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Health fundamentals - A case against health trends.
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In ANY field, 95% of people don’t get any results and 5% get lots of them because the first ones follow trends and the second ones follow principles.

You can not solve any problem and keep it away in the long run without understanding and implementing a few fundamental principles.

You can not solve financial problems, relationship problems or whatever problems without them and if you have succeeded in any of these, you already know this to be true.

This is the exact same case with health.

Most people don’t get any long-term results because they follow trends before understanding certain principles.

Don’t get me wrong. Trends. PRINT. And will continue to do so but they don’t work in the long run.

That being said, if you are facing any health problems right now, you need to get this mindset out of you and this thread is an attempt to get you familiar with some of the fundamental principles of health.

You, can NOT, change the fundamental principles of something.

It doesn’t matter what the field is. Without a strong grasp of its principles, you will not accomplish optimal results.

Before we go on, i need to make you aware of some of the positives and some of the negatives that this approach has.

Here are a few of the positive things:
-You will save A LOT of money in case you are following trends right now
-You will save a lot of time
-You will improve multiple areas of your health and not just one
-You will gain clarity in this pursuit and not confusion

Here are the negative things:
-It’s hard
-The progress won’t be fast
-You will have to change the way you currently live most likely
-You will have to give up some things

That being said you get to decide now if you want to follow this approach or not.

If you want to, here it is.

But first two disclaimers.

Number 1: Nothing in here is medical advice.

Number 2: MOST of you are already familiar with these concepts.

This thread was created in order for the new followers who recently became interested in improving their health to become familiar with these very valuable principles instead of wasting their money and most importantly time, on trends, thinking that they will optimize their health that way.

So here we go.

Fundamental 1: Optimize light

Every cell in our bodies is affected by electromagnetic fields/waves which means by default that an unhealthy light environment will negatively impact every cell in our bodies.

So what things can lead to an unhealthy light environment and thus health problems down the line?

0. Lack of natural light
1. Artificial blue light
2. Sunglasses
3. Glasses
4. Contacts
5. Sunscreen

Now there are two important point that i would like to make right here.

The first is that if your diet right now is full of processed foods, alcohol, bad fats (canola oil, cottonseed oil, low quality pork, chicken and so on) but also lacks nutrients such as minerals, vitamin E and vitamin C, you should NOT start exposing your skin to the sun all day long.

It will 100% backfire.

What you need to do instead is clean up your diet, provide nutrients that are crucial for our skin health such as minerals, vitamin C and E and gradually expose your skin to sunlight grounded and WITHOUT sunglasses and ideally glasses or contacts which brings us to the second point.

But before that a quick note: You must expose yourself to that sunrise and sunset light.

The early A.M late filled with NIR and red light, prepares your body for receiving sunlight exposure later in the day (photobiomodulation preconditioning) and the late P.M sunlight is crucial for repairing our skin (photobiomodulation repair).

Light is responsible for regulating thousands of processes inside our bodies and when we mess up these signals through sunglasses for example, dysfunction will once again happen.

Take sunglasses for example.
Sunglasses block UV light by default so you're not even signaling to your body to produce melanin. Also, if you have sunglasses on constantly, your eyes will miss some of the 1,400+ wavelengths that you NEED by default in order for your eyes to be healthy.

Other than that, in case you haven’t already, a pair of blue light blockers and a program like l. flux are very useful as well.

Fundamental 2: Optimize sleep

If i told you that there’s a certain substance that will make you depressed, fat, lazy, age your heart, brain and can even lead to infertility, you would try your best to avoid it.

Yet, these are only a fraction of what sleep deprivation can cause.

Now if you have trouble sleeping, here are a few tools that could help you out.

First and foremost, if you optimize your light environment as described above, your sleep will get better. No question about it.

