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Food. The starting point for physical and mental health.
Like all of you, my brothers, I am mostly here to grown and learn. But I have a thing or two to contribute, and cultivating physical and mental health are where I feel can make those contributions.
As a 40-something who routinely gets placed as a 20-something by girls in their 20s--I can tell you this didn't happen by accident. It's a transformation I've been undertaking for years.
I grew up in the Midwest in the 80s and 90s, effectively before the internet. When I was too big for a high-chair, my toddler ass sat on a stack of Yellowpages at the dinner table. In ignorance, my parents fed me the food that everyone ate. Froot Loops. Corn Flakes. Orange Juice with HFCS. Milk with hormones. French fries with trans fats.
The result? I had respiratory problems almost year round. Coughing/hacking/sneezing/etc. all the way through college. I was growing b****-t*ts in puberty. I had constant chronic back pain. I had severe depression and anxiety, and ADHD.
The second half of my life has been a steady reversal of all of that. I began eating berries, nuts, greens, and colorful vegetables. I started to focus on proteins, getting organic versions where I could. (More to come on all of that.)
The result? I have almost no anxiety. I have almost no pain. I do not have any chronic pain--and that's with bone-spurring in my neck, and a history of cervicogenic migraines/tension headaches. I have not been on depression meds in years. The only Rx's I take are a topical for hair regrowth (almost at goal, so I might quit that) + one stimulant for ADHD. I have the body of an NFL cornerback half my age. I can out-bench press my college self. I do not get sick on even an annual basis.
You can have this, too. I'm here to share it. There's plenty to unpack, but the starting point is dumping the industrial chemicals you're eating, and replacing them with one-ingredient foods. AKA whole foods. AKA "FOOD."
Like you, I have people in my life who have always laughed and boasted about how they don't even want the last 20 years of their life. Those people are now in their 40's, and their diabetes is to the point that they either have cancer, or they have to eat restrictive diets that sound like hell. One of my friends went into kidney failure and has to eat nothing but baby food until he gets a transplant.
The obesity in the US, the health problems--and therefore the health insurance/medical costs--all come from this one thing. That's why it's so prolific. And the only people who benefit are companies like Johnson & Johnson or Bayer, who own the food product manufactures--and also happen to own the pharmaceutical companies. They feed you your health problems, and then they sell you solutions. When you could avoid both (and grow rich in both health and dollars) by eating a regular human diet made of fruits, nuts, vegetables, lean proteins, spices, olive oil, and countless other things that don't have HFCS, emulsifiers, dyes, and sweeteners.
To the food companies, you are a cash cow. Literally. They stuff you with whatever they want (literally). They kill you (literally). They take your money (literally). Everything else is PR. They do not give a $#!T about you. The Bayer family were Nazis. These people are not caring. These people are not trustworthy. They LOVE IT when you parrot the pervasive lazy sentiments like: "Good grief, we can't even have McDonalds anymore?" F*** McDonalds. F*** Bayer. F*** all of them. Power to you. Power to the people.
I plan to launch my IG account soon (I'm still weighing the impact of my custody battle, so bear with me). But if and when I do, this will likely be the main focus. I'd love to swap some follows/follow-backs with any of you who are interested (regardless of whether you care about my diet-demagoguery ;). In the meantime, if you want to reach out to me here by DM, I'd love to encourage you down a path toward healthier eating, however I can.
P.S. I'm fun at parties. This is just my online passion ;).
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Food. The starting point for physical and mental health.
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