Opening
The Intelligence of the Body
— Precise and accurate knowledge —
« Intelligence is already here, within our body — perhaps the most sophisticated and subtle technology known. »
Our body builds our matter, our feelings, our energy and our thoughts: the quality, coherence and vibration of our food shape our state of vitality and mind.
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Energy
We do not eat — we burn stored light. The body is a solar machine running on two fuels.
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Proteins
Meat does not contain proteins — it only carries them. The source is the plant.
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Minerals
The body is a living geological formation — every mineral becomes an enzyme, a bone, a nerve, a thought.
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Recipes & Tips
The precious tips that elevate my cooking — soak, cook low, tune the umami, vary the oils, dose the acid, sweeten with plants — and the right tools, to wake the full intelligence of living matter.
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Ingredients & Suppliers
I share here my favourite foods and my gem suppliers — those that make plant-based food nourishing and delicious.
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Ayurvedic Intelligence
A science three thousand years old described, without a microscope, what biochemistry rediscovers today — every meal is a complete sensory pharmacology.
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Macrobiotic Intelligence
Le Qi de l'aliment, l'umami, les bouillons et les ferments — l'art oriental de faire circuler l'énergie.
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The Intelligence of Biohacking
The humblest science adds nothing to us: it gives the body back the ancestral signals it has awaited for three hundred thousand years. The most powerful hack is a return.
“Read, experiment, celebrate — the body can be a supreme vehicle of consciousness and sensitivity.”
Virgile Escalant · chef-alchemist
The booklet
- Opening
The Intelligence of the Body
Precise and accurate knowledge
Intelligence is already here, within our body — perhaps the most sophisticated and subtle technology known.
- — I —
Energy
the inner flame
We do not eat — we burn stored light. The body is a solar machine running on two fuels.
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Proteins
the brick of the living — and its hidden origin
Meat does not contain proteins — it only carries them. The source is the plant.
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Minerals
the body's lattice
The body is a living geological formation — every mineral becomes an enzyme, a bone, a nerve, a thought.
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Recipes & Tips
daily practice
The precious tips that elevate my cooking — soak, cook low, tune the umami, vary the oils, dose the acid, sweeten with plants — and the right tools, to wake the full intelligence of living matter.
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Ingredients & Suppliers
the chain of care
I share here my favourite foods and my gem suppliers — those that make plant-based food nourishing and delicious.
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Ayurvedic Intelligence
six tastes, one fire
A science three thousand years old described, without a microscope, what biochemistry rediscovers today — every meal is a complete sensory pharmacology.
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Macrobiotic Intelligence
the Qi of food — Japan & China
The cuisines of East Asia do not nourish matter alone: they set energy in motion. Eating becomes an art of balance — yin and yang, the living Ki, deep umami.
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The Intelligence of Biohacking
giving the body back its signals and its common sense
The humblest science adds nothing to us: it gives the body back the ancestral signals it has awaited for three hundred thousand years. The most powerful hack is a return.
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The Sattvic State
bliss, the joy of the present — to activate and nourish it
Our inner states are not our character: they are weather. And the only animal that can choose its own climate — through food, light, breath, sleep — is us.
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The Technology of Rest and Sleep
the great nightly workshop — and the art of recovery
Sleep is not lost time: it is the body's most active workshop. And rest, chosen, is not an absence — it is a regeneration. We do not force sleep: we invite it, by giving it back its signals.
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The State of Action
drive, strength, focus — to light it with intelligence
Action is not a matter of willpower alone: it is a chemistry the body mobilises — and that food lights or extinguishes. To understand this system is to stop enduring your energy and start steering it.
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Feminine Intelligence
nourishing the rhythms of women's bodies — cycle, transitions, carrying life
Women's bodies live in rhythms — the cycle of the month, the great transitions of a life. None is a problem to correct: they are intelligences to accompany. We treat nothing — we nourish the terrain, so that vitality returns on its own.