Discover Your Ideal Diet By Looking At Your Ancestral Roots

EVIDENCE BASED

A common misconception about nutrition is that there is one “perfect diet” that works for every person.

Not only is this false from a scientific perspective, but also it’s false from a practical point of view — not all people are going to want to eat or have access to the same foods.

Another misconception is that consuming “engineered” foods or food supplements is healthier than simply eating a diet that consists of natural, minimally processed, whole foods.

Nutrigenomics: The Relationship Between Genes, Nutrition, and Health

I will share one concept that clarified a lot of questions for me. Nutrigenomics is the study of the relationship between genes, nutrition and health. To simplify, homo sapiens have likely been on the planet about 300,000 years; farming began about 12,000 years ago. It’s only within the last 100 years that we’re able to eat foods from around the world that are not seasonal or locally grown and that are not even produced naturally.

Here’s the concept: prior to modern times, humans adapted to the geographic conditions where they lived. For example, indigenous people from the Arctic survived successfully on an almost entirely meat diet…