A lowered supply of neurotransmitters in the gut lowers your drive, or volition. In prehistory, this would have given the caveman the signal that it was time to stop fighting sabre-toothed tigers for the day and go home to rest. Naturally, while recovering from whatever injuries or stresses he endured during the course of his extremely demanding existence, he would have indulged in a meal or two, eating whatever was available – whether it was freshly foraged or killed.
That food – fresh, “local”, unrefined – was densely packed with nutrients and prebiotics. It was food ideally suited for gut health. Nutrient density provides more energy whether you are sitting or working, so primal man was getting more rest via nutritional modalities than we are today, and the change is significant.
Primal man had a heightened requirement for movement. If he couldn’t move , he was dead. When he worked, there was a built-in mechanism to let him know when movement needed to stop for the day. He went home, rested, ate nutrient-packed meals, recovered, and then went out and repeated the work. It was a life sentence.
We’re not living in paleolithic times, but we have many of the same challenges. We’ve traded robust enteric health for relative comfort, but the change is not typically extending quality of life. It is time to learn to suffer in a different way. It is time to return to being primal.
More Information on the Science of Primal Rotational Patterns
Fascia-Gut-Brain Matrix: Cortical Mapping and the Primal Rotational Pattern