works include: Editor of "Amarukan" (2019). Won “Best Picture” in Guajaca´s Native Film Festival 2020. Assistant editor/special... Read More →
Breathwork is a simple and easy practice harnessing the power of your breath to activate healing, calm the mind, and release anything holding you back. Come lie down, relax, and just breathe! Breathwork, uplifting music, and visualization are powerful and beneficial modalities on their own, but when you start blending and combining them in your daily meditation or spiritual practice, the magic starts happening. We'll use fundamental Pranayama techniques put into a sequence that combines rhythmic breathing to beat-driven music, for therapeutic function and a transformative experience.
Jen Broyles is a Mind-Body Health Coach and Neurosomatic Breath Therapist who helps people move from a place of pain, stuckness, and frustration into a life of possibility, healing, and freedom.She knows what it's like to feel like you have tried everything, followed the rules, listened... Read More →
Evolution rewards "fitness" as a holistic calculation of many inputs into differential reproductive success. Not all of these inputs are related to health and some concerns we may have about health such as longevity are not given preeminence in the calculation. Nevertheless, we can use the example evolution gives us as a mental model for appreciating the state of health we pursue as a holistic composite. Modern medicine in general struggles to define health in a holistic way. Vaccine research in particular has been increasingly characterized since 1980 by narrow focus on the pathogen of interest at the expense of such holistic measures. This "mismatch" with holistic measures of health as exemplified in the concept of evolutionary fitness will be examined by highlighting central characteristics of vaccine efficacy study designs that put pathogen-centric definitions of disease and holistic definitions of health at odds with one another.
Chris earned his Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut in 2012. He then served for two years as a postdoctoral research associate in the Comparative Biosciences department of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign... Read More →
Humans and all living things evolved grounded (in direct contact with the earth) 24/7, that is, until recent times. However, most of us now are rarely in direct contact with earth as we walk on non-conductive flooring and sleep on raised beds, and more recently, walk with synthetic soled foot ware which insulates us from the earth’s ground. This important because we no longer have access to the unlimited supply of free electrons on the earth’s surface which is supplied by over 3 billion yearly lightning strikes and other atmospheric phenomena. When we are grounded these free electrons neutralize the inflammation in our bodies caused by electron scavenging free radicals. Thus we find that grounding can have a significant impact on the plethora of chronic inflammatory diseases plaguing our society as well as improve cardiovascular, hormonal, immune, and nervous system function, as well as, cellular bioenergetics.
Mr. Richard Kotz graduated from Cornell University with a BA in biology and did his graduate work in statistics. Richard retired from the FDA where he managed statisticians reviewing hundreds of clinical trials for a wide variety of medical devices and conditions. He has also designed... Read More →
Mr. Clint Ober entered the fledgling cable industry at its infancy. He helped develop the first ever cable modem and grounding systems for the cable industry and holds several telecommunication patents. He was director of marketing for largest US cable television operator which was... Read More →
"In modern society, energy dense foods are consistently available. Food scarcity resulting in days without food is no longer common. Evolution has adapted us for periods of fasting, allowing our species to survive through paleolithic times. The practice of fasting is re-emerging as a part of our ancestry that has important, well studied health benefits in modern society. In an N=1 study, I will describe my use of water fasting to manage an ankylosing spondylitis diagnosis and symptoms, allowing me to wean off medications. Fasts of various lengths were used, including 16 hr to 40 hr daily intermittent fasting and longer fasts up to 7 days. Results include gradual control of symptoms and CRP levels during intermittent fasting and a sharp reduction through a 7 day fast. Physical activities through fasting and paleo style diet between fasting periods were maintained. Blood test results were recorded over nearly 4 years."
Chris Pudlak is the author of "Achieving Wellness through Arthritis". He was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis and writes firsthand from his experience of struggling with the disease. As a licensed engineer, he applied engineering techniques in researching and testing diets, activities... Read More →
After my doctor told me that many of my minor health issues were due to histamines, I went on a quest to solve my histamine problem. Through research and testing (N=1), I discovered a list of supplements and probiotics that did indeed solve my histamine problem. My poster will give you my solution to histamine overproduction or clearance failure – a solution that caused no side effects to me. It will also show why each of the items on the list reduces histamines.
Jake Jacobson was the founder and CEO of Help/Systems Inc, a software company. He was the one of the founding Board Members of Ancestral Health Society and is a current member of the Board. He reads medical research papers in his role as a personal scientist.He will present a poster... Read More →
Ketone bodies, such as R,S-sodium-3-hydroxibutyrate (βHB), serve as alternative fuel for the brain. Primary cortical neuron cultures (Sprague Dawley rat) were exposed to simulated injury to determine whether βHB supplementation can improve neuroregeneration. Scratch assays were performed with 2mM βHB in the culture media and without (control). CYTOSMART system with fluorescence microscopy was used to monitor cell migration, changes in cell density and the process of cell regeneration in the damaged area over 24 hrs. Immunofluorescence reaction was performed to label beta-III-tubulin and synapsin-I. Cells treated with βHB showed more intense migration to the damaged areas, more intense regeneration, compared to control. Markers that are associated with flagellar movement, cytoskeletal functions, axonogenesis and synaptogenesis were denser in βHB treated cells at the regeneration site. These results show that exogenous ketone supplements containing βHB may have the potential for treating injury to the central nervous system, such as traumatic brain injury.
