About THE INDEPENDENT HUMAN Initiative
A movement dedicated to helping you achieve health, prosperity, satisfaction, and true independence from harmful dependencies.
What is THE INDEPENDENT HUMAN Initiative?
We live in an age of unprecedented food abundance, yet we are sicker than ever. Supermarket aisles overflow with thousands of products—brightly packaged, expertly marketed, engineered to perfection. Yet chronic disease rates continue their relentless climb. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome have reached epidemic proportions.
The uncomfortable truth is that modern humans find themselves caught in an evolutionary trap. Our bodies, shaped by millions of years of adaptation to specific environmental conditions, are fundamentally mismatched with the dietary landscape, sedentary lifestyles, and psychological environments we have created.
THE INDEPENDENT HUMAN Initiative was created to provide a comprehensive, science-based framework for breaking free from these traps. By addressing all four dimensions of human optimization—nutritional, physical, mental, and financial—simultaneously, we enable the synergistic effects that produce lasting transformation.
The Five Pillars of Independence
Nutritional Independence
Nutritional independence is freedom from the processed food industry's grip on your metabolism and health. Modern humans find themselves caught in an evolutionary trap—our bodies, shaped by millions of years of adaptation, are fundamentally mismatched with the dietary landscape we've created.
Ultra-processed foods are engineered for maximum palatability, triggering the brain's dopamine system similar to addictive substances. When your dietary choices are influenced by foods specifically designed to override your satiety signals, you are subject to corporate manipulation of your neurochemistry.
Through evidence-based nutrition strategies aligned with human evolution, you can break free from dietary dependence and reclaim control over your health, energy, and longevity.
Physical Independence
The human body was designed to move. For over two million years, our ancestors traversed savannas, climbed trees, hunted game, and built shelters. This constant physical demand shaped every aspect of our physiology.
Prolonged sitting is associated with significantly increased mortality risk—independent of whether individuals meet recommended physical activity guidelines. The health risks persist even for those who exercise regularly.
Physical independence means maintaining a body that moves optimally, recovers efficiently, and preserves strength and vitality throughout life. Exercise triggers cellular adaptations including mitochondrial biogenesis—the creation of new cellular powerhouses—and increases BDNF for brain health and neuroplasticity.
Mental Independence
Mental independence is freedom from dependence on negative life conditions—whether psychological, circumstantial, or financial. It is the capacity to think clearly, decide wisely, and act deliberately rather than reactively.
Human decision-making is systematically biased, predictably irrational, and heavily influenced by forces we neither recognize nor control. We operate with cognitive machinery designed for survival on the African savanna, not rational navigation of modern financial markets or career decisions.
Through understanding behavioral psychology, cognitive biases, and institutional conditioning, you can achieve liberation from the invisible forces that shape human behavior without conscious awareness.
Financial Independence
Financial independence isn't about accumulating wealth for its own sake. It's about buying back your time, your choices, and ultimately, your freedom. When you're not shackled to a paycheck, you can make decisions based on what truly matters to you.
The relationship between financial stress and health outcomes is well-documented. Financial anxiety correlates with elevated cortisol levels, disrupted sleep patterns, compromised immune function, and increased cardiovascular disease risk.
You cannot optimize your nutrition when stressed about affording quality food. You cannot commit to consistent training when working multiple jobs. Financial independence completes the optimization equation.
Holistic Integration
The four dimensions of human optimization are synergistic. When properly integrated, they produce effects far greater than their individual contributions would suggest. In the realm of human optimization, 1+1+1+1 can equal 10 or more.
This phenomenon is called emergence—properties that arise from the interaction of system components but cannot be predicted from examining those components in isolation.
When all four dimensions are optimized together, an emergent property called vitality appears—the felt sense of operating at full human capacity. The Independent Human is not merely healthy, fit, mentally sharp, and financially secure. The Independent Human is vital.
About the Founder
Dr. Franci Porenta, PhD
Founder of THE INDEPENDENT HUMAN Initiative
Dr. Franci Porenta is a Doctor of Science with a PhD in Economics and MSc in Money and Finance. He is an economist and market strategist with over 30 years of experience in financial markets, business strategy, and data-driven decision-making.
He specializes in leveraging advanced behavioral modeling to optimize asset allocation and strategic risk management. His research integrates socioeconomic psychological elements based on human evolutionary principles.
Beyond his professional work, Dr. Porenta has been actively involved in sports including judo and boxing, and takes an analytical, evidence-based approach to nutrition and exercise. This combination of financial expertise and health optimization led to the creation of THE INDEPENDENT HUMAN Initiative.