On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:40 PM, JoelMatthews <[email protected]> wrote:
> A lot of stuff I have been reading points out for most of our > existence, humans were hunter gatherers who spent most every waking > hour on the move. Constant movement and repetition is natural for our > bodies. Perhaps there are some who do not fit the norm. > >From what I have read, hunter gatherers spent a good part of the day asleep or idle, working an average of 4 hours/day, though there might be periods of long days and others of complete idleness. The same for traditional farmers, I gather, though more work and less leisure; but neither the 10 hour day-in and day-out treadmill of the modern wage slave. *And* I read that your average hunter gatherer in an average period (interspersed of course with occasional periods of famine) enjoyed a better diet -- with respect to overall nutrition and healthiness -- than most of us do. The pastoralists and old fashion farmers that that I saw as a boy 40+ years ago (eg, pre tourist hinterland Nepal; backwoods Kikuyu) certainly didn't look undernourished or unhappy -- quite the contrary. *I* think our bodies and souls are designed for interspersed periods of effort and rest; cyclic, as most things in nature -- like bicycle wheels and pedaling and steering. Beetle grubs ... Mmmmm. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
