For a while now, I’ve been thinking. If I was diagnosed with cancer tomorrow, how would I live my life? What changes would I make within my lifestyle? Would I do everything I could to fight it, or would I let it consume me and drive me into the ground?
If you know me, then it’s pretty obvious what I would do.
I would beat the shit out of cancer. I would cure cancer.
I would do everything in my power to rid my body of this infectious disease; starting with diet. As of right now, my diet is really good. Yet, it could always be better. As of right now, I probably eat about 50% organic foods. This would have to change to 100%. I would only buy from local farmers, and even then, I would wash my veggies thoroughly.
I would completely switch my meat consumption to local organic grass fed beef, pastured pork and poultry, wild game, pastured farm eggs, and wild fish. No toxins for me. I would eat the fat on all of these cuts of meat and enjoy it. Why? Animal fat is good for you when the animal was raised the way it should. Toxins are fat soluble. If there are no toxins present, and the animal wasn’t force fed grains, then the fat is both clean and full of energy and nutrients. If you’ve ever eaten a lot of organic grass-fed beef, then you probably have first-hand experience with it actually decreasing your waste size. That’s right. It’ll make you leaner! Commercial meats have high amounts of omega 6 fatty acids and low omega 3 fatty acids; the complete opposite of wild and pastured meats. This is why beef has such a bad reputation with all of the “heart studies”. Of course it’ll be bad for your heart if the meat had the wrong fat profile and toxins!
*The future of farming…*I would optimize my digestion. Personally, I would stay away from all grains, legumes, most dairy, and basically anything else that gives me gas, acne, or bloats me. Now, I believe that optimizing digestion is individual from person to person, but a good place to start is eliminating all the foods I just mentioned. Obviously, I would eliminate all processed foods, and anything containing sugar. (Yes, this means supermarket orange juice.) No human is meant to eat processed foods or table sugars. I’m sorry to disappoint you, but it’s pretty obvious.
I would fast throughout the morning, eat a ton of vegetables and a bit of meat or eggs in the afternoon, and feast (on all the good organic foods I mentioned above) in the evening with family and friends. I can’t think of a better way to: a) Improve digestion (by not eating), and b) Socializing. If you think about it, this is what we probably evolved to do; hunt and gather in the day (primarily with an empty stomach), and feasting together as a group in the evening. We don’t even need computers or iPhones to do this.
I would exercise every day, only eat starchy carbohydrates after a workout, sleep for at least 8 hours per night, and reduce stress as much as possible.
If I did all of this, I would beat cancer.
Here’s the thing. This isn’t even logical.
Why would someone wait to get sick before they changed their lifestyle? Maybe if you were healthy all along, you wouldn’t be sick. To me, this seems pretty obvious. That’s why I’ve already started transitioning to the lifestyle I’ve mentioned above. I recently joined a CSA at a local farm that will provide me with grass-fed beef, pastured pork and chicken. I’ll be getting 35lbs per month, for 7 months, all delivered to my door. This is easier than going to the grocery store once per week, and I’ll be eating the best tasting meat in the world. Also, by shopping primarily at Farmer’s markets, I’ll be socializing with likeminded people and buying the best quality fruits and vegetables. If I’m eating healthy, exercising, feasting with family and friends in the evenings, and sleeping lots, then I won’t be stressed out. The simplest things in life are always the best.
If everyone ate like the way I described above, diseases such as coronary heart disease, obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, epithelial cell cancers, autoimmune disease, and osteoporosis would all be rarer than they are painful. This, in itself, makes it worth it. The real treasures in life have been right under our noses for all of time: good food, family, friends, and rest. Disease doesn’t have to be synonymical to life.
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