The Nugget Climbing Podcast EP 279: Something Different | Unlocking Resilience Through Ancestral Living — Eric Edmeades (Founder of WILDFIT)
Eric Edmeades is often referred to as the “Indiana Jones” of the professional speaking world. He has been traveling to Africa to visit the Hadza, one of the last remaining hunter-gatherer groups, since 2007. We talked about rites of passage, how ancestral living solved his health issues, lessons from his time with the Hadza, how to overcome evolutionary mismatch in Western society, founding WILDFIT, and much more. You can learn more about Eric at eric.ee
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Show Notes:
thenuggetclimbing.com/episodes/eric-edmeades
Nuggets:
(00:00:00) – Intro
(00:01:19) – Homeless as a teenager
(00:05:45) – Rites of passage
(00:15:10) – Building resilience
(00:19:27) – Health journey
(00:26:11) – The US medical system
(00:29:33) – Changing his diet
(00:33:33) – The Hadza (Hadzabe Tribe)
(00:37:58) – Evolutionary mismatch
(00:43:32) – What the Hadza eat
(00:51:45) – Healthy kids
(00:57:43) – Food psychology
(01:00:46) – Should we eat like the Hadza?
(01:10:34) – Frightened primates
(01:17:52) – 3 seasons of eating
(01:30:01) – Winter for the Hadza
(01:31:51) – Vegetables & tubers
(01:36:37) – The evolution gap
(01:40:05) – Movement & the lymphatic system
(01:45:02) – Executive function
(01:50:07) – What life’s about
(01:55:52) – Contentment
(02:03:16) – Rest & leasure
(02:05:47) – Unconditional love
(02:08:42) – WILDFIT
(02:15:40) – How to connect with Eric
(02:17:49) – Be the captain