EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 1H 7M
What We Lost When We Stopped Hunting | Mansal Denton
from Niklas Gustafson: Hungry for Change · host Niklas Gustafson
Most people eat food without ever facing what it cost.The land. The animal. The blood. The death. The responsibility.In this episode, I sit down with Mansal Denton, founder of Sacred Hunting and Real Provisions, for a conversation about the part of nutrition modern life keeps hidden.This is not just about hunting.It is about what happens when food becomes too clean on the outside, toxic on the inside, too packaged, too distant from the reality that something had to die so we could live.Mansal has spent years helping people reconnect with wild, ethically sourced, nutrient-dense food. And in this conversation, we talk about what hunting reveals, what supermarkets hide and why facing where your food comes from may change the way you see meat, health, and nature altogether.Timestamps: 00:00 Intro01:05 What does health actually mean?01:43 Raised by two PhDs: Mansal's unusual upbringing04:10 From prison at 19 to sacred hunter08:20 Can you really respect an animal you kill?12:44 What changes when your food comes from your own hands15:41 Why our connection to food is completely broken20:36 What watching an animal die reveals about you25:10 The hypocrisy of eating meat but refusing to kill28:22 How to truly honor a hunted animal31:25 Nose to tail: wasting nothing44:44 What spiritual connection to food really means52:44 The Instagram lie about "ancestral" living55:26 Can you connect to food you didn't hunt yourself?56:19 Why ethical food doesn't exist59:50 The lies behind today's food system1:05:13 Mansel's upcoming projects (Real Provisions & Telos)Don’t forget to follow @mansaldenton on his socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mansaldenton/Real provisions: https://www.instagram.com/realprovisions/ Sacred Hunting: https://www.instagram.com/sacredhunting/Website: https://realprovisions.com/Don't forget to subscribe and follow me on my socials!Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/niklasgustafson/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NiklasGustafsonHealth/Twitter: https://twitter.com/niklasgustafsonTikTok: @niklasgustafson
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Most people eat food without ever facing what it cost.The land. The animal. The blood. The death. The responsibility.In this episode, I sit down with Mansal Denton, founder of Sacred Hunting and Real Provisions, for a conversation about the part of nutrition modern life keeps hidden.This is not just about hunting.It is about what happens when food becomes too clean on the outside, toxic on the inside, too packaged, too distant from the reality that something had to die so we could live.Mansal has spent years helping people reconnect with wild, ethically sourced, nutrient-dense food. And in this conversation, we talk about what hunting reveals, what supermarkets hide and why facing where your food comes from may change the way you see meat, health, and nature altogether.Timestamps: 00:00 Intro01:05 What does health actually mean?01:43 Raised by two PhDs: Mansal's unusual upbringing04:10 From prison at 19 to sacred hunter08:20 Can you really respect an animal you kill?12:44 What changes when your food comes from your own hands15:41 Why our connection to food is completely broken20:36 What watching an animal die reveals about you25:10 The hypocrisy of eating meat but refusing to kill28:22 How to truly honor a hunted animal31:25 Nose to tail: wasting nothing44:44 What spiritual connection to food really means52:44 The Instagram lie about "ancestral" living55:26 Can you connect to food you didn't hunt yourself?56:19 Why ethical food doesn't exist59:50 The lies behind today's food system1:05:13 Mansel's upcoming projects (Real Provisions & Telos)Don’t forget to follow @mansaldenton on his socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mansaldenton/Real provisions: https://www.instagram.com/realprovisions/ Sacred Hunting: https://www.instagram.com/sacredhunting/Website: https://realprovisions.com/Don't forget to subscribe and follow me on my socials!Instagram :https://www.instagram.com/niklasgustafson/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NiklasGustafsonHealth/Twitter: https://twitter.com/niklasgustafsonTikTok: @niklasgustafson
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