Fertility & Native Cultures with Mikhaila Peterson
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Modern culture faces a quiet crisis of declining fertility, weakened health, and the erosion of traditional wisdom. This episode explores how ancestral nutrition and time-tested practices support vitality across mind, body, and community. Drawing from the classic work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, the discussion highlights what traditional diets can teach about human resilience and longevity.
From raw foods to regenerative eating, Mikhaila Peterson enters the second half of the show to connect modern health challenges with timeless nutritional principles and ask whether rediscovering nutrient-dense, traditional foods could restore balance to daily life and family well-being.
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Meet the Guest
Mikhaila Peterson is the founder of The Lion Diet, a speaker, podcaster, and advocate for using nutrition to reverse chronic illness. After years of autoimmune disease, joint replacements, and severe depression, she found relief on an all meat diet. Her experience has made her one of the most recognizable voices in the carnivore space where she shares her story and helps others explore dietary changes that support healing.
Connect with Mikhaila on Instagram or at mikhailapeterson.com.
Episode Highlights
Tristan and Mikhaila break down why nearly every healthy traditional culture relied on nutrient-rich animal foods, especially during pregnancy and childhood development. From Inuit women avoiding plants during pregnancy to Andean groups trading for iodine-rich skate eggs, the episode highlights how ancestral groups intuitively understood nutrition long before modern science caught up.
They also talk about Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price and his findings on facial structure, fertility, vitamin A, and the dramatic health decline when traditional groups switched to skim milk, refined grains, and sugar. Mikhaila shares her own experience with autoimmune recovery, an unexpected pregnancy, and a smooth home birth that mirrored the strength and resilience Price documented.
In this episode:
- Practical approaches to maintaining fertility through nutrition
- Lessons from Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price
- How cultural health reflects dietary choices
- Comparisons between traditional and modern food practices
- The connection between nourishment, vitality, and community well-being
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