How can we keep our health simple? - Update 2

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In this article you can read some additions for [the previous article](https://peakd.com/health/@askmihai/how-can-we-keep-our-health-simple-update). # Optimal health = optimal amount of food This also applies to live food (raw food). This is one of the main reasons people quit on live food: they feel so bad and many sadly even go back to eating animal products and state raw-vegan diets as the reason they were unwell. When in fact they don’t eat enough. What does "enough" mean? Enough is different for every one of us, as we're all different. To find what enough means, we can experiment and see how much food we need to feel satisfied. No need to stuff ourselves though. We can eat until satisfied and track the food at the beginning to see how much we need. # Optimal health = optimal nutrition: - Macronutrients: sugar (carbs), protein, fat. - Micronutrients: vitamins and minerals. Fruits are helpful for optimal health, as they contain good compounds (vitamins and minerals) that can help us prevent health problems. Not all fruits are the same. 1 kilo of avocado is different than 1 kilo of bananas: - In one case we get more fat than sugar - In the other case it's the other way around. How do we know which case is healthier? # Optimal health = optimal proportions of macronutrients How do we know we eat optimal proportions of macronutrients: sugar, fat, protein? We don't need too much fat. More than enough fat isn't healthy. - Too much fat blocks the red cells from delivering oxygen to the cells, because a fatty blood causes the red blood cells to clump together. - Too much fat blocks the effect of insulin of bringing sugars to the cells. When you consume more than enough fat, you follow a recipe for high blood sugar aka diabetes. - Too much fat blocks the arteries, because it builds up on their inner wall in the form of plaque, that also causes high blood pressure. - Not to mention that burning fat produces more toxins than carbs. Avocados, nuts and seeds (overt fats) are extremely high in fat. When it comes to fat, it doesn't matter it's origin. Fat is fat. There is some fat in fruits and lettuce so we don’t need to eat overt fats at all. Without overt fats we can still eat enough fat for our body requirements. To make sure we don't eat more than enough fat, we can eat optional small amounts of overt fats. What does “small amounts” mean? 2 tbsp nuts (12-17g) / seeds (16-22 g) or half an avocado is all we need. More than enough protein shorten the telomeres of our chromosomes. The shorter our telomeres, the shorter our life. More than enough protein speeds the aging process. You can read more education about protein in the resources from the end of this article. Why don't i get into details? The worry for macronutrients is not natural. I myself worried about protein because i was conditioned to believe in an exaggerated need for protein. Animals in nature don't worry about macronutrients. In fact, every species thrives with food they're adapted to eat in its natural form. # Optimal health = optimal amount of micronutrients How do we know we eat enough micronutrients? The guidelines for eating enough food are not exact science, as the nutrition we absorb from our food depends on multiple factors. E.g. ### Our ability to absorb the nutrients in turn depends on how healthy our life was so far, as eating unhealthy foods builds up a mucoid plaque that hinder our ability to absorb nutrients. Hence, the healthier our lifestyle, the healthier our body, the more nutrients we can absorb from our food, the less food we need to meet our nutrients needs. ### The nutrients of our food in turn depend on: - Time: the the time between when the produce is harvested and when you eat it the lower its nutritional value. This factor depend on food, as some foods hold up better over time; - Soil is a major source of nutrients for plants, etc. Depending on multiple factors (see above) lettuce can be more concentrated in minerals than fruits. So it can help us have optimal amounts of micronutrients. It's far easier to get enough energy when fruits are our main food, as they provide far more energy compared with the same amount of lettuce. Depending on those factors, enough lettuce might mean: 1 to 2 heads of lettuce / day or a few heads / week. Hence, for optimal health, we can eat 1 type of fruit / meal with or without lettuce. In an ideal world, enough optimal food = enough nutrition: enough macros and enough micros. I.e. with enough fresh fruits and lettuce from nutrient-rich soil, we get enough macros and enough micros. However, we don't live in an ideal world. Food business (just like any other business) wants to maximize profits. So they create a product that makes a lot of money, not necessarily the one that makes a lot of health, as more nutrition requires more money to invest = less money as profit. So enough optimal food doesn't necessarily mean enough micronutrients. So then Why would we bother with education about health? For optimal health: - Optimal food is still better than other foods. - Optimal digestion is still better than bad