Healthy Primal Living E-Book

Gerald Pilcher

• Herausgeber: Gerald Pilcher
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020

Beschreibung

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the fitness industry over the last few years, then you
might have noticed some interesting changes in attitude.

Whereas fitness was once all about exercise machines, supplements and low-fat diets;
today we’re starting to go back to our roots.

Basically, we’ve found that these ‘high tech’ methods of losing weight, improving health
and getting fitter just don’t work as well as they should. And this really comes down to
one simple truth: we can’t do better than nature.

Leseprobe

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TableOfContents

Chapter1:Introduction–WhatisPrimalLiving?2

AndWhyYouShouldCare

Chapter2:EatingPrimal 7

Chapter3:The ProblemsWithEatingaPaleo 13

Diet

Chapter4:Howtobe‘QuasiPaleo’22

Chapter5:PrimalExerciseandStayingActive27

Chapter6:FunctionalTraining,Bodyweight 34

Trainingand

Chapter7:OnRunning40

Chapter8:TimetoUn-DomesticateYourself! 43

Chapter9:TheLifestyleHabitsThatAreMaking 45

YouWeakandUnhealthy

Chapter10:ConclusionandClosingNotes 48

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Chapter1:Introduction–Whatis PrimalLiving?AndWhyYouShould Care

Ifyou’vebeenkeepinganeyeonthefitnessindustryoverthelastfewyears,thenyou mighthavenoticedsomeinterestingchangesinattitude.

Whereasfitnesswasonceallaboutexercisemachines,supplementsandlow-fatdiets;

todaywe’restartingtogobacktoourroots.

Basically,we’vefoundthatthese‘hightech’methodsoflosingweight,improvinghealth andgettingfitterjustdon’twork aswellastheyshould.Andthisreallycomesdownto onesimpletruth:wecan’tdobetterthannature.

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Today,healthbloggersandthoughtleadersintheindustryarepreachingfrom adifferent book.Now we’rebeingtoldtogetoutsidemore,togetsunlight,toswiminthecold water,toeatabalanced,naturaldietandtotrainusingourbodiesandourenvironments.

Andguesswhat?Forthe mostpartit’sworking!

99%ofourhealthproblemsexistasadirectresultofourmodernlifestyles.That means processedfoodsthatdon’tcontainany nutrition.Itmeanssittingatdesksfor8hours everyday.Itmeansconstantchronicstress.Anditmeanstryingtocureeverythingwith pills.

Thesolutionisn’ttoaddmoreunhealthysupplements,ortocreatefoodswithno sustenance.Thesolutionistotakeastepbackwardsandtolook totheenvironmentin whichwefirstevolved.Expertsagreethatdiabeteslikelydidn’texist(oratleastwas incrediblyrare)only afewhundredyearsago.

Obesityishigherthanithaseverbeen.

We’relivinglongerbutourqualityoflivesaretakingahit.Itseemswelostsomething importantalongtheway.

Timetogobacktobasicsandtogetourhealthback!

AQuickLessoninEvolution

Theabovestatementsaregoingtomakeanawfullotofsensetosomepeople,while othersmightneedabitmoreconvincing.Istheanswer reallyassimpleas‘noteating cake’?Canitreallymakethatmuchdifferencewhetheryou getyour nutritionfrom an apple,orfrom amultivitamin?

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Theanswerisaresoundingyes.Anditwillaffectmoreareasofyour lifethanyou can probablypredict.

Andthereasonforthiscomesdowntoevolutionarybiology.Youprobablyhavesome basicideaofevolutionbuttobringyou fullyuptospeedlet’stakeacloserlook athowit impactswithhealth.

Evolutioncomesdowntonaturalselection.That istosaythatthe animalsthatsurviveare abletoprocreateandthosethatdon’taren’t.Thus,theDNAofthesurvivinganimalsgets passedonanditeratedupon,whereasthe‘failed’changesandmutationsfallout ofthe runnings.

Overtime,smallmutations,individualsandepigenetics(moreonthislater)leadto species-widechanges.

Allofthetraitsthatwepossessasaspeciestherefore,existbecausetheywere foundto betheoptimal traitsthatwouldhelpustosurviveandthriveinourenvironments.That appliestoourappearance,toourphysicalcapabilities…evenourpsychology!

‘Evolutionarypsychology’isanentireschoolofpsychologythatseekstoexplainour behaviourbylookingathowitmighthavebeen‘selectedfor’duringourevolution.

Altruismforexampleisadaptivebecauseitallowsustoingratiateourselveswithgroups andbecauseitallowsustobettersurviveasagroup.Angerisadaptivebecauseithelps ustoprotectourfoodsources,territoryandsocialrank.

Sofar,sohighschoolscience.We’regoingtogoalotdeeperintotheinterplaybetween evolutionandbiologylateronbutfornow, thisisenoughofafoundationtoensureyou’ll beabletofollowtherestofwhatwe’regoingtobelookingat.

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Butnowweneedtothinkabouttheimplicationsthishasonourhealth.Andweneedto startthinkingaboutthistherightway.

Somepeoplewillcasuallyassumethatnaturalfoodsaregoodforusbecausethey’ve somehowbeen‘designed’forus.Thisisincorrect.Therealityisthatourbodies are designedforthosefoods.

Weadaptedtothriveonthefoodswehadavailableduringourevolutionbecausethat waswhat wasavailable.

Wearedesigned toeatlotsoffruitsandvegetables,toeatlotsofmeatsandtothriveon regularactivity.Thistookmillionsofyears.

Butifyou takeusoutofthatenvironment,we’rethenforcedto‘makedo’withthingswe wereneverdesignedfor.

We’vebeenremovedfrom ournaturalenvironmentandassuch,wecannotthrive.Think ofitliketakingagoldfishandputtingitinthedesert–hardlyoptimalandit’sunlikelythe goldfishisgoingtobeabletothrive.

Orperhapsthinkofitliketryingtodriveahatchbackoffroad.Itsimplyisn’tdesigned to work underthose conditions.Itmightstillwork anditmightstillbeabletodrivebutit’s not goingtobeasfast,aspowerfulorashealthy.

That’sthesituationyou’re inrightnow.Andthat’swhy weneedtogobacktobasicsand that’s

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why weneedtotryandchange ourenvironmenttobealittleclosertotheway weused tolive.

ACaveatandSomeWarnings

Beforewegoany furtherthough,Ifirstwanttogetsomethingout oftheway.

ThisisnotabookaboutthePaleodiet.Yes, wewillbeexploringthePaleodietandthisis oneofthebiggestandmostpopularaspectsof‘primalliving’.

Atthesametimethough,itisalsonot theanswertoeverything.Paleoisonly onepartof goingprimalandyou alsoneedtothinkaboutmanyotherthings–suchastheway that you’regoingtoexerciseandtheexposureyou’regettingtolightandfreshair.