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The Engineered Primate
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The Engineered Primate

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What if the greatest mystery of Nutrition... has gone unnoticed?

For generations we have accepted tidy explanations: Eat this, avoid that, follow the rules. But beneath the surface, something just doesn't add up. The human body thrives without our conscious control: Meals disappear, nutrients are sorted, and energy appears out of nowhere - with no chef, no control tower, no captain. Which really begs the question: how does it all work? The Engineered Primate is a journey into the logistics of life. It is an exploration of the hidden mechanisms that shape us from the inside out. Each chapter peels back a layer: Why does digestion even exist? What was the environmental pressure in deep time that made a digestive system necessary? How does order arise in a body with no conscious overseer? ...and why have we rarely asked these questions when creating our nutritional models?

This is not another diet manual. It is a trail of clues inviting you to reconsider what you thought you knew about the very act of eating.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vaughn Hughes
Date
4 June 2025
Pages
316
ISBN
9781764092609

What if the greatest mystery of Nutrition... has gone unnoticed?

For generations we have accepted tidy explanations: Eat this, avoid that, follow the rules. But beneath the surface, something just doesn't add up. The human body thrives without our conscious control: Meals disappear, nutrients are sorted, and energy appears out of nowhere - with no chef, no control tower, no captain. Which really begs the question: how does it all work? The Engineered Primate is a journey into the logistics of life. It is an exploration of the hidden mechanisms that shape us from the inside out. Each chapter peels back a layer: Why does digestion even exist? What was the environmental pressure in deep time that made a digestive system necessary? How does order arise in a body with no conscious overseer? ...and why have we rarely asked these questions when creating our nutritional models?

This is not another diet manual. It is a trail of clues inviting you to reconsider what you thought you knew about the very act of eating.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Vaughn Hughes
Date
4 June 2025
Pages
316
ISBN
9781764092609