Blood reaction to lying.

[duszek]

I heard in a lecture that our ancestors moved all the time to get enough food so when they were in a flat resting position their body assumed that they must be injured and so the body thickened the blood in order to avoid blood loss.

This mechanism is still working today: when someone does not move enough his blood gets thick and he needs blood thinners.

Any thoughts ?

[Philosophy Explorer]

I heard in a lecture that our ancestors moved all the time to get enough food so when they were in a flat resting position their body assumed that they must be injured and so the body thickened the blood in order to avoid blood loss.

This mechanism is still working today: when someone does not move enough his blood gets thick and he needs blood thinners.

Any thoughts ?

First I've ever heard of this. Since we sleep about a third of our time, then I wonder why resting isn't more of an issue in this area? (blood clots). I can tell you the situation is more complicated than what you described (e.g. eating green vegetables). Who was the lecturer? Was he degreed and anchored to a university? What was the purpose of the lecture you attended?

PhilX

[duszek]

The man was a physiotherapist and he was giving a lecture in a rehabilitation clinik dedicated to restoring people after heart attacks and the like.

Our ancestors had to sleep too.
The physiotherapist took as an example a person who was lying for about seven days.

Another of his theories was that sports don´t make you lose weight because we are programmed for food search and if people lost weight before catching a mamouth they would die.
Catching a mamouth can take a long time, several days.

[Philosophy Explorer]

The man was a physiotherapist and he was giving a lecture in a rehabilitation clinik dedicated to restoring people after heart attacks and the like.

Our ancestors had to sleep too.
The physiotherapist took as an example a person who was lying for about seven days.

Another of his theories was that sports don´t make you lose weight because we are programmed for food search and if people lost weight before catching a mamouth they would die.
Catching a mamouth can take a long time, several days.

TBH this physiotherapist has cuckoo theories. I strongly doubt mainstream science would support him. I would suggest you do internet research to see if you can verify the statements he's made. Keep in mind too that humans eat all kinds of animals and plants to survive, not just the mammoth.

PhilX

[duszek]

Mammoth was used as pars pro toto.

If you want to find any kind of food you have to move. Climb on trees etc.
It was before the agriculture was discovered as an option.

The theory does make sense. We just need to see if it is right by observing ourselves.
Are there any indicators of thick blood ?