In order to live a healthy, poison-free lifestyle, you must follow all of these principles, 100% of the time, no exceptions. If you these fail, you go straight to jail:
If this sounds like too much for you, well then too bad! You must follow all of these steps perfectly if you want to live the most optimal life and be your healthiest you.
Of course, I'm kidding. Most of the things on the list above are great measures you can take to improve your health and well-being. But you can of course go too far. Some of these things are either conflicting or just down harmful.
Click the button below to toggle the above list into the colors green, yellow, and red, where I've defined the following based purely on my opinion:
You can't control every aspect of your life, so don't let that control you. Try to remember these 3 things when incorporating new habits into your life, or trying to kick out old ones:
When making New Year's Resolutions, don't try to introduce a million things at a time. That's overwhelming; you're unlikey to stick with most of them. Instead, focus on slow change over time, where you gradually cement better and better habits and break bad ones.
Secondly, remember that life isn't black and white. You don't have to be perfect. Try to follow the 90-10 rule. This essentially means that 90% of the time you try your best to follow whatever health habit you're going for. But make sure to allow yourself that 10% buffer window. Remember, what's the point of life, if you're not truly living.
What this means is that it's okay to consume a slice of cake or scoop of ice cream every so often on a holiday or vacation. Just make these things sparse, and enjoy every second of them when you do partake.
For example, you can avoid added sugar at every part of your day to day life, but allow yourself a couple of cookies on Christmas. The dose makes the poison, and a little bit here and there won't kill you. If anything, it will satisfy those cravings and prevent yourself from going crazy from deprivation.
Finally, stress is a big killer; probably more than any single thing on this list. If you stress about having to follow everything to a tee, you'll be on the way to an early grave. Stress raises blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol, decreases heart rate variability (HRV), impacts sleep, leads to bad decisions, and overall makes you a miserable person. Believe me; everyone can tell when you're stressed.
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So what's the solution then? Either live in a toxic society, or stress yourself to death? No, the answer lies in the middle. Instead, try to live your healthiest lifestyle whenever feasible, but don't beat yourself up when you can't achieve that 100% of the time. I'll leave you with a quotes to follow:
- Avoid any deep fried foods
- Avoid high fat foods, like butter, cream cheese, oils, and lard
- Consume lots of healthy fats, like avocado, nuts, salmon, eggs, and extra virgin olive oil
- Consume no added sugar, refined starches, or refined oils
- Consume whole grains, like brown rice, quinoa, instead of refined grains, like white rice, white bread, and white pasta
- Drink mainly water or unsweetened tea; not any juice, iced tea, or soda (even diet)
- Eat lots of dark leafy greens, like kale, spinach, romaine lettuce, and arugula
- Eat the vegetable first and the carb last
- Eliminate exposures to mold, heavy metals, and polluted air
- Every meal should have a protein source
- Exercise every day
- Get at least 10k steps a day, and at least 150 minutes of activity each week
- Get sunlight every morning
- Limit alcohol and caffeine intakes
- Limit processed and ultra-processed foods
- No food 3 hours before bed
- No screen time 1 hour before bed
- Reduce stress
- Resistance train 3 times a week
- Sleep 7-9 hours a night
- Walk throughout the day
- Wear blue light glasses in the evenings
- Delete social media
- Do yoga and breathwork every morning
- Don't put anything on your body that you can't ingest
- Drink a gallon of water every day
- Eat organic and locally grown foods
- Fast for at least an hour in the morning
- Follow calorie restriction and time restricted eating
- Get blood work done every 6 months
- Have a fasting blood sugar under 85, and a fasting insulin under 5.0
- Have a high HRV (heart rate variability), and a low RHR (resting heart rate)
- Have HDL and Vitamin D levels each over 50
- Limit consumption any food dyes, preservatives, or any other additives that have chemical compound names
- Limit foods with natural and artificial flavorings
- Lose [insert number here] pounds
- Meditate every day
- No artificial sweeteners
- Only cook on stainless steel or cast iron pans
- Only eat grass fed, grass finished beef
- Only use unscented soaps, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and laundry detergent
- Purchase a HEPA filter
- Purchase a reverse osmosis water filter
- Take many different supplements
- Use essential oil diffusers instead of conventional air fresheners
- Don't touch receipts (they're full of BPAs)
- Follow diet plans like keto, vegan, low fat, low carb, paleo, or carnivore
- Ignore your doctor
- Never go out to dinner
- Never take any medications
- Only travel by bike or electric car
- Run 5 miles every day
- Weigh yourself every morning
If this sounds like too much for you, well then too bad! You must follow all of these steps perfectly if you want to live the most optimal life and be your healthiest you.
Of course, I'm kidding. Most of the things on the list above are great measures you can take to improve your health and well-being. But you can of course go too far. Some of these things are either conflicting or just down harmful.
Click the button below to toggle the above list into the colors green, yellow, and red, where I've defined the following based purely on my opinion:
- Green: prioritize most of the time
- Yellow: good to consider, but less of an impact
- Red: either overkill or harmful
You can't control every aspect of your life, so don't let that control you. Try to remember these 3 things when incorporating new habits into your life, or trying to kick out old ones:
- Take it one step at a time
- You don't have to be perfect
- Stress kills
When making New Year's Resolutions, don't try to introduce a million things at a time. That's overwhelming; you're unlikey to stick with most of them. Instead, focus on slow change over time, where you gradually cement better and better habits and break bad ones.
Secondly, remember that life isn't black and white. You don't have to be perfect. Try to follow the 90-10 rule. This essentially means that 90% of the time you try your best to follow whatever health habit you're going for. But make sure to allow yourself that 10% buffer window. Remember, what's the point of life, if you're not truly living.
What this means is that it's okay to consume a slice of cake or scoop of ice cream every so often on a holiday or vacation. Just make these things sparse, and enjoy every second of them when you do partake.
For example, you can avoid added sugar at every part of your day to day life, but allow yourself a couple of cookies on Christmas. The dose makes the poison, and a little bit here and there won't kill you. If anything, it will satisfy those cravings and prevent yourself from going crazy from deprivation.
Finally, stress is a big killer; probably more than any single thing on this list. If you stress about having to follow everything to a tee, you'll be on the way to an early grave. Stress raises blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol, decreases heart rate variability (HRV), impacts sleep, leads to bad decisions, and overall makes you a miserable person. Believe me; everyone can tell when you're stressed.
So what's the solution then? Either live in a toxic society, or stress yourself to death? No, the answer lies in the middle. Instead, try to live your healthiest lifestyle whenever feasible, but don't beat yourself up when you can't achieve that 100% of the time. I'll leave you with a quotes to follow:
- "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
- George Bush, kinda - "Exercise is the single best thing you can do for yourself. It's way more important than dieting, and easier to do. Exercise works at so many levels—except one: your weight."
- Dr. Robert Lustig - "If you're standing on a tack, it takes a lot of aspirin to make it feel better. Get the tack out, and you don't need the aspirin."
- Dr. Mark Hyman - "There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone's business."
- Dr. Vikram Patel - "Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins."
- James Clear - "Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain - "Minds are like parachutes-they only function when open."
- Thomas Dewar