Wise Monkey

I looked into the Heathy eating stream and while I don’t plan to follow it much I thought I would share some knowledge.

I am a type 2 diabetic, it’s hereditary. Even before I found out I had changed my diet. Before I met my wife I had given up fast food. It started after visiting my parents and only eating home cooked meals for a week. I felt so much better I decided to change my life.

After six months of being fast food free I was given a burger from a fast food place and it made me gag it was so greasy and the flavor was horrid.

Fast forward to my present job which required my to go to nights for two years. I knew I had to change my diet more due to the shift. Night crews burn less energy, but crave more fats and sugars.

Now after getting back to days I still felt wrong and that’s when I found out about the diabetes. So I gave up frozen prepared foods and many of the sweets I still crave. Then I did my research.

Olive oil, garlic, onions, fresh minced spinach and other flavor enhancers are natural and our bodies are able to make use of them the right way. But what’s one of the worst foods for you? Pasta. We can break it down so quickly into carbs that unless you are very active it will hurt you.

More later, work is calling

Just kidding of course. I think whatever helps the body helps the mind so good advice is welcome in either stream. I'm about to post in the health stream myself about the merits of fasting. Its not just for religious practices. It has been shown to improve mental awareness as well as heal diabetes. They explain in a book I found how processed foods especially harm the body and that the meal schedule modern America is on only contributes to all the health problems we see. I've only been on a modified fast for a week but I see a huge difference already.

What do you think about how it's said that fasting makes your body store more fat in case of a famine?

I fasted for 21 days once. Only some weird berry juice and fiber.

How did that go for you? They say 14 days should be the max for fasting than its not as effective after that.

Good. I wasn't even hungry after, idk, 12 days or so.

Really? I went a day without food and I fainted. In part due to anemia. But still.

Yea people with medical conditions shouldn't fast except under a doctor's supervision. However many medical conditions can also be healed through even a short fast, and nowadays many doctors simply prescribe pills rather than have patients revamp their eating habits.

Yeah. I had an office job at the time. Fainting after a day, that sucks.

LOL. I luv that Simpson character ...him and the convenience store clerk too funny