But a few other things that you can try out include:

1. Avoiding the main things that dysregulate our CR (circadian rhythm) which mainly are:
-An unhealthy light environment
-Shift work
-Irregular sleep and wake up times
-Stimulants (this includes certain supplements and medications as well)

-Alcohol
-Stress
-Extreme diets/being too low in bf for too long (6% or under for men and 10-12% or under for women)
-Eating way too sporadically in terms of timing and portions (this may seem counterintuitive from an evolutionary standpoint, but i promise you that it can mess up our sleep)
-Working out too late in the day
-Frequent traveling and changing time zones

2. Try the following:
-Wake up at roughly the same time every day.
-Expose yourself to natural light first thing in the morning.
-Have a healthy breakfast (do not skip this part thinking that's not that big of a deal).
-Do not have caffeine or any other stimulant for the first 90 minutes of the day. -Do not do any form of intense exercise in the first 90 minutes of the day.
You can go for things such as walk obviously*
-Do not go carnivore or keto.
-Block the artificial blue light within reason throughout the day.
-Eat lunch.
-Do not consume caffeine or nap in the afternoon.
-Destimulate (at least) twice daily.
Once for 30 minutes before bed (you can read a book for example) and once mid day if possible.
-Do not have huge meals late in the day.
-Ground throughout the day if possible.
-Manage your exposure to nnEMFs (especially during sleep)
-Roughly have the same bedtime and preferably before 11 p.m
-Try to avoid snacking unless you’re sensing that your blood glucose is too low.
-Do not make significant changes to your meal timing and workout time every day.

3. After and only after, you've implemented these, some other things that could help are:
1. Magnesium threonate or glycinate
2. Chamomile
3. Broths
4. Calcium
5. Epsom salt baths
6. Sauna

If on the other hand you struggle with sleep apnea, check this post.

https://twitter.com/Helios_Movement/status/1671775371098816513

Fundamental 3: Optimize nutrition.

Nutrients affect every cell in our bodies which is why a SINGLE nutrient deficiency can cause a lot of harm.

Now optimizing nutrition is very complicated so here is a set of principles that will greatly help with that.

Number 1: Avoid fats such as canola oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil and instead use animal fats, EVOO or coconut oil.

Number 2: Prioritize seasonal eating

Number 3: Cook your own meals

Number 4: Cut out wheat, soy and highly processed foods

Number 5: Prioritize nutrients dense foods such as quality animal products

Number 6: Prioritize gut health since without it, you will be unable to absorb nutrients at maximum capacity.

Number 7: Eat outside in natural light if possible.

Number 8: Eat more quality stews and foods with a balanced amino acid profile instead of chicken breast for example.

Number 9: Quit alcohol

Number 10: If you have never tracked calories, track them for a few months.

Fundamental 4: Minimize your exposure to toxins

Toxins are everywhere these days and can cause all sorts of problems.
Some quick things that you can do in order to avoid the ones that most of us will be exposed to include:

-Filtering your water
-Eating organic
-Stop using toxic hygiene and cleaning products
-Not wearing clothes made out of synthetic materials
-Not eating highly processed foods
-Not cooking in toxic cookware such as Teflon
-If you want something extra, put some plants in your house

Fundamental 5: Daily movement

It’s been known for years that a sedentary lifestyle highly increases all-cause mortality.
So, the solution is simple.

Move throughout the day and aim for 10K steps on average, and resistance train at least 3 times per week.

Fundamental 6: Manage your exposure to nnEMFs

Three steps that you can take if you are worried about nnEMFs:
1. Grounding / limiting the exposure (closing the WiFi off when you sleep etc)
2. Tackling unbound iron
3. Balancing minerals

You can find more about these in this thread.

Two other things that can help you out would include: blood work and not mindlessly using medications.

Some basic tests would include stuff like:
•LDL particle number via NMR
•OGGT
•IGF-1
•C-reactive protein, homocysteine and uric acid
•A typical HDL and triglyceride test
•TSH
•Total T4
•Total T3
•Reverse T3
•Free T4
•Free T3
•Thyroid antibodies
•HbA1c
•Total testosterone
•Free testosterone
•SHBG
•LH
•FSH
•E1
•Prolactin
•D
•B12
•A liver panel

That was pretty much it.

Basic stuff but i hope that they pointed some of you in a new direction.

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https://twitter.com/Helios_Movement/status/1700831111650083115