I’ll get into details with links to studies in another post or perhaps in a free ebook that I’ll post a link to. Each one of these affects all of the others. If one is mismanaged, the others will compensate. The body is resilient and there’s is no need to obsess over these. However, if either is mismanaged too much for too long, the others will eventually fail to compensate which will result in “diseases” such as COVIDs/flus, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, literally every chronic illness. In such cases, it is absolutely important to (with minimal stress) obsess over all of these.
These are The Five Things:
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Stage IV REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, the deep and restorative phase of sleep.
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Inputs. This includes what you eat and don’t eat including chemical residues. It also includes regular and proper fasting and everything you inhale and absorb through your skin—almost all “skincare” and bathing products are poisonous—and mucous membranes like your eyes and in your mouth. Of course, this includes all drugs including pills and injections. Almost all of the food in the grocery store is poisonous. The only healthy food comes from organically managed farms, pasture-raised/grass-fed livestock, the wilderness, and the ocean. The healthy food you eat should be as raw as possible. Most seed oils, even organically produced ones, are poisonous when ingested especially after high temp cooking (like deep frying) but some are beneficial internally and topically. Fruit oils such as olive oil and avocado oil are best for cooking, if you must cook. If you must eat grains, they should be whole, organically grown, and sprouted.
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Radiation. Direct sunlight exposure is critical for proper immune function. This is technically an input but so very important on its own. Microwaves, X-rays, and gamma rays are harmful. Some radio waves can be harmful, too. So is some nuclear radiation.
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Stress. While long-term stress causes immunodeficiency and thus “diseases”, short-term stress can be protective as it prepares us to deal with challenges, mitigating long term stress.
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High intensity interval training and/or strength training. It should hurt (but not injure) and you should push through it. No pain, no gain.
That’s it. As mentioned, I’ll go into detail with citations and links (or perhaps a free ebook) on a future date.
There is a sort of “prerequisite” that greatly enhances healing and disease prevention primarily via stress mitigation but also by providing a sense of purpose or meaning which causes one to thrive maximally:
Be your spirit conscience and not your flesh.
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Now go and do the things.
Edit: Thanks for sticky, mods! Thou art gods. :)
Also, minor edit for clarity on seed oils (much more detail to follow) and added emphasis regarding the body’s resilience.
Edit 2: Wow the shillbots (with alts?) with random/obvious bot names are out in full force! Notice they offer nothing in their pseudo-rebuttals? Still, all feedback is greatly appreciated! As mentioned, I’ll provide much greater detail including links to rigorous scientific studies in a future post.
“If you must cook” made me lol.
A little extreme my friend, I sincerely appreciate the dedication to a lifestyle and respect the promotion of this since it’s obviously a very healthy way to live. If there were actual data/studies that showed life expectancy/quality of life eating like you presented vs people that do use canola or veg oil routinely, do cook their food, and do eat produce from the grocery store, that would potentially show what? That people who eat healthier live longer and more disease free lives relative to people who don’t eat as relatively healthy?
I’m nit picking over the food comments no doubt, I just feel like it’s probably the one where you can have a little leeway more than other areas. if you have a bag of twizzlers while on vacation or something you’re not going to get Alzheimer’s from that, I think I just read this post that way and took it as a little extreme. You are only here to help it seems and dead on about the other 4 in my mind. You need sunlight, sleep, excercise, and challenges to overcome (short term stress) to keep life moving forward
For some it isn't about living a longer life, just living a life with less illness, pain, disease, etc. I'm 38, healthy weight, but a year ago my diet was awful and for years I suffered from allergies, IBS, severe bronchitis, asthma, anemia, frequent colds, skin issues, extreme fatigue. I cleaned up my diet (I do 80/20 and don't deny myself anything but 80% of my food is organic and plant based) now I feel great, still working on gut health, but took a year for my body to adjust and clean out the toxins from the years of abuse. I have energy to play with my kids and function again. This alone is a reason to eat healthy, so you can live a more fulfilling life.
I think he missed this part: