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“Our instincts give us a few clues about our nutritional needs, such as thirst, the hunger for salt, the pleasantness of sweet things, and the unpleasantness of certain odors or very acrid or bitter tastes.” – Dr. Ray Peat
@Gawdawg I like that! My sister has always loved salty things and I’ve always liked the sweet, my guess is we have a microbiome that helps direct us. 🙂
I wonder about the bitter aspect because it seems Traditional Chinese Medicine views bitter as helpful for the liver?
Dr. Peat’s suggestion for warm milk with a bit of sugar and salt has been a very helpful aid for sleep!
“People whose ideology says that “animals use instinct rather than intelligence,” and that they lack “the language instinct,” refuse to perceive animals that are demonstrating their ability to generalize or to understand language.”
-Ray PeatI like the salt/orange juice combo at bedtime, as well as milk. I find it relaxing. Yes to TCM indicates bitter herbs for liver health.
“Appetite should be the basic guide. When your liver has enough glycogen stored, sweet things aren’t appetizing” -Ray Peat
Zoopharmacognosy is the new field’s mouthful of a name. Coined in 1987 by Rodriguez and colleague Richard Wrangham, a Harvard University anthropologist, the term refers to animal use of medicinal plants to treat illness. Like headache-afflicted humans rummaging through medicine cabinets, several species of animals are now known to seek out (if often instinctively) plants that have various medicinal properties.
I wonder why we lost these abilities
@Cari what an interesting quote! Thank you for posting.
I am going to begin noticing my appetite and what I am desiring and watch for trends.
Why would you think humans lost this ability? Haven’t you ever heard of a craving?
Plus, any such instinct would be developed over time by direct experience of the organism, plus shared knowledge of others (like a parent teaching it’s young). It would also be developed within the context of what sort of plants and such are available. Most humans aren’t going around eating grass or tree bark that’s natively growing in their backyard, but we do have access to a variety of plants and such through stores, and even gardening. This suggests that this instinct is developed differently in modern humans. If you don’t have willow bark trees growing in your backyard to gnaw on the bark, you can buy aspirin instead. This could also be viewed as a more refined version of the instinct, as humans have isolated the compound that seems most beneficial, and you can get it pretty easily and cheaply, and don’t have to go through the work of processing all that willow bark on your own.
that makes sense to be honest
My instincts have always told me not to eat bugs. Does anybody crave them?
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