What is ancestral eating?

After three years of recording podcast episodes, we thought it was about time we tackled this topic head-on. Because, although the word ancestral has become much more mainstream since we started, there is still much confusion about eating and living this way.

In this episode you will first hear us talk about what ancestral eating isn’t (including how it is different from eating carnivore or paleo) before we get onto defining what ancestral eating is. We will explain that it is not prescriptive, it's a philosophy and we will share what it means, practically, in the kitchen.

We both eat ancestrally, but our individual diets and kitchens look different we will outline that for you before talking about Who's Who in the ancestral eating world and giving you accessible and fun ways to move forward in your own ancestral kitchens.

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What we cover:

1. What ancestral eating isn't
2. Is ancestral eating anti-feminist?
3. Ancestral eating as a philosophy
4. The tenets of ancestral eating
5. A discussion on what 'natural' food for an animal is
6. How Andrea and Alison's diet differs...and yet both are eating ancestrally
7. Figureheads in the ancestral eating world
8. How to get started/move forwards

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Resources:

Alison's article: What Does Eating Ancestrally Mean?

Alison's article: What Ancestral Eating Isn't

Alison's article: Does Ancestral Eating Romanticise the Past

20 Small Steps to an Ancestral Kitchen episode

20 Small Steps to an Ancestral Kitchen free download

The Ancestral Kitchen Challenge episode

The Ancestral Kitchen Challenge free download

Our cookbook Meals at the Ancestral Hearth

Our Nourishing Traditions Episodes:

Our Favourite Nourishing Traditions Recipes

Nourishing Traditions: THE Ancestral Cookbook

The Fats We Love, The Fats We Leave to hear all about Crisco

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