Farmer's lifestyle

Farmer's lifestyle is a healthy lifestyle often used at this site as a metaphor for the adherence to the demands of human physiology anointed in the course of biological evolution.

A farmer wakes up early, works hard all day in a farmland, and goes to sleep pleasantly tired with a sense of having a productive day.

The following aspects of lifestyle are emphasized:

• the value of early rising with sunrise for the function of the circadian cycle
• minimization of evening electricity to reduce the injury to the circadian cycle
• the value of exercise for mental health
• the value of exposure to farmland pathogens for the development of adaptive immunity (e.g. in contrast to daycare)
• the value of cold exposure for immunity
• unschooling and hard work ethic (as opposed to rigorous academic schooling)
• attachment parenting as opposed to baby management
• healthy visual environment

See also:

• Simple formula for a happy life
• Optimum diet

This glossary entry is used to explain texts in SuperMemo Guru series on memory, learning, creativity, and problem solving