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Started my first Extended Fast in over 6 months recently. Before this I had fasted for 5-10 days every quarter for over 20 years… stay tuned.

Moose Approved.

I just finished listening to podcast with and this arrived.

Beyond the noise and bs of diet and exercise influencers I believe in living a healthy long life of quality with intention.

This requires knowledge, action and consistency over a lifetime.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

I am seeing a LOT of negative content directed at and the approach to eating, mostly citing specific studies about fat loss and weight stats. It is very frustrating to see these posts and I started to comment on them realizing how silly that would be.

Here’s the thing: if whatever you are doing, eating, moving is working for you, and your metabolic, mental and physical health are optimal, congratulations you are in a small minority.

If, however, you are in the large numbers of pre-diabetic, diabetic, metabolically and physically ill part of the population you owe it to yourself to give and a try.

I am TIRED of people who look nothing like me, didn’t have diabetic parents and family like me, didn’t have autoimmune, endometriosis, depression, eczema, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, gestational diabetes, major physical injuries, obesity, PCOS, infertility… you name it… telling me, and people like me that and don’t work.

Also so tired of people claiming that refined sugar is not addictive and is just fine for your nutritional needs. The pre-diabetes and diabetes numbers are staggering, and ESPECIALLY in CHILDREN.

I’m here to tell you, and work, at least for me and many others and we aren’t rats in a lab. I’ve been practicing for over 20 years so I call BS on the inability to say it is sustainable. I am on ZERO medications for any conditions listed above. I don’t need to see citations from a lab with rats, or a human study with mostly white non-menopausal men to know what works for me. I am living it every day.

FYI the data in the post is BEFORE Covid and the Pandemic

I guess it’s ? Who makes these things up anyway? To celebrate I present my blood levels of and for today, along with my dinner from last night.

is not a fad diet for me, it is my lifestyle and has saved me from a life of and .

Metabolic Health is THE MOST important health issue in the world today.

Making lifestyle changes is very difficult. It’s hard to get motivated, and it’s very hard to maintain discipline and continue with the plan to stay healthy. It’s one of the reasons why I cherish my good friends and so much. Their consistency on display gives me that little extra push to get after it every day.
One great strategy if you don’t know where to start is to get a friend and hold each other accountable. Make a plan together. Cut out all the bu****it food and soda, and plan something sustainable, like work out together 30 minutes a day, 3 days a week, and build from there. You don’t need fancy equipment, you can get an amazing workout with just body weight exercises.
There’s plenty of free body weight workouts available on YouTube.
I know New Years resolutions seem corny, but any reason that you can make healthy choices is a good one.

https://youtu.be/dmDsFU6WMR4

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Research Highlight: Physical Activity and COVID-19.

In a study of nearly 50,000 adults diagnosed with COVID-19, it was found that physical activity was strongly associated with a reduced risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes. Put another way, reduced physical activity significantly increased risk of hospitalization, ICU admission, and death from COVID-19.

Specifically, the research group had all patients who tested positive for COVID-19 self-report their physical activity level as one of three categories: consistently inactive (0-10 minutes/week), some activity (11-149 minutes/week), or consistently meeting guidelines (150+ minutes/week). The results showed that consistently meeting physical activity guidelines was strongly associated with better outcomes.

Compared to the consistently inactive group, those that selected “some activity” had lower risks of adverse outcomes, suggesting that some activity is better than nothing. However, the association with reduced risk was positively correlated with the amount of physical activity, meaning your risk was further reduced by consistently meeting the physical activity guidelines.

Interestingly, physical activity level was more strongly correlated with risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes than any underlying medical condition, including smoking, obesity, diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and cancer (with the exception of history of organ transplant and older age).

While there are several limitations to observational research, this does highlight the importance of regular exercise to potentially lower your risk for severe COVID-19 outcomes.

To learn more, click here: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2021/04/07/bjsports-2021-104080

Mental Health Research Highlight: Food and Mood🧐

In a review published last year in the BMJ, entitled: “Food and mood: how do diet and nutrition affect mental well being?” the potential causal roles that poor nutrition plays on mood was investigated.

The review discusses how the impact our diet has on our mental health is multidirectional. For example, obesity and diabetes are associated with worse mental health, and diet and lifestyle are the primary drivers of obesity and diabetes. In addition, mood can influence our food choices, promoting the consumption of the very foods that contribute to these physical health issues. It really is a vicious cycle, with all components influencing each other.

It’s been found that diets high in glycemic index (e.g., refined carbohydrates that spike blood sugar to high levels very quickly) are associated with higher prevalence of symptoms of depression, and it is thought that rapid and frequent variations in blood sugar contribute to feelings of depression and anxiety. But it could also be that diets high in refined carbohydrates are also associated with an increased risk for diabetes, which as mentioned is a common comorbidity of depression. There are other proposed reasons as to why refined carbohydrate may contribute to worse mental health - such as increased inflammation and gut dysbiosis - altogether emphasizing the power that nutrition holds over our psychological health.

The authors wrap up the paper by discussing how we should not get too caught up in the weeds of properties of single nutrients or subtleties, but to focus on the bigger picture of promoting a healthy nutritious diet to improve population health. Based on the body of evidence, we believe this translates to a diet that emphasizes whole food ingredients, reduces refined carbohydrates (e.g. flours) and added sugars, and is rich in non-starchy vegetables, quality protein sources, marine sources of omega-3s (EPA/DHA), and healthy fats.

Taking care of our physical health means taking care of our mental health.

Read the review here:
https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2382