Vegan vs Carnivore: What Ancestral Cultures Really Ate | Mary Ruddick

What if the secret to true health wasn’t found in a supplement or lab — but in the way our ancestors lived, ate, and thrived?

In this episode of Meat the Truth, I sit down with Mary Ruddick, a human ecologist often called “The Sherlock Holmes of Health.” Mary has spent years living among Indigenous tribes and studying the world’s so-called Blue Zones — uncovering what the world’s healthiest people really eat (and it’s not what we’ve been told).

We dive into what these cultures teach us about chronic illness, how modern nutrition got it so wrong, and what it really means to eat in alignment with how humans were designed.

If you’ve ever wondered whether humans were meant to be vegan, carnivore, or something in between — this conversation will completely change how you see food, health, and longevity.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:04 What chronic illnesses did Mary see in the indigenous tribes she’s visited?
2:38 SALTR Electrolytes
4:01 Are Blue Zones are plant based as we’ve been led to believe?
6:16 What are we doing wrong in the West that is secretly destroying our health?
8:05 What is wrong with eating plants when trying to heal autoimmune diseases or other chronic illnesses?
9:19 Is the carnivore diet actually healing or is it just keeping symptoms away?
12:33 What do people in the indigenous tribes do if they ever get sick?
15:49 Mary’s alternative beliefs on the healing mindset and its impact on our healing journey
19:13 What Mary typically eats on a day to day basis after spending so much time with indigenous tribes and Blue Zone communities
21:54 Final thoughts & outro

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