To Health: Introduction

It's been a year since Adi discovered, fought, and probably won her battle against cancer.  During this year, I spent countless hours looking for weapons to assist in the fight.  I concluded that technology is not yet ready, and the answer has to come from lifestyle modifications.  I researched, and sometimes tried, several methods recommended by science, and over time, we distilled those into our pareto-few.  These are the ones that have the highest result-to-effort ratio.  Our goal is not just to beat cancer, but to avoid other chronic or age-related diseases.  Therefore, I believe that these recommendations would be beneficial to anyone.

So here is our list in priority order:
  1. Exercise vigorously.  (Exercise can erase any sin)
  2. Don't eat at night (Twelve hour fast)
  3. Avoid processed food (Anything that comes in a can, bottle, or plastic bag)
  4. Avoid added sugar
  5. Sleep enough (Eight hours), and well
  6. Eat plenty of vegetables (especially green), and sufficient protein.(Your body is a good judge of "sufficient").  Sate hunger, by eating fat (Avocado, walnuts, butter, etc.)
  7. Practice time-restricted eating (Daily sixteen-hour fast, or more.)
  8. Learn a new skill
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P.S.  All of these recommendations are backed-up by peer-reviewed scientific research.

5 comments:

  1. posted on my fridge - #2 is the most difficult
    b

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  2. Betsy, it is not as difficult as you imagine. Reducing sugar intake at dinner (#4), helps reduce hunger at night. In a couple of days the hunger pangs are gone.
    For motivation, watch Dr. Panda on TED (11 minutes):
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOXQgyjRm0I

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  3. Very good summary. Thanks. I rely on you as my principal curator.

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  4. As a follow up to #7 (trd) I'm happy to report (without going into the grueling details) that my unscientific experiment was/is a big success.

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  5. Please elaborate on your experiment. What was the question, and what were the results?

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