The message many communities absorb is that carbs are the enemy. But this clip pushes back: carbs are how ancestors survived, working with the land to grow exactly what the body needed to stay strong. What changed wasn't the carbs — it was what got introduced later: white sugar, white flour, white rice, canned meats. A look at how ancestral foodways sustained health, and how colonial diets disrupted it.

Part of Roots of Care, a series on whole-person, trauma-informed primary care. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVtaeaNoZCQ4