What does that word mean to you?

For many people the word healthy conjures up images of bland lettuce and starvation and really boring foods.  Does this describe you?   Often we think of it as a goody goody type thing,  almost a negative moral issue.  And by so doing we put it in an undesirable category.

But really we just don't believe we could ever truly become healthy,  that's  for someone else not me.

Something else making it easier for us to abstain from our naturally inherited birth-rite of  awesome health is the confusing monetarily influenced "advice" from the medical conglomerate.

Don't get me wrong,  we need our talented doctors and nurses,  for acute problems especially.  The problem is that the focus seems to be on disease and treatment,  not proactive health that prevents or lessens diseases.  The old adage,  an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,  is very true.

Take the insurance industry for example.  They aren't interested in helping with medical payments until it's too late, until you are really ill and then they will "help"  not interested in proactive health.  It would lessen their profits,  and once more they aren't trained in health,  only sickness. 

But unfortunately we really need these disease interventions,  because we are constantly being given harmful dietary and lifestyle advice from those we are conditioned to trust. 

What started me on the health journey after a few years of wistful wanting and hoping to somehow get "in shape" was an inspiring and maybe fictitious article about a son telling his sick father to stop eating wheat and of course the father did and recovered.  It was enough for me to try it!

At age 60 I eliminated grains and ate fats and grass-fed beef and lots of brocoli (initially) and lost 45 pounds in approximately 3 months.  I was and still am amazed!

I now eat when I'm hungry,  eat till satisfied,  eat amazing food and some not so amazing,  but having that initial boot out of grains was essential.

I have to mention that one of my "whys" was to be able to run, so that was part of my journey and still is.

So, find your why,  and doggedly pursue your inheritance of optimal  health.   It starts with your next meal and next meal and so on.

in health,
Rich
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​ Ok!   Styx got it right about we are all the same in their fantastic song,  "The Grand Illusion".

I'm going to put a bit of a different spin on it though.

In Nora Gedguadas's book "Primal Fat Burner" she talks at length about humankind's common DNA and our common basic nutritional requirements,  which developed pre-agricultural revolution,  thus sans grains and sugar (which are synonymous).   Then looks at the developing diseases that occurred after the introduction of grains and sugar.

The following is a quote from Dr, Loren Cordain from his book, "The Paleo Diet".  "DNA evidence shows that genetically,  humans have hardly changed at all.  To be specific,the human genotype has changed less than 0.02% in 40,000 years.  This means that the genetic makeup of Paleolithic people is virtually identical to our own.  literally, we are Stone Agers living in the Space Age; our dietary needs are the same as theirs.  Our genes are well adapted to a world in which all the food eaten daily had to be hunted. fished, or gathered from the natural environment - a world that no longer exists.  Nature determined what our bodies needed thousands of years before civilization developed, before people started farming and raising domesticated livestock."


Ok  so no one is suggesting going back to a time long long ago  in a galaxy close close at hand,  but we can respect and work with the amazing genetic structure of our common ancestry and reclaim our health simply by eating our way to optimal health!

in health

Rich

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Here is an interesting article by Dr. Mary Newport.

"What if there was a cure for Alzheimer's Disease and no one knew?"   
Published July 22, 2008.

Look it up on line,  very detailed.

She was and is a medical doctor who struggled with her husband's dementia for years without any success and she had access to the top medical advances and medicines.  
Finally, she started doing her own research and discovered a very effective formula that worked for her husband and she believes that this will definitely be of great benefit for many of us.

It's worth a look through,  if nothing else, just look at the drawings of a clock her husband did before her "treatment" and then shortly after.

