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Right now, my machine is waiting for some words, because what is a podcast without WORDS!!?? Right- it's nothing. And as of this moment, Nothing is on this podcast. And this is because here, in La Crosse Wisconsin, everything is now frozen- because of the weather.

Now, just this past weekend, I traveled to Illinois, the benighted state of darkness, to celebrate my mother's 100th birthday! My mother is wonderful indeed, and in fact her little home town is also wonderful. But the trip DOWN there is awful, and those horrible tollways are a trip on the path of hell itself! Illinois has been taken over the the spawn of hell, and has become one of, if not the WORST part of hell that I know of.

A trip to hell, down long ago streets that I remember so well from my ancient youth, that now has been transmogrified from innocence, to small town perfection- but now upgraded to mulit-million dollar perfection, that no real person can ever afford, but can only visit...

It was a wonderful party, and all of my little siblings, all eight of them along with my wonderful mother, all had a wonderful time. It was like a dream, a dream that we all had escaped from, and now could escape from once again- Back to an affordable, natural place- much as Illinois of the early 1950's had been. An innocent, halcyon land, where Abe Lincoln and Leave it to Beaver had dwelt happily alongside Andy Griffith. Where the dreams of young boys and girls were nurtured, and not stifled by Socialist mayors like Brendan Johnson, and oppressive taxes were not the rule in Cook County!

I escaped back to rural Wisconsin, with my wife and daughter, son in law and their four children in tow. Oh my God what a sight of relief I felt! My sister and family, all escaped to Texas, and a brother back to Tennessee. All have escaped...

But at what a cost! Illinois is GONE. The Illinois of my youth, the downstate Illinois of my college youth is GONE. Each part of my past, precious as it all was to me, is NO MORE. Put in your own youth, your memories, and what you'd hoped would be there for the future...

It won't be! Not unless you look outside of how you grew up, and realize that it never more will be, unless you go BACK to the way you grew up, and INSIST that it be this way again, and TAKE BACK YOUR WAYS AND DO IT ALL AGAIN!

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Nowadays, we hear terms like ‘Carnivore’ and ‘Plant Based’, and ‘Keto’- rarely Paleo or ‘Ancestral’ about diets and nutrition. I get it: we are constantly challenged in our thinking, and so it should be. Health and fitness are journeys, we never really reach the end of that journey! So let’s examine the current ‘Journey’ of health…

Carnivore diets, eschewing all but beef and salt, are the big choice now. And carnivore is a good choice for many, especially those who have long term conditions and diseases. A carnivore diet is kind of a “hard reset”; like restarting your computer to get rid of all the junk that has accumulated.

You can give yourself a hard restart by going carnivore for a few months, and reverse things like diabetes, arthritis, and many other bad health conditions. And it is so simple really- just eliminate every foodstuff other than meat! Simple, but difficult, and for most folks- impossible! But, for a period of time, say a number of months until you recover your health- it is a great idea!

But then again- we all live in the real world. Eventually most of us would love to reemerge into the real, human, and social world where we all get together with family, have dinners together with a wide variety of foodstuffs, and pick and choose what we know we can tolerate without harm to ourselves. To drink wine and beer with dinner, enjoy fellowship with others, and to bond over cigars and cognac…

Yes, even health obsessed nutcases like myself enjoy such things- as I think we all ought to! Life is a full gamet of pleasures and pitfalls, and we need to be careful what we discard and embrace! We don’t want to be obsessed with health alone, and ignore the beauties and varieties of life choices.

Look at the grocery carts of your fellow shoppers. (I do). Most of their food choices are so bad that it’s awe inspiring, really! So, for you, a compromise is in order: for the most part, choose ancestral foods, like your forebears would consume. Be very sparing of foods that are manufactured- seed oils, snack foods, and commercial breads and pastries- most are horrid, but occasionally they are fine. Just get the best versions you can, from small from scratch bakeries, with sour dough offerings and such.

