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Author: [[Arthur De Vany PhD. and Nassim Nicholas Taleb]] Full Title: The New Evolution Diet Category: #books A human baby born today would just as easily thrive 40,000 years ago, and a baby born in 40,000 BC would look just like a baby born today. They would have the same genes and develop into normal children and adults in either era. Each child born today carries genes that prepare him or her for the life of a hunter-gatherer, the occupation of every human who has ever lived except for those of us who were born after the recent invention of agriculture 10,000 years ago. Even in the marginal environments that contemporary hunter-gatherers occupy, as many as 300 edible plants may grow seasonally. We are adapted to consume a large and changing variety of foods. In fact, people who eat a variety of foods experience superior health and longevity compared with those who eat a monotonous diet composed of the same few staples.5 I take life easier than almost anyone I know, but when I do exercise, I move as though my life depends on it—which it does. I never work out more than an hour and a half per week, and I sometimes go days without exercising at all. I spend more time doing nothing than most people I know—really nothing, not reading or watching television, just taking easy walks with my wife, or roaming the hills near our home, or lying on the grass with my dogs and watching the sky. I even organize my work life that way, mixing intensely productive periods with stretches of pure laziness. During times of plenty, our DNA allows us to reproduce. When resources are scarce, it focuses on self-repair, which extends our good health and longevity. Enjoy the pleasure of food and do not count or restrict calories. Eat a diet low in glucose and starch that is similar (but not identical) to the one humans lived with for thousands of years as human metabolism evolved. Glucose restriction offers antiaging benefits, too.

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The New Evolution Diet by Arthur De Vany PhD. and Nassim Nicholas Taleb presents wisdom from the contemplative traditions.

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