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The Engineered Primate: Nature's Blueprint for Optimal Nutrition

  • Paperback
  • 228 pages
  • Publisher: Self-Published
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

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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.

  • Title

    The Engineered Primate: Nature's Blueprint for Optimal Nutrition

  • Author

    Vaughn Hughes

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Self-Published

  • Published

    June 2025

  • Weight

    309g

  • Page Count

    228

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9781764092630

  • ISBN-10

    1764092635

  • Eden Code

    7266201