Let's do what we can to take back our health,  our medical doctors often feel that their hands are tied by old outdated misinformation.
​If their costly medicines worked we wouldn't have  Alzheimer's!

in health,

Rich

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Yes!  The benefits of getting primal are not to be underrated or understated.
The simplicity of going against the grain is beautiful.
Optimal health is just one meal away then the next and the next and so on.
Simply by eliminating grains and eating grass-fed beef, fatty fish, avocados, farm fresh eggs, and lots of green veggies, and multi-colored veggies we can overcome the all too prevalent maladies that plague our society.  Primal enthusiasts are making audaciously bold statements like this everyday and it's just like,  come on folks  try it, it is awesomely delicious and powerful,  much more powerful than the deadly drugs we are prescribed to cover our sickness,  not to heal, because it's widely believed that there are no cures for our diet induced sicknesses.

I'm often accused of oversimplification,  well just try it and see.

Of course this won't heal everything,  come on, most of us have had a few decades to screw ourselves up,  but it will stop the progression of many metabolic diseases,  then we can go from there on our health journey.

It is important to make a start.

I often repeat myself,  oh well, it's that important,  I really don't like watching people fall "helplessly" into greater states of disease when the vast majority of sickness can be stopped in place by going primal.


So I don't mind being repetitive,  it's for a greater purpose,  unlike the repetitive commercials and health experts that continue to expound the fat phobia and grain fed lies that are monetarily inspired.

So please don't give up on yourself,  you can do it,  you must do it.

Again, I must remind you that it isn't your fault,  you have been sold down the river,  told that you simply have to eat less and work out more.  BS!  As Hippocrates said,  "Let your food be your medicine, and let your medicine be your food".

When I started my health journey I was a 215 pound "weakling".   I have kept at around 170 pounds for these last 4 years primarily by eating great food,  then I started enjoying activities that I enjoy,  running, rock climbing,  body weight work, like planks, squats, yoga, kickboxing, etc..  But it was and always will be food first,  real food that is.

thanks folks

in health
 Rich
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Hey,  I just wanted to celebrate my 1000 mile journey completed today!  Just in time!

i was counting on our 10k run tonight but it got cancelled because of sub zero degree temps.

Oh well,  I made my goal of 1000 miles run in 2017.  
Maybe 2000 in 2018?  I don't know..

Happy New Year!!!!


​Rich

Dr. Timothy Noakes in 1985 wrote and published the book "The Lore of Running".
This tome has been considered the "bible" of running, containing around 1000 pages.  In it he expounds on the wonders of human anatomy and physiology.  Dr. Noakes is a great writer and goes into the pyschology of running and any physical endeavor.  He was also considered the "master" of utilizing carbohydrates to get the most effective access for the energy needed for ultimate endurance performance.

Now fast forward to present day....  Dr. Noakes was diagnosed about 12 years or so ago of prediabetes.....

How can this be????   The picture of health and leader of worldwide fitness.    huh           

He describes what happened.   Basically, because of his high carb intake through the years he became insulin resistant.   What this means is that your cells become tired of all the insulin in the bloodstream and then can't be receptive to this hormone so your pancreas has to produce more insulin to "force" the cells to accept it.  Also, we only can use so much glucose in the blood stream so our bodies have to get rid of it and it (the glucose) often gets stored as fat,  and with high levels of insulin we can't access our fat storages to use as fuel as we should.

Enough of that for now.   Anyway,  Dr. Noakes is now a powerful advocate of the paleo/ketogenic diet.  He has turned South Africa upside down with his "Real Food Revolution".  A type of implementing the ketogenic diet.

One more quick note.  

We have introduced  many "rapid" changes in our diets recently and our dna has not had the time to adapt to this change in "diet".   So our bodies aren't inclined to thrive on these low nutrient "foods" such as sugar, grains, and highly processed product.

Time-line wise,  we have evolved and eaten a certain way for many thousands of years and only recently have introduced new foods.

Picture a football field,  from the goal line to about the 99.5 yard line we have eaten a "hunter-gatherer" diet. (which changes with the location but was weirdly missing sugars and grains)  Now at about the 99.5 yard line we introduced the agricultural revolution.  Now we started eating processed food at about the 2 inch yard line.   Kinda new huh?   We have not been able to keep up with the changes and these changes are causing world-wide health epidemics.