digestion. - Energy from carbs is still better than energy from fats. # Optimal health = optimal meal schedule Fruits digest relatively quickly, and that doesn't mean we need to eat frequently. Primates in the wild who eat mainly fruit, do not eat frequently. When food is plentiful, they eat according to hunger, and they don't stuff themselves until they can't walk, like some humans do. When optimal health is our goal, we should eat when hungry. It’s easier on our digestion to only eat 3 times / day. Some cooked foods (junk-food, chocolate bars, cakes, cookies, pastry, etc) provide more energy than many fruits. Because of that, depending on what cooked food we previously ate, when we start a healthy lifestyle, we might need a bigger amount of food: 4 - 5 meals. Also, as we become healthier, we become more effective at absorbing food so we need less food over time. # Education about Optimal health Only recently i found education about: - The effects of excess fat. - The difference between tender greens and fibrous veggies. - The ratio between fruits and vegetables: veggies shouldn't be our main food. So far (more than 30 years) i went through several unhealthy phases. E.g. - i ate cooked legumes because i didn't know we're healthier without them. - nuts and seeds were the main food - this unhealthy life lasted for several years because i didn't know the effects of excess fat. - for dinner i ate a salad of fibrous veggies because i didn't know they take up valuable time & energy that could have been used for something easier to digest. At the point in which i recorded the series what i eat in a day, i had an unhealthy lifestyle because of lack of education. The third phase might be healthier than the previous two. Still, a meal of fibrous veggies is not a healthy habit. I don't want to pass on unhealthy habits and i don't want to inspire people to go through the trouble of eating food that's hard to digest. As a consequence i no longer upload it. How many people know what's optimal food that’s beneficial for optimal health? I don't know and i don't think there are enough. Otherwise, - Why are most foods in stores unhealthy? - How come most people have preventable health problems? It’s up to us to educate ourselves outside of the education system, as we receive no education in 12 years of education system about optimal health, even though education that can simplify our health can be shared in 15 mins. - How come we don't receive 15 min of education about optimal health in 12 years of education? - Should we allow this scenario to continue or should we solve it? - Do you think we can create a world in which children receive education in the education system? - What's stopping us from creating a better world? This introduction is meant to spark your curiosity. - By educating ourselves, we can help ourselves. - By sharing education, we can help others. Imagine how many people we can help with education: by sharing education about optimal health we can help people see how simple it is to have a nutritious and delicious lifestyle. Resources about: [seeds](https://youtu.be/M2tWOkerFbs), [high blood sugar](https://healthhearty.com/effects-of-high-blood-sugar), [high cholesterol](https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/symptoms-causes/syc-20350800), [blood pressure](https://youtu.be/1rJiHMdBFQ8), [protein](https://www.rawfoodexplained.com/proteins/how-much-protein-do-we-need.html), [2](http://www.raw-food-health.net/VegetableProtein.html), [mucoid plaque](https://youtu.be/0Cj7aqyJ66Y), [vitamins](http://health101.org/art_vitamins), [fruits](https://youtu.be/fjGqpp4LHpw) [Hive](https://hive.blog/trending/hive-130191) community For people who like the chat function, here's a [MeWe](https://mewe.com/join/simplefood4optimalhealth) community, in which you can also find resources in the form of files. Me We is a social media with no ads that also has chat function. # Bottom line How is this context useful for keeping our health simple? The healthiest lifestyle is also the simplest lifestyle. When optimal health is our goal, we can eat 1 type of fruit / meal with or without lettuce. How can we get more simple than that? When you're bored and you look for a way to occupy your time, be my guest. You can complicate yourself, you can use your time to prepare food. Still, i believe it's not worth it, considering there’s a simpler way. This bottom line is similar with the one from the previous article. The addition is that now we no longer worry about the right proportion for macronutrients: sugar, fat, protein. Not only fruits are rich in micronutrients, they also have optimal proportions for macronutrients. This article are part of [a book](https://hive.blog/life/@askmihai/my-gift-for-you). Many people recommend plant-based cooked food for better health, in spite of all its negative health effects. What's up with that? We can explore this subject in the next article. Until then, in the comment section you can share your opinion for the questions of this article. Thanks so much for reading. Have a great day.
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/health/@askmihai/how-can-we-keep-our-health-simple-update-2