Aging is such a gradual process that we often barely notice the process of doing slightly less day by day until one day we suddenly realise what a decrepit old fart we have become.
Reverse aging is very subtle as well.
Since making a major dietary shift, mainly cutting out all fruit and vegetables, and eating a near carnivore diet for the past two months, I've had a bunch of improvements, some strikingly sudden, but some so subtle I only just realised.
It's not as if I was coming from a "Standard American Diet" (SAD) or anything. For the past 20+ years I've had no gluten, no sugar, no coffee, no alcohol, and no nightshades, as well as being mostly organic and low carb, with no artificial sweeteners or additives. I have also always taken care to drink good quality spring water and avoid fluoridated tap water like the plague.
But I still had some chronic aching, along with poor gut health, and low energy.
After just one day of no fruit I had a huge reduction in hip pain, and after a month of this semi-carnivore diet I was able to markedly increase my previously limited physical activity.
My own tendency is often to notice negative things while completely ignoring positives (yes, I know that is not optimum!)
Here are the three biggest changes I've had over the past two months:
1. NO MORE SEIZURES
The biggest improvement was that I stopped having grand mal seizures.
1. NO MORE SEIZURES
The biggest improvement was that I stopped having grand mal seizures.
They go back nearly 20 years and for the past four years they had become an almost monthly set back. (That is another story in itself, but I won’t get into that any further here). So far those have now ceased for the longest time in over three years (fingers crossed that continues), and I have high hopes of never having another one.
2. ABLE TO DO MORE EXERCISE
At first I kept noticing how weak, unfit, and tired I was, but what I wasn't noticing that for the first time in over four years I was doing some physical activity every day, rather than only doing something about every three days and spending the rest of my time trying to recover from it.
Now when I do some exercise or physical work I do feel sore and tired afterwards, but the next day, I feel like I’m recovering and becoming stronger. Previously I was getting sorer and feeling weaker for at least two to three days each time.
3. MENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
The third thing that I didn't consciously notice for over a month was my gradual mental improvements. As with the physical stuff what I first noticed was that I was struggling to do things I could do 10 years ago. “I'm turning into an idiot” I thought.
Then I realised that I was attempting to do things at a level I was last at over 10 years ago, which was difficult because I hadn’t been doing them very well for a long time.
Every day now, I'm noticing more, making more connections, improving my skills, and just plain wanting to learn and develop. Previously that had almost stopped happening. Writing a positive summary like this is part of that process.
Yes I realise cutting out fruit and vegetables sounds extreme and sort of mad. We are constantly told they are good for us (notice a reoccurring pattern here?) but I have several friends who have also spectacularly transformed their health by doing just that, and I'm now cautiously giving it a try.
2. ABLE TO DO MORE EXERCISE
At first I kept noticing how weak, unfit, and tired I was, but what I wasn't noticing that for the first time in over four years I was doing some physical activity every day, rather than only doing something about every three days and spending the rest of my time trying to recover from it.
Now when I do some exercise or physical work I do feel sore and tired afterwards, but the next day, I feel like I’m recovering and becoming stronger. Previously I was getting sorer and feeling weaker for at least two to three days each time.
3. MENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
The third thing that I didn't consciously notice for over a month was my gradual mental improvements. As with the physical stuff what I first noticed was that I was struggling to do things I could do 10 years ago. “I'm turning into an idiot” I thought.
Then I realised that I was attempting to do things at a level I was last at over 10 years ago, which was difficult because I hadn’t been doing them very well for a long time.
Every day now, I'm noticing more, making more connections, improving my skills, and just plain wanting to learn and develop. Previously that had almost stopped happening. Writing a positive summary like this is part of that process.
Yes I realise cutting out fruit and vegetables sounds extreme and sort of mad. We are constantly told they are good for us (notice a reoccurring pattern here?) but I have several friends who have also spectacularly transformed their health by doing just that, and I'm now cautiously giving it a try.
The carnivore diet is constantly bashed by the mainstream media as part of their relentless sickness industry mind programing - eg. "The
carnivore diet is a high-protein fad diet in which only animal products
such as meat, dairy and eggs are consumed. The carnivore diet is
associated with pseudo scientific health claims. The diet lacks dietary
fiber, can lead to deficiencies of vitamins, and can increase the risk
of chronic diseases".
Until recently I've always thought that humans are omnivores, but I now seem to be gradually revising that deep seated belief. I'm not fully onboard though. No fruit is a sticking point.
Until recently I've always thought that humans are omnivores, but I now seem to be gradually revising that deep seated belief. I'm not fully onboard though. No fruit is a sticking point.
While I could happily not eat any vegetables (I never really liked them anyway, apart from kumera), I do miss fruit and hope to be able to reintroduce some of that again, but probably in very limited amounts.
Most days I'm carefully reintroducing one new food and testing the results. Sometimes they seem to be fine so I'm then able to continue to eat something new. One of those foods which tested OK was several forms of dairy which I had been completely avoiding for the past few years.
Most days I'm carefully reintroducing one new food and testing the results. Sometimes they seem to be fine so I'm then able to continue to eat something new. One of those foods which tested OK was several forms of dairy which I had been completely avoiding for the past few years.
Several diary foods actually seem to be pretty good for me, such as cheese as long as it's made with animal rennet, but not if it's made with vegetarian rennet, which many cheeses now are. That stuff is like a poison to me, causing severe aching within a day.
Mainland Tasty is still made with animal rennet but many cheeses (including most other Mainland cheeses) are not, so check the ingredients carefully.
This is all still a work in progress, but big thanks to
Joachim Bartoll - https://bartoll.se/nutrition-quickstart/
Max German (NZ) - https://www.youtube.com/@max.german/videos
for posting so much helpful nutritional information.
