In an era where chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer dominate health headlines and drain economies, a return to ancestral patterns offers a potent shield. This post explores how consuming whole foods—especially animal-based ones rich in their natural fats—while shunning processed items laden with chemicals, refined carbs, and vegetable oils, combined with daily non-burning sun exposure, consistent deep sleep, regular walking and exercise, and fostering supportive relationships over toxic ones, can prevent these ailments. Drawing on observations from researchers such as Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Weston Price, and Staffan Lindeberg among indigenous groups, this approach contrasts with the pitfalls of processed diets, erratic sleep patterns, and harmful social ties that can lead to debilitating conditions requiring costly medical interventions, supported by stark statistics on disease prevalence and economic burdens.
Read MoreThe carnivore diet is a dietary regimen that restricts food intake to animal products, primarily meat, and animal-derived products, while excluding plant-based foods. Advocates of the carnivore diet (I am one of them) claim that it provides numerous health benefits, such as weight loss, improved mental clarity, and relief from various health conditions. One common concern with diets that exclude plant foods, like the carnivore diet, is the potential risk of vitamin and nutrient deficiencies, including vitamin C. A well-rounded carnivore diet, including fatty meat and organs, should contain all of the nutrients we require. However, it is important to understand why people on a carnivore diet that includes organ meat should not need to worry about their vitamin C status.
Read MoreIn the history of the human race, eating was regarded with the highest priority. The taste was unimportant. Today, overly tasty foods act on the brain the same way alcohol, meth, cocaine, heroin, and many other drugs do. They cause a dopamine hit that will stimulate reward-seeking behaviors that are difficult to control. Flavorful foods are hijacking our brains. Drugs and hyper-palatable/highly processed foods are precisely the same. In both cases, the immediate short-term pleasure overtakes long-term health and wellness. I will cover this unfortunate shift and what we can do about it in this post.
Read MoreWe can produce glucose from the protein we ingest in the absence of fat and carbs in the diet. Making glucose from protein is a process known as gluconeogenesis. The problem is that our ability to synthesize glucose from protein is very limited and will not sustain us longterm. Luckily, we have such an abundance of food today, most people will never have to rely on gluconeogenesis, except for me. Today, I would like to share my story and put the knowledge I gained from my experience into the larger framework of human evolution and biology.
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