I could not be more excited about today’s conversation and today’s guest because I am here with Nora Gedgaudas who is by and large one of the early leaders in the ancestral health and healthy living movement. Her work is brilliant and she is one of the best researchers I know.
Here’s just a short intro to her long list of accomplishments: Nora Gedgaudas is a board-certified nutritional consultant and a board-certified clinical neurofeedback specialist with over 20 years of clinical experience solving the toughest health cases. She’s a world-recognized authority on ketogenic diets, ancestrally based nutrition, and has best-selling books including Primal Body, Primal Mind, Rethinking Fatigue, and her newest book, Primal Fat Burner: Live Longer, Slow Aging, and Super-Power Your Brain and Save Your Life With a High Fat, Low-Carb Paleo Diet. (That’s a mouthful!)
Nora offers a Primalgenic health certification program, one of the best out there, called Primal Restoration. It’s a unique and invaluable source of unique cutting-edge information. If you can’t tell, I really respect her research and I’ll link to as much of it as possible in the resources below.
Let’s get into it!
Episode Highlights With Nora Gedgaudas

how Nora’s health career came out of her personal fight against chronic depression
why she resists the labels “paleo” and “ketogenic” and came up with a new approach
how much protein we really need and why we shouldn’t eat too much
the reason our diet should be high in vegetables by volume and fat by calories
why the vast majority of people with autoimmune disease may never know it
the new metabolic pathway science just discovered and what it could explain about cancer growth
how gluten sensitivity may not be something you can heal (sad)
“oral tolerance” — what it is and how it’s just as important as healing your gut
the surprising reason we actually don’t need dietary carbohydrates
if women can handle a keto diet for the long-term
Nora’s take on longevity (it’s fascinating!)
so much more!

Resources We Mention

Learn more about Nora’s programs at PrimalBody-PrimalMind.com
Nora’s Primal Restoration Certification Course
Cyrex Labs
The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller
For Your Own Good by Alice Miller
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

Books by Nora Gedgaudas

Primal Fat Burner
Primal Body, Primal Mind