Dr. Chestnut (my favorite speaker) says that probably the worst thing that's ever happened to human health is that we've allowed ourselves to be convinced that we're not animals, that we don't now and never have had a place in the natural world.  

Why is that so damaging?  Because it leaves us completely disconnected from nature, without any kind of a "model" of how we were intended to live, or any maps on how to get there.

Can you think of any other animal--anywhere in the world--that is unhealthy in it's own natural environment?  Can you think of even one?  It doesn't happen, does it.  Every animal is genetically programmed for health in its own "genetically congruent" environment.  

What about animals that live in ecosystems that have been changed by man?  These animals have problems surviving, don't they?  In fact, many have gone extinct.. and many more are endangered.

How about animals that we take from their natural habitat and place in captivity, such as a zoo?  Did you know they routinely get the same diseases we do.. gorillas get heart disease, snakes get cancer, antelope get diabetes.. diseases they don't get in the wild?  They get the best "healthcare" in the form of drugs and surgery, and they live sicker and die younger than necessary, just as we do.

As humans, we're the sickest species on the planet.  No other animal even comes close to the chronic illness, disability, and premature death that we bring upon ourselves, except those that we force change upon, like the zoo animals.  

If you can step back out of the picture and look at this from a different perspective, it'll make more sense to you.   Animals living in habitats which are congruent with their genetics are healthy.  Animals that have endured great change in their natural habitat, or even worse--been moved to a totally different habitat--develop chronic illness and die early.  Sound familiar?

Is there any evidence to support this idea?  Yes.  There are small pockets of humans in the world today that still live in a more natural way, and they've been the subject of a great deal of study.. for this reason:  They exhibit virtually none of the chronic illness that is so common for us.. no high blood pressure, no heart disease, no cancer, no stroke, no diabetes, no osteoporosis, no Alzheimer's.. nothing. 

Beginning to get the picture?  It isn't us that's sick.  It's our environment.  We've taken ourselves from nature, and moved to the zoo.

If you were the zookeeper, what would be your first choice if you were charged with restoring any sick animal to health?  Return it to it's natural environment (if possible), or create the most similar natural environment possible in all respects, right?

The same is true of you.  There's only one way to recover your health, and it isn't drugs and surgery.  You have to start making changes in how you live on a daily basis, changes in how you eat, move, and think, in the direction of what would be present in your natural environment. 

We can help you do that.  We've got a map.