The following Mark's Daily Apple article was written by Mark Sisson, and is narrated by Tina Lehman.

Ten primal-friendly tips from wise people throughout history.

I'm not the first one to talk about the importance of sleep, the primacy of gut health, the impact food has on your well-being, how we divorce ourselves from nature at our peril,

and why everyone needs to explore and express and enhance their physical capacities. Wise men and women have been saying

the same thing for thousands of years around campfires, on scrolls, during lectures, in town

squares, and on the printed page. Today, we're going to hear about ten of them. For each,

I've attempted to confirm that these are indeed real quotes, claims, and practices.

And in the off chance that I get it wrong and a misattribution slips through, that doesn't

take away from the quality of the content. Good tips are good tips.

Number one, Jean Kalment, famous French supercentenarian on olive oil, chocolate, and the importance of taking it easy.

There's not a ton to say. She wasn't writing diet books or tweeting links to nutrition studies.

She was no guru or life coach. She didn't really give explicit life advice,

but she embodied both the nutritive and psychological

aspects of primal living.

She poured olive oil all over food and rubbed it into her skin.

She ate a kilo of chocolate a week and drank red wine daily.

She eschewed sports but loved to stay active, riding bikes and even taking up fencing at the age of 85.

She lived to 122 while staying active, cheerful, and taking pleasure in life.

Number two, Socrates, Greek philosopher, on physical fitness.

To Socrates, physical fitness wasn't an elective.

It wasn't an extracurricular. It was a prerequisite for being a real man. Not a real man in the

macho sense, a real man in that you weren't a real human being if you neglected your physical

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