So, now that the keto diet is gaining recognition why not give it a try?

I can assist you in your health and fitness journey!

To your health

Rich

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Well, actually, as of today the 29th of December,  I only have 994 miles,  but on new years eve I am running a 10k (6.2 mi) so essentially I have 1000 miles this year.
But I am helping out at a Snap Fitness Gym and am running on the treadmill (listening to Foo Fighters and Breaking Benjamin) so I plan on getting "my thousand" before then.
By the way, it's supposed to be minus 18 degress on new years morning,  yay.  So I am running a 10k on the 31st and a 10k on the 1st,  what fun!  Bit cold though.

As a caveat, I need to note that the only reason I am able to run is by incorporatng a paleo/keto type diet and lifestyle.  Again, this way of eating destroys or at least slows down the major metabolic diseases;  arthritis, diabetes, alzheimers, many nuerological problems. It is a lot less expensive in the long run than conventional medicine and much more enjoyable.

to your health

Rich

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This thanksgiving was very special.  It signaled the start of my 4th year of running.    Woohoo!
Various family members join me for the turkey trot every year on thanksgiving morning and then we go out for brunch and have our main gathering on the next day friday.

But even more than my running,   it signifies to me the success of my fitness journey which has as its cornerstone foundation the eliminating of grains and addition of the much maligned saturated fats.  By the way, I just heard again on the radio Dr. Sanjay Gupta exhorting us to avoid saturated fats (like coconut oil) and include "heart healthy" whole grains.   PUHLEEZ!  If this worked we wouldn't have all the sickness worldwide and also the "keto dieters"  wouldn't be in such awesome shape.  (the keto diet emphasizes the importance of fats,  making up the majority of the calories).

So,  the danger in my running and exercising is that people think thats how I lost weight and got "in shape".
Its funny,  my doctor also commented that my running sure is good for me,  thats after I just began and couldn't run a 5k.

I told him that actually it was because I ditched grains and sugars, (which are the same thing)  but he really couldn't even hear it or concieve of it,  because it's not taught in school and the myths continue about the dangers of fats and cholesterol.

Disclaimer,  I of am not a doctor.

But,... did you know that cholesterol is needed for almost every metabolic function in your body?  Every cell needs cholesterol,  your brain definately needs cholesterol.  Too bad the anti- cholesterol drugs called statins are so widely prescribed and so profitable for docs and drug companies, and they aren't very effective according to many Doctors.  Some of the healthiest people have high cholesterol.  

Often at night I wake up in the "peaceful, sacred, or holy" middle of the night and give thanks as I lie there gently humming with life energy coursing through my  veins,  knowing that the peaceful hormone melatonin is coursing through my body, along with human growth hormone, testosterone, and other body rebuilding hormones, and my brain recalibrating itself.  Awesome!

So,  if I at age 60 (4 years ago) can transform my life,  weight wise from 215  to 170,  from a couch potato to a primal fat burning beast,  you can too!

Easy Peezy Lemon Squeezy

I have continued to learn and experiment with fitness ideas and practices,  have earned a health coaching certification and am thrilled with the thought of helping others to this "higher ground"  or "sacred ground" of primal health and fitness.

Get a hold of me if you would like to get off the roller coaster of ill-health and indecision of what to do about it.   I can help!

to your health,

Rich

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 This is what my friend John said to me one day when I asked him to be a part of my health coaching team.

John and I had been meeting occasionally to share our fitness life and other life stories.  He is very fit, swimming almost daily and had competed in many tri and duathalons.  I had shared with him one of my favorite books by Gary Taubes, "Why We Get Fat"   (and what to do about it).   He enjoyed it and promptly lost 15 lbs in a couple of weeks,  just by kicking grains and cereals to the curb.  Awesome, but not uncommon.

Now, it should be noted right here,  I didn't tell John what to do, nor did Gary Taubes,  just suggested nutrition ideas that are based on historical, evolutionary facts  and John was interested and enjoyed the benefits!

