You might be wondering why I'm writing about eating here. “What does eating have to do with LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS?” you might be asking yourself. A lot! Because eating — within healthy limits — is one of the essential foundations of LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) last determined the situation in the USA in 2018. In 2018, 30.7% of Americans were overweight, and 42.4% suffered from obesity. That's 73.1%, or 3 out of 4 Americans, who are too fat! Even more staggering, 35.4% of 2 - 19-year-olds are too heavy, and 19.3% of them are obese — one in five! Someone said to me on an airplane the other day, “There are worse things.” He gratefully ate half of my food—he must have had 300 pounds. And he's not wrong—something is always worse in life! But is this attitude smart? We all have choices every day. Do we get up with our left or right leg? Do we eat a lot or a little breakfast or none? Do we drink alcohol or none? Are we friendly or unfriendly? The list goes on and on. However, none of us have a choice regarding one unique point. The machine we were born with, our body, was only given to us once. And it was in perfect working order the day we arrived in this world. It is a super machine that has been optimized over tens of thousands of years and can withstand and cope with more than any machine we can build today. Many of us have missed only a few opportunities to test this machine (always) to the limit, and I am not exempt from this. Being overweight (obesity) is the long-term test, so to speak, that explores day in and day out whether the machine can withstand this (incorrect) continuous load and sometimes even more. Thanks to the universe, this machine usually doesn't break down. Otherwise, over 230 million Americans would have an even bigger problem! But the “small” ones are already very unpleasant: Cardiovascular disease Type 2 diabetes Sexual problems due to obesity Respiratory problems due to obesity Joint diseases due to obesity Mental problems due to obesity You can read about the full extent of the problem here. But high blood pressure, diabetes, sex problems, and joint diseases are still great because everyone can do something about them by eating right and getting enough exercise (sports!). It only gets horrible when the body tells us: “That's it!” and comes up with more serious consequences. These are then heart attacks, strokes, liver cirrhosis, kidney failure, cancer, Alzheimer's and many more. Steve Jobs was a good example of eating the wrong food as outlined in his biography. If we have let it get this far, it is too late for complete self-healing; the only damage limitation is the order of the day. You might be saying, “Fate, there's nothing you can do about it. I know people who do sports like crazy, and they've got it too!” Right, you're right, they do. Sport without proper nutrition can quickly become a concern. The right diet without exercise can also become an issue, as can the appropriate diet with the wrong exercise. If you want to LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS, you must do everything your body needs with the proper dose and combination. LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS is a reader-supported publication. My German readers helped me to become a bestseller. Now, my English readers will help me take the next step. Thank you to YOU! I find it particularly absurd when people tell me they don't know what they are gaining weight from. Are you still okay? I can rule out two factors: they exercise too much and eat too little! You get fat from eating and not exercising — that's simple! Something else is also simple: anyone who continuously eats more than he or she consumes continuously converts the surplus into fat in his or her body. This is not God-given, unchangeable, and surprising! Every first grader understands this without much explanation. The tricky thing about food is that no area of daily life is fed more misinformation than “healthy eating.” An unhealthy mixture of incompetence, greed for profit, and consumer greed leads to millions of people deliberately shoving garbage into their mouths every day and then—ironically—sometimes even calling it “healthy eating.” The worst misconception is the assumption that normal food contains all the components the body needs to function properly. What nonsense! Deliberate misinformation reinforces this, making it difficult for even honest people to eat properly. A good example is vitamin D, which is involved in around 1000!!! processes in our body. Many things do not happen without sufficient vitamin D or only occur inadequately. A good example is an article by Aaron Nieto (if you research this person on the internet, you won’t find a single piece of him) for Baylor College of Medicine, where he is allowed to publish a “specialist article” on vitamin D that is full of errors from beginning to end. It contains false information that the body can produce its own vitamin D: … people with a well-balanced diet typically get the necessary amount of vitamin D. What nonsense! Besides all the propaganda and misinformation regarding sunlight in this piece as the number one stimulator for vitamin D production, this information on a college website shows how the disinformation carousel is run. Pointing to a “well-balanced diet” is an intentional cut of vitamin D for the people. The impression that you can get your vitamin D from food is absurd. Most foods contain 0–3 micrograms of vitamin D in 100 grams. The 125 micrograms you should take daily mean a daily food intake of 5–6 kg! Is that why 73.1% of Americans become fat — vitamin D? Even if you opt for fatty fish daily, e.g., salmon with 16 micrograms per 100 grams, you would still have to eat 800 grams of salmon daily. Enjoy your meal! Another example of deliberate misinformation is the vast majority of information on carbohydrates. All carbohydrates are ultimately sugar — and sugar is poison. You don't believe that? Listen to Prof. Lustig’s lecture: Sugar — The Bitter Truth. It's not funny at all. You've realized by now that eating within healthy limits is crucial if you want to LIVE WITHOUT LIMITS. After all, what good is it if you end up with the adage: “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Weak because you have been stuffing your body with food waste for too long. But there is good news. You can leave every day the wrong track and align yourself with a healthy lifestyle. Every change becomes — at the latest after 60 days — a habit. And from there, you understand every day better: The best is yet to come!
I’m on a carnivore diet and the first three months I lost 80 lbs . That was because I didn’t understand it properly. When you stop eating all carbs you burn fat as your body’s fuel . I was eating a lot of chicken at first . Then I was always cold and like the women I know pre carnivore that ate a large salad meal had cold hands and such . Now I eat 4-5 orange yolk eggs . The cheapest hamburger in bulk . And fish and seafood when ever it’s on the menu. I drink distilled water with fresh lemon juice for flavor. Plus I use a pinch of smoked sea salt on my food . If I want a little zing on my raw roast beef I use avocado oil mayo . That’s my two cents , I’ve never felt better in my life . Took 21 days to lose all the cravings but it was worth it.
I’m on a carnivore diet and the first three months I lost 80 lbs . That was because I didn’t understand it properly. When you stop eating all carbs you burn fat as your body’s fuel . I was eating a lot of chicken at first . Then I was always cold and like the women I know pre carnivore that ate a large salad meal had cold hands and such . Now I eat 4-5 orange yolk eggs . The cheapest hamburger in bulk . And fish and seafood when ever it’s on the menu. I drink distilled water with fresh lemon juice for flavor. Plus I use a pinch of smoked sea salt on my food . If I want a little zing on my raw roast beef I use avocado oil mayo . That’s my two cents , I’ve never felt better in my life . Took 21 days to lose all the cravings but it was worth it.
Thank you for sharing your way, Keith. That’s close to my way.
Very useful and timely.