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Every animal is perfectly adapted to its natural habitat. In the wild, animals are vigorously healthy. They live naturally as all of their ancestors did - they have no other choice. But as any zookeeper will attest, it requires extraordinary measures to keep an animal healthy outside of its natural habitat. Careful attention must be given to its diet, exercise, surroundings and social needs or its health will fail.

We are part of the animal kingdom, too. Until a few generations ago, we humans also relied upon nature to guide our behavior. Most people had to do hard, physical work, every day, just to survive — it kept them in good shape. They also had mostly healthy choices in their diets — animals were pastured, produce was grown naturally, and technologies such as pesticides, hormones, chemical additives, and genetic modifications were unimagined.

We have changed our fundamental relationship with nature.