So, I asked John to consider being a part of my health coaching team,  so that he could share his story and help those who are interested in real health and real results without the hype of fake foods, pills, shakes, or number crunching or anything like that.  And this is where he made the statement, " I don't want to tell anybody what to do".   Well, neither do I and further, most people I know aren't interested in being told what to do.

BUT.... let's take a look around and see who is telling who what to do and who is doing it.

Aren't we being told what to  do 24/7 by the "food industry" through their ubiquitous marketing campaign on radio, television,  billboards, and supermarkets?

Pepsi is supposedly great for us,  donuts can't be beat for food,  breakfast cereals are a definate necessity and we should be devouring sweets and candy bars multiple times per day.

Also,  fats like animal fats, avocados, coconut oil, and butter are very bad for us, thanks to a flawed study by Ancel Keyes way back in the 60's.  This study was called the seven country study whereby he supposedly proved that fats and cholesterol cause heart disease.  But this study is flawed because he collected data from 22 countries and his findings weren't conclusive to his convictions, so he "cooked" the books.  Yet to this day we are inundated with this phobia of fats because of this self renewing myth.

See?   We really are being told what to do and what to eat and most of us are, unfortunely, listening,  usually unconsciously.

That is why we need health coaches to support and encourage those who are fed up  (pun intended) with the sickness promoting main line foods to show the simple way out of this morass.

We need to constantly be reminded that real food can help heal us!

Again, we can take the "father of medicines" word for it  "let thy food be thy medicine and let thy medicine be thy food".

The "food" we are being told to eat is causing  metabolic disease,  diabetes, cancer, alzheimers, arthritis,  and all the other "itises".
​
If the main stream food worked we wouldn't be in this global health mess.

Give me a call,  I can help you.

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to your health,

Rich

Couchpotatoprimalfit

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,Well,  maybe.

But I doubt it.   My experience with pills, shakes, or any "fake foods" is that while you may actually get some benefit,  in the long run you quit the program because of expense or just tired of the hassle.

I have a friend who has seen my fitness journey and wanted me to help him just lose 10 to 15 lbs..   I spoke with him a little about changing the food he puts in his body,  very basic stuff,  but he wasn't willing to give it a go.

So, I see him again and he informs me that he is about to try a pill that will enable him to lose weight effortlessly.  I told him to go for it and it might work,  prob not though.  But I am happy that he is willing to try something to get his health back.  But I'd much rather he take a different approach.

The approach I'm referring to is training your body for life-long fitness and health.
First of all "training" your body is a somewhat misleading term.  Our bodies are super intelligent and accustomed to ensuring our survival.  Our bodies aren't  interested in our 5 yr plan or our plans even for next week,  they are concerned about making sure all of our systems and functions are in balance,  working properly.

So,  briefly,  we can "train" our bodies by eating our ancestral foods and allowing our bodies to become fat burning engines instead of a constant need for sugars and other cheap carbs.
By eating primally we allow our bodies to tap into their own fat stores( a huge resourse) instead of incessently craming ourselves full of crap carbs that just get locked away as fat and we can't utilize them.

Again,  our bodies will adjust and start running efficiently on this ancient and primal fuel that has allowed us to survive for so long as a species.   Can you imagine our ancestors chasing down some wild game, even after a time of food shortage, and complaining that they  need a coke or sandwich?  It didn't happen,  they were efficient fat burners.

It's really hard to imagine that life-long health is just one meal away, every day.  It's almost like fiction to someone who hasn't tried it,  but to those who have adopted a primal/paleo lifestyle,  it's magic and it truly works.  All we have to do is to try it.  Just like Hippocrates said in 400 b c   "Let thy food be thy medicine, and let thy medicine be thy food".

And so my friend,  by all means keep on experimenting with health ideas,  but if you want life-long fitness and to decrease your chances of getting all the metabolic diseases that our standard american diet predispose us to;  give me a call and I can help coach you to life-long primal fitness!

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in health,

Rich

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