Are you able to consume lactose-containing foods such as cow’s milk and ice cream without experiencing acute gastrointestinal problems like bloating and diarrhea? If so, then you may have heard that it’s perfectly safe and healthy for you to drink milk. This idea, that people who are capable of digesting the milk sugar lactose even […]
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Should Psychology Be Based on Darwinism? A New Book Adds Practical Weight to the Argument
By now, it’s become increasingly recognized among perceptive researchers and psychologists that evolutionary science, grounded in Darwin‘s immense idea of evolution via natural selection, is an invaluable tool for understanding the mind, acting as a powerful flashlight that’s capable of illuminating why we think, feel, and behave the way we do. What’s not as widely […]
Is Red Meat Really Bad for Us? A Different (Evolutionary) Perspective
Meat, and in particular red meat, has gotten a bad rep. Veganism is on the rise, and with it, heightened opposition against most everything that has to do with the production, sale, and consumption of animal products. Personally, I don’t eat a lot of red meat. I’m by no means herbivorous though. I include moderate […]
Darwinian Nutrition Explained: How Natural Selection Shapes Our Nutritional Requirements
Every aspect of the organismal design, including organismal nutritional requirements, which may be defined as the nutritional input that’s required to produce physiological competence, is a function of evolution via natural selection. This Darwinian view of nutrition is undoubtedly unfamiliar to a lot of people, as mainstream nutrition may be said to be of a […]
Paleolithic Nutrition: A Rebuttal of 10 Common Deprecatory Comments
Over the most recent decades, the Paleo diet, AKA the original human diet, has taken the world by storm. It’s gone from being a niche concept that was only known to a handful of scientists to becoming a part of the mainstream vocabulary. The diet has gained a big following; however, it’s public entry and […]
Why Men and Women Aren’t Cut From the Same Cloth (And Why That’s Not a Bad Thing That Should Be Repressed)
Not so long ago, I put up a comprehensive article here on the site in which I ventured into highly charged territory by talking about the biological differences that exist between men and women. The primary reason why I decided to stick my neck out and delve into that contentious issue, which is bound to […]
Ask Eirik: I Have Trouble Gaining Muscle While Eating an Ancestral Diet. What Should I Do?
As every bodybuilder knows, in order to build muscle, it’s not sufficient to lift a lot of heavy things, one also has to eat a lot of food. One might say that eating is half the job. But what types of foods should one ideally consume…? This is a question that many a gym-goer has […]
Ask Eirik: How Would You Formulate a New Health Care Paradigm Based on Evolutionary Science?
The currently reigning health care paradigm that guides medical research and practise, governs health-related policy-making, and contributes to shaping public opinions on issues pertaining to sun exposure, nutrition, exercise, and the like in the modern world doesn’t have an evolutionary backbone. It was created from a formula devoid of Darwinian elements, and as a result, […]
One of the Most Neglected Societal Problems of Our Time
Global warming, pollution, school bullying, malnutrition, rising obesity rates, racism, antibiotic resistance… The list of problems that we humans are currently facing is a lengthy one. It may perhaps be even longer than we think. All of the aforementioned vexations have received plenty of coverage and are well-known to the public; however, certain other, more […]
How to Build Muscle in a Healthy Manner: 12 Hard-Learned Lessons of a Former Gym Junkie and Personal Trainer
It’s great to be muscular. Not just because it looks good to have strong, well-developed abs, shoulders, arms, and glutes, but also because muscles are useful to have in everyday life and it’s healthy to be fit and strong. Muscular people have an easier time conducting many common tasks than weak people and tend to […]