Csilla Ari D`Agostino, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor Faculty at the Department of Psychology, University of South Florida. Her work involves neuroanatomy, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), fluorescence and confocal microscopy, hyperbaric experiments, metabolic therapies, molecular... Read More →
Patients with multiple complex chronic conditions require long term, multidimensional and hybrid approaches that account for the unique challenges these patients face.
Isabel is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and Autoimmune Paleo Certified Coach specializing in adults and seniors. She initially became a health coach to better understand how lifestyle changes could impact her own set of multiple chronic conditions. After great... Read More →
In the name of pandemic prevention, people have been encouraged to separate from one another via social distancing, avoiding group gatherings, and employing physical barriers from shields to masks. For homo sapiens, which developed in tightly-knit social environments with extremely high levels of social interaction and sensory attunement to our environment, this is a serious mismatch. We have gone beyond trying to sterilize our immediate environments (neglecting our healthy co-evolution with benign microorganisms) and begun seeing our fellow humans as direct threats to avoid, especially those who fail to embrace popular invasive medical interventions. We are designed to experience regular physical touch, and our brains are programmed to experience its absence and this kind of ostracization as extremely painful. We will explore the importance of touch and connection as part of holistic wellbeing and explore whether solutions like professional cuddling can help us replenish this vital nutrient.
Stephanie Welch, co-founder of CuddleHeaven.com, is an ancestral health advocate who believes that an evolutionary perspective seeking to mitigate all facets of modern lifestyle mismatch is the key to human flourishing. Since 2010, she has explored commonly held beliefs and taboos... Read More →
It is no coincidence that the words emotion, motivate, movement, and motor all have the same latin root MOTARE: that which moves us. [e]MOTION is a unique, immersive learning experience that empowers participants to find freedom in movement, and dig deep to find the "WHY" that motivates them to thrive and succeed in life. Taking a moment to truly unearth the moments and experiences that were catalysts to their chosen calling provides people with an invaluable opportunity to move forward with a sharper focus and a renewed sense of purpose.
Dr. Georges Dagher is a health and performance practitioner. He blends his education and experience as a Chiropractor (DC), Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), researcher and athlete through a philosophy rooted in "movement as medicine." His evidence-based approach is to... Read More →
Sarah ElRaheb-Dagher is a Canadian-Egyptian educator and coach who specializes in teaching public narrative, organizing, and leadership. She has her Master's in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education, with a focus on the arts in education. Sarah has worked with Dr. Marshall... Read More →
Learn to move with power, strength and grace. Crawl, walk, jump, sprint and move using unipedal, bipedal, quadrupedal and partner based locomotion inspired by the animal kingdom.
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
Evolutionary medicine needs to be heard around the developed world, but it doesn't make money, it's not sexy. But faces are! I've started the phenomenon of mewing and I am leading a movement. It's pure evolutionary medicine and I am being persecuted, my license to practice on the line, for providing treatment based squarely on these principles. At least this forces scientific engagement, and I will win, with your help decisively.
I will present the scope and relevance of this argument, the pattern of related health issues and their implications. And finally, how we can come together on a good bet to push our science forwards.
And remember the only people interested in this will be anyone with a face.
I'm an English Orthodontist, my focus is on the why, why are teeth crooked, what causes sleep apnea, and what has changed. I have built a treatment based on treating the cause of the problem, and have lectured around the world on this subject. My current goal is to achieve positive... Read More →
The role of iron in disease is widely underappreciated considering the body's absorption and management of iron highly influences one's susceptibility to, management of, and recovery from various categories of disease. Evolutionarily directed low iron status is protective against certain bacterial infections though can be problematic when it comes to allergies and asthma, protection against viral complications, and protection against bacterial infection when severely low. Systemic body inflammation in the presence of metabolic syndrome dysregulates iron in mimicry of chronic pathogen infection. Nearly all symptoms of "long covid" are the same as those of iron dysregulation, and perhaps not without reason. Nutrition and genetics are closely tied to iron status, and maintaining iron homeostasis is critical for optimal health in multiple respects.
Lisa is a canine health and genetics consultant who shifted her focus to the human side when a mysterious illness destroyed her quality of life. Unhelped by modern government-corporate medicine, she had to decipher the solution to her problem in order to recover her health. She... Read More →
Evidence contends that dietary macros are essential determinants of cancer risk and tumour behaviour. However, although these associations are captivating, considerable inconsistencies are evident in the literature and anecdotally. Fundamental to evaluating the significance of macronutrient ratios and tumour growth is knowledge about the evolution of cancer--which may highlight that a dogmatic emphasis on 'food as medicine' may be doing more harm than good.