Eat some vegetables, but only when in a good salad, or in a meal where they are a small side dish. Oxalate laden kale and beet green dishes are best left- uneaten! Eat carrots and such prepared in a manner your great grandmother would have done it. Enjoy it all, but minimize desserts entirely, and perhaps eliminate them. Have one piece of a fine chocolate like Dove, or Lindt, (I love their Orange Chocolate Bar!) and be done with it.

Paleo or Ancestral is kind of Common Sense Diet. Eat what you really know, after doing your research and testing on your own body, works for you. Stick with it, and work out regularly for strength, and flexibility. Spend time outdoors, in nature, and walk barefoot. Don’t do endless cardio marathon running, and eat with common sense- NOT Doctor mandated nonsense from profit obsessed hospitals and clinics!

In fact, just as you avoid seed oils like margarine and Cool Whip and corn oil; also avoid doctors as much as possible. They are not working in your interest- they have the clinic’s agenda (the bottom line) and that is what they are required to follow.

Your health is not part of their agenda at all.

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This is yet another paleo template type of podcast. I’ve had lots of other things going on, grasshopper, but never are you and this topic far from my mind!

I look about me, and see that really, little has changed! The nonsense of mainstream medicine is still ascendant, and everyone is still screaming “What about my cholesterol???? Why am I fat, and why is there any fat at ALL in my diet? And why do I feel like utter shit??”

And so, you see, most people have learned nothing. They run to their doctor and the clinic for any little ache or pain, and are sure that they have the answers!

Despite the fact that mainstream medicine has proven themselves to be incredibly self-interested, and even more incompetent.

After living through the Covid debacle, where mainstream medical recommendations were totally wrong, as we were recommended to quarantine ourselves (something that has never, ever worked, not once!) and to repeatedly inject ourselves with a noxious vaccine and “boosters” that have contaminated much of our bloodline for the foreseeable future- if we still genuflect towards mainstream medicine, and totally ignore real science completely, why then we might as well worship a golden calf and answer the daily Muslim calls to prayer. THAT is how clueless we are!

Okay then, Jay- how should we live for health and wellness?

I’m glad you asked, young tiny grasshopper! The key is this: listen to yourself. If you are eating a good diet, meat and eggs, some veggies and fruits, and are largely ignoring the governmental “food pyramids” and recommendations, you have your answer. Keep ignoring the governmental self-serving recommendations to eat “low fat, low or no dairy, meat is bad and so are eggs, so eat highly processed, low or no fat packages that are so easy to heat and eat and take a statin and lots of other prescription drugs, all of which are wonderful!”

What do I say? It sounds crazy, but here it is:

Above all, sleep a good 8-9 hours every night. In a dark room, with no lights or television or other screens blinking away at you. In fact, largely ignore TV- it is pernicious, and a sick form of entertainment meant to brainwash you above all.

In the morning, get up and workout first thing! Stretch out on the floor, and flex and strengthen your body naturally, like a cat or any animal waking up. Television is fine here, as your mind is fresh, and can easily decide what is real and valuable and what is bullshit. Just work your limbs, isometrically, and with calisthenics. True strength, just like health itself, is really simple and self -evident.

HOW After your natural workout, about an hour is perfect is done, shower and prepare to greet your day. You should feel great: energized from blood flow and a great night of sleep! I enjoy oil-pulling as I shower, to cleanse my mouth of bacteria, and also dry-brushing before I shower, to cleanse my skin and exfoliate as I encourage skin rejuvenation.

Your shower will be another ideal of the morning, before a rejuvenating and wonderful breakfast! Don’t waste it with something like processed cereal or other nonsense- it’s time to rebuild!

Eggs and bacon are ideal! I also have a paleo smoothie each morning, with kefir, black tart cherry juice, a whole lemon with the peel, and perhaps a peeled grapefruit and a few veggies, all whipped up in the Vitamix! This is the perfect way to wash down my few supplements, like vitamin D and iodine, and potassium. It all adds up to a bedrock of fitness!

OK- what have I ignored? ANY mention of pharmaceutical additions, like statins or high blood pressure add-ons, or ANY Pharma added on nonsense drugs!

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