Health History
1988-2006: I was raised on a typical SAD diet. My health during high school was fairly decent because I was a young, fit athlete. Once I enrolled in college, my health began to deteriorate markedly due to the rigorous demands made of students which tend to lead to unhealthy habits.
2006-2011: I took my studies quite seriously which caused all sorts of problems from insomnia, unhealthy habits (of sleeping, eating, alcohol consumption, recreational drug use and exercise), exhaustion, stress and adrenal exhaustion to name the major, recognizeable issues.
May of 2006: I began vegetarianism which helped me to improve my health slightly after transitioning from a SAD diet. I would often eat huge meals of carbohydrates because I believed I needed the carbs to fuel my body (I commute solely by bicycle everywhere) and then would binge on peanut butter and chocolate for things like fat and protein. This diet seemed to be decent, but the insomnia that I developed in 2006 became much worse because I was overeating and had no idea because I was so thin; rather than being properly assimilated all the food became stuck to the walls of my intestines as compacted fecal matter. I was also full of mucous because I loved foods that produce mucus such as wheat, peanut butter, and dairy products.
2008: I was struck by a car while riding my bicycle on my left knee which furthered complicated the above issues and created new issues. In some ways this accident was a blessing because through it I was able to realize the flaws of my health. I began experimenting with yoga, meditation and in general self-help rather then prescribing to the advice of modern medicine which was a great decision. Although I would and continue to make mistakes, I am wholly better off.
2009-2010: I studied in Japan which worsened my health due to unhealthy habits (of sleeping, eating, and alcohol consumption), but I also continued to experiment with fasting and meditation which was beneficial.
Late 2010: I lived on a farm in Japan for several months which completely altered my life and served as a breakthrough. After intimately observing the workings of life through agriculture, health and the importance of wholesome foods and a wholesome lifestyle became extremely important. I realized that without health there is nothing and nature is the perfect guide. Henceforth, I wanted to be able to commune daily with nature and personally provide and raise my sustenance to enrich my life andsustain my being rather then being dependent on complex, fragile food systems.
January to May of 2011: I discovered the idea of healing my body with nutrition through the book Healing With Whole Foods (Pitchford) and Eat Rght for Your Type (D'Adamo). These books and my experience of Japanese culture particularly influenced me that a plant based diet would be the solution to my problems and meat need not be a concern. That my blood type is A also reaffirmed that consuming meat was foolish. I began experimenting with fasting and veganism. I continued to lose quite a bit of weight. I also began experimenting with colon cleanses and using herbs and drugs to purge my body of heavy metals and yeast overgrowths.
May of 2011: After reading an interview with Aajonus Vonderplanitz, I decided to eat a pound of raw meat to see what would happen and have never looked back since.