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
Strength training is one of the simplest and most effective things we can do to cultivate health and fitness. In strength training, simple concepts applied consistently can yield surprising results. An example: the principle of "first things first." Following this principle we would learn to control the movement of our own body before introducing external load. In Evolutionary Strength, we will be exploring our physical control and movement ability through bodyweight-only animalistic movements. It can be scaled as needed, and provide an appropriate challenge for any fitness level. Come boost your energy level by unleashing your inner beast! This movement session will include a light warm up, mobilization, and movement drills, and feature some forgotten and underrated exercises inspired by our evolutionary ancestry.
Steven has been working at gyms most of his life. His first job was teaching Pee-Wee karate lessons at the age of 13. Steven has studied a number of martial arts, bodybuilding, weightlifting, metabolic conditioning, strength training, and calisthenics. He earned a B.S. in Kinesiology... Read More →
From hunting strategies to photosynthesis, fractal patterns are ever present in evolutionary systems to increase efficiency. This presentation will focus on the adaptation of seemingly random chaos that provides greater efficiency in survival. Secondly, we will explore ways to introduce randomness to lifestyle to increase health outcomes.
Dr. Guillermo Ruiz is a graduate of the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine. His aim is to use his research to advance Naturopathic medicine using an evidence-based approach, and focuses on finding evolutionary connections between our modern and traditional health care systems... Read More →
Learn to move with power, strength and grace. Crawl, walk, jump, sprint and move using unipedal, bipedal, quadrupedal and partner based locomotion inspired by the animal kingdom.
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
Csilla Ari D`Agostino, Ph.D. is a Research Assistant Professor Faculty at the Department of Psychology, University of South Florida. Her work involves neuroanatomy, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), fluorescence and confocal microscopy, hyperbaric experiments, metabolic therapies, molecular... Read More →
Get fitter, stronger and healthier using the power of Primal Play. Regardless of your relationship with activity; whether you have a love affair with fitness and relish a new challenge or hate exercise but want to get passionate about movement again – you will gain practical movement skills that will assist you in performing everyday, recreational and extraordinary physical tasks more effectively. You will also have a lot of fun doing it!
Darryl Edwards is a Movement Coach, author of the best-selling books "Animal Moves" and "My First Animal Moves", and a thought leader in the area of creativity and innovation in fitness and health.Darryl developed the Primal Play Method to inspire others to make physical activity... Read More →
The Lötschental was the first alpine valley Weston A. Price visited in his search for peoples free from dental degeneration. He stated: “The [Lötschentalers] . . . have neither physician nor dentist because they have so little need for them,” thereby reinforcing the romantic image (think of Heidi) of healthy mountain dwellers. But some critics of Price’s world-wide studies ask: “What about the high child mortality and short life expectancy of the groups Price studied?” thus by innuendo questioning the quality of those groups’ diets. Recent village genealogies of three of four Lötschental villages provide data for quantitative estimates of child mortality and longevity over hundreds of years. This presentation will describe the ongoing analysis of the data and point out factors other than food quality that complicate the story. Iodine deficiency, the potato’s appearance, genetic factors, and Swiss medical tourism boosterism all affected either real mortality or what Price was told.
Gregory Luckman received a B.A. with a major in Physics from Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He spent twenty-two years in industry, mostly working for companies that made materials or machinery for the manufacture... Read More →
For decades, the Dietary Guidelines of America have recommended strictly limiting added dietary salt primarily on the basis of real but largely clinically irrelevant effects on blood pressure. Members of the Low Carb and Paleo Diet communities have pointed out the senselessness of these recommendations, while also noting observational correlations between moderately higher salt intake and lower mortality. While it's true that salt has been highly prized in post-agricultural times, evidence does not support high sodium intake in either the Paleolithic or modern non-agrarian societies. In this talk I will present anthropological and biological evidence for and against increasing salt intake, with special attention to the ketogenic and animal-food-predominant dietary contexts.
Amber O'Hearn has a diverse scientific background with publications in mathematics, theoretical computer science, linguistics, psychology, and more recently nutrition. Her current focus of study revolves around the role of nutrition in the development of the human brain.The title... Read More →
Since the late 19th Century, we’ve observed exponential growth of overweight, obesity, and diabetes. In the U.S. alone, overweight and obesity have risen at least 35-fold since 1900, while diabetes has risen 35-fold since 1935. It has become fashionable to blame sugar, carbohydrates, or both for these disorders, which are now of pandemic proportions. Furthermore, the interest in both the “low-carb” community and published science has seen an almost infinite increase in recent years. But will dropping sugars and carbohydrates solve the problem? In the U.S. we’ve observed carbohydrate consumption falling since 1997 and sugar consumption falling since at least 2004, while obesity elevated from 33% to 42.5% and diabetes elevated from about 4% to 13% during this same interval (2000-2018). Seed oil consumption, on the other hand, continued to rise. Other countries have similarly challenging data for the ‘sugar-’ or ‘carb-hypothesis’ of obesity and diabetes. Answers to these vexing problems may lie in longitudinal observational data observed in “Nature’s laboratory.”
Chris Knobbe, MD, is a physician, researcher, ophthalmologist, and Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus, formerly of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas. Dr. Knobbe is known primarily for his research, publications, and presentations connecting Westernized... Read More →
