High-fruit diets have become more popular due to a growing community reporting about the health benefits they experience. Discover why tropical fruits are essential – not only for the success of a high-fruit diet – but also why they are the most important food in any healthy diet! So let’s explore...
Non-sweet fruits are often thought to be healthier than their sweet counterparts. This is due to the misconception that sweet, simple sugars are harmful in general. From...
Yes, humans are frugivores, but not all fruits are equally suitable for us! Some have evolved with us, others not. Undoubtedly, fruits are healthy for us because we are...
What have humans adapted to eat? This is one of the most pressing - yet severely neglected - questions in nutrition. Fortunately, biological characteristics related to...
Many are unaware that poop-eating is a sign of nutritional deficiencies, in particular, B12 deficiency! Feces-eating apes are often seen as disgusting, funny, or just...
It is no secret that we, as modern humans, have extremely deviated from our natural diet. To the extent that we don’t know what the natural human diet looks like...
Tropical fruits are the most underrated and neglected superfoods! The evidence for why tropical fruits are essential for optimal health is not only found in nutritional...
The carnivore diet is on a steep rise - but many health advocates and nutritionists are worried about the long-term effects of this diet that makes no sense from a...
The dental structure of humans and chimpanzees is strikingly similar. The nearly identical teeth do not only generate familiar smiles in our primate cousin, but...
What is the natural human diet? Like every species, humans have a species-specific diet. Today, in most cultures, humans are obviously cultural omnivores: we...
Chimpanzees are tropical primates commonly described as omnivores. In their natural habitat, however, they are specialized fruit-eaters (frugivores), with fruit as their...
Detox and health in the context of evolution: what we need to know to heal in today’s toxic world! We live in a world that has rapidly degenerated in recent...
Confusion around carbs is everywhere. One question is whether simple carbs from fruits, or complex ones from grains and starches, are superior. Luckily, we find simple...
Have you ever asked yourself why plants invest energy in fruits and offer them to animals – including us humans? The question might seem simple, but in reality, it...
High-fruit diets have become more popular due to a growing community reporting about the health benefits they experience. Discover why tropical fruits are essential...
Chimpanzees are often referred to - and percieved as - typical omnivores. This is a misperception with significant implications on where humans place themselves on the...
Humans are a tropical species. And, newer anthropological research suggests that we have evolved in tropical forests, specifically. The tropical human nature is not hard...
For quick readers: Studying human evolution to understand more about the natural human diet is a smart move. But rarely, do we come across the (scientifically...
Chimpanzees are tropical primates commonly described as omnivores. In the wild, however, they are specialized fruit-eaters with fruits as their primary food source...
As a fruit-based human, some things hit home when seeing our primate cousins in captivity! Being aware of our tropical origin, the reason for our sweet tooth, and what a...
There is much confusion surrounding the evolutionary diet of humans. We really need answers in order to stick as closely as possible to our species-appropriate diet! A...
We all have heard about omnivores, herbivore or carnivores. But what are frugivores? Oddly, most people have never heard the term that describes the dietary pattern of...
Vitamin C is the queen of vitamins, of which we constantly seem to fall short. The established recommendations just might not quite cut it – an issue that is not...