#984 The Great Blue Zones Deception: Why the World’s Longest-Lived People Actually Thrive on Meat, Animal Fat & Seasonal Eating with Mary Ruddick

Metabolic Freedom With Ben Azadi

Ben Azadi

Health & Fitness, Nutrition, Fitness, Alternative Health

4.8 • 946 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Mary’s Healing Journey: Once bedridden with dysautonomia, Mary reversed her condition through ancestral nutrition, high-fat animal foods, and nervous system restoration. 🌍 Debunking Blue Zone Myths: Mary lived in every Blue Zone and confirms they're not plant-based. Animal fats, organ meats, and seasonal animal products are staples. Even vegetables are cooked in lard, tallow, or butter. She exposes the flawed data and cultural misunderstandings behind Blue Zone studies and Dan Buettner’s conclusions. 🥦 The Truth About Plant Toxins: Plants have complex chemical defense systems (oxalates, lectins, phytates). Historical cultures processed plants carefully — modern diets skip this, leading to gut damage and inflammation. Potatoes, corn, and nightshades require specific detox methods our ancestors mastered. 🧠 Gut Health & Microbiome Masterclass: Mary explains how gut bacteria placement matters more than just diversity. Fiber is non-essential; animal-based diets can improve microbiome health. The environment, light exposure, and mindset play a bigger role in microbiome shifts than food alone. Carnivore diets can increase beneficial bacteria and diversity—Ben shares his 90-day N=1 CGM and stool test experiment as proof. 🧪 Problems with Food Sensitivity Testing: Tests are unreliable and misleading. Food avoidance without gut healing just leads to more intolerances over time. ❤️ The Power of Traditional Diets: Modern food dogma has no historical or biological basis. Mary encourages returning to ancestral eating: nutrient-dense fats, organ meats, seasonal fare. Westerners must relearn what indigenous cultures never forgot. Website: http://www.maryruddick.com Instagram: @maryqueenofheart 📚 Free Resource: 🔥 Download the Burn Fat Meal Plan to reduce glucose, insulin, and inflammation: http://www.burnfatbook.com 📚 🎁 Purchase Ben's new book Metabolic Freedom today to receive immediate access to a FREE course on metabolism with exclusive interviews from Gary Brecka, Dr Daniel Pompa, Dr Jason Fung, Megan Ramos, Cynthia Thurlow & more. CLICK HERE: http://www.metabolicfreedombook.com ($997 Retail Value For FREE) 🔎 Find all of the Metabolic Freedom Sponsorship deals and coupon codes here: https://www.ketokamp.com/sponsorship-deals

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0:00.0	My name is Benazotti. I'm the bestselling author of KetoFlex, and I want to thank you for spending part of your day with me.
0:10.5	Welcome back to the Metabolic Freedom Podcast. I'm your host, Benazotti, and today we welcome Mary Rudic, who is the Sherlock Holmes of Health.
0:19.2	She is an ancestral nutritionist, an experiential anthropologist who
0:23.6	specializes in neuromuscular disorders and fertility and disabling chronic disease.
0:29.1	Oh my gosh, her story is inspiring. It's going to give you goosebumps. I'm not going to
0:34.1	share any of it right now. I want her to share it, but it will really inspire you to take control over your health. We discussed the problem with the vegan diet,
0:44.0	plant-based diets, and we take a deep dive into the blue zones. If you've heard about the
0:48.5	Blue Zone diet book or documentary by Dan Butener, there's a lot of misinformation about the blue zones and how a lot of
0:55.5	people think they are more plant-based. And she has actually lived in every blue zone for a quite
1:01.7	amount of time. And she totally debunks the misinformation and propaganda on the vegan dot and the
1:08.6	blue zones. And you're going to be blown away how the blue zones
1:12.4	do not consume plants as the primary source of their diet. They eat a lot of animal fats,
1:18.7	and even the vegetables they have that they eat in season are cooked in animal fats. We'll discuss
1:24.7	the gut microbiome, the benefits of the carnivore diet, benefits of an
1:28.5	ancestral animal-based diet, and so much more. After the conversation that was done here in my
1:34.5	studio in Miami, we went to dinner and I got to learn more about Mary and I just love her,
1:39.2	her work, her attitude, her information. She's absolutely brilliant. And if you've never heard
1:44.0	her before, you're in for quite the treat. She's absolutely brilliant. And if you've never heard her before,
1:45.0	you're in for quite the treat. She's absolutely incredible. And you can watch the video version over
1:48.6	at YouTube.com slash keto camp. Without further ado, here is Mary Rudic.
1:55.3	Does a vegan diet provide all the essential nutrients for optimal health, Mary, or are vegans at higher risk
2:02.3	for deficiencies that could impact long-term well-being?
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