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Grock didn't take supplements, so why should I?

The main objective of following the primal blueprint is to extract the healthiest, happiest,

longest, and most productive life possible from our bodies, and to look and feel good in the process.

Our 10,000-year-old primal genes expect us to emulate the way our ancestors ate and moved,

and the primal blueprint says we should do exactly as they expect.

While there are many things we can do or eat today that very closely approximate what GROC did to trigger positive gene expression,

there are also a number of obstacles that can thwart our attempts to be as primal as possible.

Artificial light prompts us to stay up too late and sleep too little.

Electronic entertainment competes for our time when we should be out walking and basking in the sunlight.

We don't always have access to ideal foods.

We shower too much in water that's too hot.

We use medicines to mask our symptoms instead of allowing our bodies to deal directly with the problem.

You get my point.

You can't go back to the Paleolithic. One of my tasks is to find the shortcuts. The easy ways to get the same genetic expression benefits Grock got, but by using 21st century technology or just plain old

common sense.

Working out in Vibrum 5 fingers to simulate going barefoot is an example.

Or learning how to spend time in the sun without sunscreen and without burning.

Getting more from a 20-minute full-body exercise routine than from a three-hour cardio workout is yet another example.

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