Our Solution: Ancestralize

 

We help people become healthier using an ancestral health approach, scientific data, and the active contribution of our users.

 

Our software will provide health advice to people who are open to taking control of their health. It will also empower practitioners with up-to-date scientific knowledge and probabilistic reasoning.

  1. Individual practitioners, as humans, have limited learning and cognitive capacities. Ancestralize collects all relevant scientific knowledge, integrates it into a coherent knowledge base, and uses computer logic to generate advice.

  2. Ancestralize avoids the biases of conventional and alternative medicine and individual practitioners.

  3. Our system digs down to the root causes of symptoms, diseases, and pathologies.

  4. It is capable of probabilistic reasoning to find the diseases and pathologies, most likely given the observed symptoms, laboratory results, and risk factors.

  5. Our software provides immediate advice at a fraction of the usual healthcare prices.

 
 

Our approach is based on the science of evolution, pathology, nutrition, and health in general. Our health advice will be coherent with the results of several disciplines.

 

Our focus is treating the root causes, not just the symptoms. The pathologies behind most diseases are related to issues far from the appearance of symptoms. For example, intestinal permeability and insulin resistance can lead to several brain disorders (Alzheimer's, depression, schizophrenia, etc.), autoimmune diseases, like rheumatoid arthritis, Hashimoto, even acne. Also, many causes can result in the same condition: see five different causes of chronic fatigue here.

 
 
 

We provide personalized advice based on health history and personal health data. All people are different: we have different genomes, epigenome, microbiome, etc. Other foods and lifestyles are ideal for different people, and also, we may need individualized treatments in the case of disease.

 

We utilize diets and lifestyle modifications as the main tools. Why is this a better approach than the traditional one? We need to minimize the harmful effects of modern life and provide an environment that helps the human organism heal itself. Focusing on decreasing symptoms will not take us there.

 
 
 
 

The Ancestralize Mindset: the Science of Evolution and Health

 

In most cases, chronic disease is the consequence of abandoning the diets and lifestyles that our genomes support.

 

Health advice should be based on high-quality science. At the moment, opinions overrule and ignore results in pathology, biology, evolution, physiology, etc.

 
 
 

Humans have evolved from apes, but our human ancestors lived as hunter-gatherers for 2 million years which had a massive impact on our biology. Modern life started with the invention of agriculture about 10 thousand years ago. Since then, our food and lifestyle have gotten farther and farther from what we are biologically capable of tolerating.

Our principle: Findings of paleontology are a pillar of good quality health science and the basis of our recommendations.

 
 

Examples of Chronic Diseases we Would Like to Target:

  • Obesity

  • Insulin resistance, diabetes

  • Cardiovascular diseases

  • Energy related diseases of the brain (Alzheimer’s, migraines, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, anxiety, depression, autism, alcoholism, etc.)

  • Autoimmune diseases (Hashimoto, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis, allergy, multiple sclerosis, etc.)

  • Bowel diseases (IBS, IBD, Chron’s, etc.)

  • Cancer

  • Insomnia

  • Reproductive health

 
 

Examples of Tools we Recommend on a Case-by-Case Basis

Diet

  • Paleo

  • Autoimmune Protocol

  • Ketogenic

  • Carnivore

  • GAPS

  • Emphasis on certain nutrients

  • Avoiding harmful components, like plant lectins, toxins, additives, pesticides, drugs causing gut dysbiosis, etc.

  • Supplements when whole foods are not sufficient for the remission

Exercise

  • Speed walking

  • High-intensity interval training (HIIT)

  • Sprinting

  • Yoga

  • Weight training

  • etc.

Other

  • Detoxification

  • Sleep hygiene

  • Stress management

  • Heat therapy, sauna

  • Cold therapy

  • Light therapy

  • Sun

  • Relaxation

  • Other tools of functional medicine, cognitive behavioral therapy, and other fields