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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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When should I stop exercising? Well, I hope this is a trick question, because the obvious answer is never! Kind of like asking when you should stop walking, or sleeping, or eating for God’s sake! Moving your limbs and constantly striving to make improvements in your physical abilities is a lifelong project, and just as we should constantly work at getting better and more able physically, we should also try to do so mentally as well.

Just as I am constantly researching about improving my overall health and nutrition, I am always on the lookout for physical improvements I can gain. At 73, I should change my goals somewhat - for instance, if I worked at this stage to get as big and bulky as possible, that would be idiotic! Actually, even when I was in my 20’s this was never my goal, and never would be: I wanted an aesthetic, symmetrical, Frank Zane/Steve Reeves kind of a body. Still do; and I hope you do too. Think of Greek statuary of ancient times- that is still the ideal of Western civilization, and should always be the ultimate ideal!

Luckily, this is also the ideal can be carried throughout life- even in old age, a lean, and quite strong and lithe physique can be yours for life. Flexibility and healthy joints should also be your lifelong goals, along with a certain amount of musculature. My mother’s brother, my uncle Bob Manthey, just turned 103 recently, and while quite lean, he also still has a pretty functional physique! He is a lifetime example of what we should all aim for- a healthy mind in a healthy body- and he has been following the principles I recommend here for his entire life.

He avoided vaccines for life, and although he himself was a medical doctor (an eye doctor) he avoided medical doctor appointments and tests that were more harmful than good. (Like most medical appointments are today at the typical clinic). Uncle Bob’s only vaccine was for small pox, when he enlisted in the army for WW2. Other than that, he relied on improving his bodily ’terrain’ through good natural nutrition and exercise. It certainly worked out very well indeed!

He lived on a small farm in South Dakota, and had 12 children. Also, he was very active musically, playing multiple instruments, singing, and playing with his family orchestra (with my mother and my aunts) and with other bands of various sizes.

I am active musically myself, as were my parents (my mother turns 100 this coming March 14), and I believe that music is a wonderful adjunct to life, bringing a type of pure joy to the spirit that never dims! If music is not your ‘thing’, other art forms are similar in inspiring your health and joy in life! Just choose your own NON poison form of Art…

The only caution I will give you here is to limit your use of heavy weights as you age. Preservation of your joints and tendons become paramount as you age, and muscular bulk means very little compared to your circulation and smooth, pain free joint movement. You can drop the heavy barbell squats and deadlifts, and go for high rep body-weight and one-legged squats balancing while holding gymnastic rings, and get rid of heavy bench presses to save your shoulders. Use the gymnastic rings for pushups, dips, pull-ups and rows, and if anything your physique will improve!

So, there is your advice from both me and my and Uncle Bob! In thirty years, when I am 103, I will update my thoughts- see you then!!

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