What is the Missing Human Manual All About?
Do you want to age well? Most of us do. If you are my age, 60, this is more important a question that if you are 30. But most of us would not wish to have heart disease, cancer, dementia when we get old.
Most of us think it is normal that we will get ill like this.
But science today tells us that this is not "Normal". Our evolutionary past designed us to be active and fit until we drop dead. Why? Because raising human children takes so long. Mature adults had to do most of the hard work enable us to invest up to 25 years in our kids.
We are designed by our evolution to reach a plateau of fitness in mid life. So why do most of us not live like this?
We don't because, we have strayed away from the best way of living that fits our evolution best. Our culture has got too far ahead of our biology. We eat foods that make us ill. We have lost our social identity and power and that makes us ill. And we have lost touch with the circadian rhythms of the Natural World, and that has made us ill too.
We have lost our fit with our true nature.
This site will be a Manual. It will show you what the best fit is. It will show you the science behind this. It will share with you some methods for getting your fit back with your true human nature.
So welcome to the "Missing Human Manual" . I hope that we can help you and I hope that you can help others as a result.
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I wish I had known this information years ago. I am a second generation English person, my grandfather was born and raised in County Cork, Ireland. I recently had my genetics done and found that I was almost 80% celt with a smattering of Scandinavian and very little of anything else. I have struggled with a digestive issue for over 12 years, since I was in my 40s. After much research I have finally figured out, unlike many of my doctors, that I don’t tolerate simple carbs very well or sugar. And my health issues started in my childhood but because it was something I thought everybody dealt with I just got on with it. Now I’m 59 years old and recently adopted a Paleo/low fodmap diet and have discovered that most of my symptoms disappear overnight. Like I said I wish I’d known this information 10 years ago. Thank you I will continue to follow your website and posts avidly.