Why do we need to take supplements if we are living Primally?
Primal man ate an incredibly rich and diverse diet, if he could find it and catch it, he would eat it, from plants, to bugs and insects, thereby intaking a wonderful variety of vitamins, minerals and nutrients. Try as we might, most of us do not eat as diversely as we could, even with the advantage of foods available out of season – we are creatures of habit! Luckily, we can take supplements to fill the gaps we find it hard to source naturally.
Soil quality from the time of Primal man was far superior to the state it is in now. Their soils were not full of toxins and chemically produced pesticides, nor were they breathing in pollutants. Even where we stick to organically-produced foods, the soil quality will still not be as rich as beneficial as it was in the time of Primal Man.
Our Primal Living principle on supplements is: eat as much organic and nutritionally loaded food as possible and then supplement to meet any dietary shortfalls.