Where do vitamins originally come from? And where does nutrition start? Food. I’ve never been able to kick the habit of eating every day. And I don’t want to. Food good. No food, bad. I’ll be the first (or second) to admit I don’t eat what’s best for me 100% of the time. Yeah, we splurge, now and then, in the FunderHaus. But we DO make it a habit to be a lot more aware of what we eat.
And we DID kick the habit of rabbit food.
That’s what my father-in-law used to call my meals back in my vegetarian days. NOT vegan. I still ate fish and fowl. But my typical diet consisted of a lot of plant-based foods. I’ve mentioned why that was the case, a few times, here on my website. Basically I followed the (so-called) advice of doctors who had a vendetta against red meat. And that was because of some issues they believed were hereditary and a cause for alarm. And that was because my Dad died of kidney failure which they attributed to red meat proteins and stunted growth in his kidney.
Naturally, doctors thought I might have the same traits because they determined my cholesterol levels were too high. Don’t get me started on where that led. Just know it was a junk diagnosis. Which I found out the hard way.
Anyway.,.
I eschewed (which has nothing to do with your mandibular joint) red meats. Then, I continued to remove other meats until I reached a point where the only non-plant food I ate was fish and eggs. Suffice it to say, there was no joy in Mudville, for the mighty Tony loved savory, beefy burgers and steaks. But since doctors always know best…
Moving right along. Eventually, after several years on a vegetarian diet, FINALLY, my cholesterol levels went UP. (Wait, did he say “up?” Shouldn’t that be “down?”)
No, you read that right.
Cholesterol levels went up. And my doctor advised me to take a statin drug called Baycol. That’s bad enough. But what’s worse is, I got the first month’s prescription worth of the despicable stuff. After about two weeks, Elgielene told me, one morning, that I looked like I was dying. Well, that didn’t seem like the right result. So, I stopped the drug.
And my doctor wasn’t pleased with my decision. But, it just so happened, some time later, I received a notice in the mail that I could be part of a class action suit against the makers of Baycol. Apparently the helpful little statin drug was killing people. Thanks to my observant, and ever-vigilant wife, I wasn’t one of them.
OK, there’s a whole lot more to my food and drug journey. But I don’t want to jump into that quicksand right now. The highlight that led to where we are now, in the FunderHaus, is my appointment with a chiropractor/naturopath.
The short version of that meeting is that he got me back on red meats (yay!) and my cholesterol levels went down.
Yep. Down.
So, Elgielene and I stopped the “western medicine” approach. And we started putting our money in the best source of vitamins and minerals. And that’s simply better food. We follow a carnivore based diet with a focus on grass fed beef. Plus, we add some supplements to help our immune systems. And we filter our water.
So, back to basics. Just plain ol’ food.
Wait. Maybe I shouldn’t say “plain.” Because Elgielene made a meat loaf type dish twice this past week that’s maybe my new favorite. I won’t share the recipe right now because I don’t know it. But I WILL say, it includes crispy bacon.
We buy as much organic as we can. You might think that’s much more expensive. Nope. It’s really not more expensive to eat organic, when you consider the money you’ll save on doctor’s bills for nutrition related health problems. Which most health problems are.
And here’s something else to consider. Real, nutritious, delicious food doesn’t overwork your internal organs like processed vitamins. But don’t take my word for it. Look into it for yourself. And see if you can kick the habit of buying boxed and highly processed “foods” with weird-sounding ingredients.
As for me, I believe there’s a good reason why God started out with “herbs of the field” and eventually added meat. But I’ll leave that for another time.
Cheers to your health.
Hey, I’m talkin’ to you man.
Be a healthy happy human.
It’s not so hard to do man,
But don’t wait one more day.
Think about what you’re eatin’…
Those brain cells you’re mistreatin’…
Bad habits keep repeatin’
Unless you stop and say…
“I’m a healthy happy human
‘Cause I know what to do man.
I’m changin’ through and through man,
I’m gonna eat well and pray.”
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