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In September I will be heading to Nuuk for the Nuuk International Film Festival to launch Qajaq Man alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Kristian of Landmark Film!
They have both produced the documentary and Nik has also narrated. I’m very honoured as well that it is the opening film directly after the ceremony – myself, Nik and Kristian will be hosting a Q&A session directly afterwards. Safe to say I’m pretty excited about it!
We’ll also be touching on my latest project:
Following the Greenland kayak trip during which I had some eye-opening results after eating purely an ancestral Inuit diet for the entire 3200km journey I’ve turned my attention to diets closer to home.
It’s no great shock that the current global food system is killing us – with well over 60% of our calories now coming from processed food even the popular media is starting to come around to the fact that the connection between the health crises may just be connected to the garbage we’re eating. So what’s the answer? And are you as fed up as me trying to decipher the crap that floods social media?
Over the course of my studies into an optimum diet it’s become clear that as a species we adapt incredibly slowly to changes in our environment (and that includes the food environment) and that we have no chance against the rapid changes we have and are experiencing over the last couple of generations.
Take a look over in the About section for more details!
Mike & the ancestral British diet.
The next epic adventure is closer to home
In lieu of another adventure abroad (something is being planned…) I’m taking the results of the Greenland adventures and applying those ancient, evolutionary principles to our modern diet here in the UK (and by extension to most of Europe and North America).
The reason for the Greenland trips were that it’s one of the few places left in the world where we still have a close relationship with our environment. We’re rapidly losing these pockets of awesomeness to the relentless march of capitalism and a homogenised society. But once upon a time we were all inextricably linked to our immediate environment – dependent on it for food, shelter and safety. Most countries lost this several generations ago – and most of us here in the UK would be hard pushed to name what food is native and even more so, when it’s in season. We’ve become used to getting any food from around the world at any time of the year. But our bodies can’t keep up with this cultural evolution – the changes in food alone since only the 1950’s would take us hundreds of thousands of years to evolve with and adapt to effectively. This mismatch is the primary driver for the vast majority of modern diseases and afflictions – diabetes, heart disease, inflammatory diseases, allergies and mental health issues. Our rapid movement away from simply cooked and un-dicked-around-with food to the current situation where ready meals & other highly processed foods are a massive part of our diet. The world’s food supply is controlled by a handful of global corporations whose sole motive is for shareholder return. Again, this is a totally alien motive to our evolutionary journey where health, cooperation, community and education has been at the forefront for literally millions of years. So I’m gonna be talking with archaeologists, evolutionary biologists, doctors and nutritionists about that evolutionary journey. What exactly is it that we’re supposed to be eating? Stick around and we’ll find out!
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A regular speaker and chef at Food Festivals he is based in Suffolk, England where he has built (and is continually developing) a wild cooking area. Very much available for private events as well – with an emphasis on smaller, bespoke parties and gatherings where the food has to be interesting and slightly different from the norm!