Seeking to feed yourself and your family the most nourishing food possible, but not sure where to start?
Check out our foundational videos and blog posts to learn about how the diets and technologies of our ancestors helped build our modern human bodies. This basic introduction will inform you as a consumer and home cook.
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Some videos to get you started!
Eat Bread Like a Duck
Should humans eat bread?
I get asked this question All. The. Time.
Yes, you can eat bread! You just need to eat it like a duck 😉
The human body is not designed to eat grains – that is, at …
Dr. Bill Schindler’s Eat Like a Human Story
Learn about Dr. Bill Schindler’s Eat Like a Human journey and how he has struggled with his weight for his entire life until he realized the key to human health & diet is learning to #EatLikeaHuman
Curiosity Stream | The Modern Stone Age Family
Food Anthropologist Dr. Bill Schindler is on an international quest to discover what we should eat. He and his family uncover ancient culinary practices and show how they can bring simplicity and good …
Classes
Watch these videos in the comfort of your home so you can learn how to cook for your family and eat like a human! Pause, rewind and rewatch at your leisure so you can master these approaches at your own pace.
Podcasts
How to Eat Like a Human – Dr. Bill & Christina Schindler | Sapian
We’re back in our new studio for episode number 2 with Dr. Bill Schindler and his wife Christina Schindler on video conference from Maryland. What you’ll get from this episode:
– From an …
Milk Street Radio | The 40,000 year old diet: Bill Schindler goes caveman and (barely) survives
Bill Schindler has experienced firsthand how our ancestors survived the unknown. This week, he shares with us the perils of life 40,000 years ago—from confronting hyenas in the night to eating cold …
Learn True Health | Episode #296 Ancestral Diets and the History of Food
Ancestral diets contain a lot of nutrient dense foods. But the modern diet has overtaken the real essence of how food should be prepared and eaten. There is a lot to learn about how ancestral diets …
Appearances
USA Science & Engineering Festival | Experimental Archaeology, Ancestral Diets and Modern Health with Famed Archaeologist Bill Schindler
Bill Schindler is not your traditional anthropologist. Specializing in primitive technology and experimental archeology at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland where he is associate professor, he uses a teaching approach that he calls “soul authorship” to immerse students in experiences that teach them first-hand about primitive technologies and ways of life practiced by our prehistoric ancestors.
Blog Posts
It’s Time to Redefine Food
We shouldn’t waste food, right? Well, that all depends…
A current popular buzzword thrown around amongst environmentally conscious foodies is “zero-waste.” And, don’t get me wrong, for the most part this zero-waste trend is a very, very good thing. But, blindly following anything, even if well-intentioned, can have negative consequences. Like anything else, it is not that simple…
Labels matter…It is time to reDEFINE food
What food do I eat to “Eat Like a Human?”
I have been talking for years about learning to eat like a human. I want to take this opportunity to tell you more about it. Let me be clear – this is not a diet. At least not in a traditional sense. Instead, this is an all encompassing approach to connecting with your food and, …
Articles
Edible Delmarva | Hungry to Learn
It’s a cold, dark night in Chestertown, Maryland, but the windows of the new Eastern Shore Food Lab at Washington College glow warmly, attracting hungry foodies to the event inside. The local buzz around the Lab is considerable.
Did Processed Foods Make Us Human?
Experimental archaeologist Bill Schindler’s globe-trotting research has led him to champion a diet based on humanity’s long history of inventive food preparation techniques, from nose-to-tail butchery to sourdough bread.