Nutrition

Modern Hunting & Gathering

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 26, 2024 | Article, Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 12 (Nutrition) Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the evolution of our species, fundamentally altering biology, culture, and social...

Carbohydrates: Fueling Evolution

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 23, 2024 | Article, Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 11 (Nutrition) As our progenitor species transitioned from aboral and quadruped, diets also shifted from primarily bugs, fruits, and...

Protein: A Pillar of Survival

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 20, 2024 | Article, Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 10 (Nutrition) As our progenitor species transitioned from aboral and quadruped, diets also shifted from primarily bugs, fruits, and...

Fat as Fuel: How Our Ancestors Thrived

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 18, 2024 | Article, Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 9 (Nutrition) Past primordial hunters valued and revered animal fats. Large herbivores such as mammoths, bisons, or deer's fat...

Macro Nutrients

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 13, 2024 | Article, Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 8 (Nutrition) Ancient humans did not measure macros, nor did they willingly "diet." The landscape of fueling was quite different as...

Moderate Alcohol

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 10, 2024 | Article, Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 7 (Nutrition) The fermentation of fruits and grains to produce alcoholic beverages has been a practice for at least 10,000 years. With...

Caffeine Consumption

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 7, 2024 | Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 6 (Nutrition) Earliest records of caffeine consumption dates back over 5,000 years in China, where fortuitous leaves from a wild tree...

Avoid Added Sugar

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Aug 3, 2024 | Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 5 (Nutrition) Sugar in its many processed forms are modernly engineered slow burn plagues disguised as fun bubbly beverages and...

Avoid Artificial Ingredients

by Nicholas Sylvester Weisse | Jul 15, 2024 | Nutrition, Primal Primers | 0 Comments

Primal Primer 4 (Nutrition) For generations, sapiens have feasted on organic fruits, vegetables, and grass fed animals; fueling evolutionary forces...