I miss the Organic Grain business. This is Spelt by the way, which is a non-GMO grain that goes back about 5,000 to 8,000 years.
We had all kinds of goodies from pre-made Spelt bread mix, pancake mixes, and more. Along with 1/2 a dozen types of organic flours like Buckwheat and others. Oh yea, Bread, Granola Bars, and some other cool products. All Amish made goodness. Fun Fact: Did you know Buckwheat is not wheat at all? 🙂 It is part of the Polygonaceae family. It is also known sometimes as Kasha.
Anywhoodle, then one day, I read a book, Wheat Belly by Dr. Davis, and then proceeded to go all OCD on research for about a month because I could not believe what I read. I mean it was mind-blowing however I could not ignore my own conclusions.
Shortly thereafter, even though we were growing at a hockey stick pace, I shut down the business. All the work that went into finding the farmers, the mill, the packaging, labeling, marketing, and branding. Poof!
Definitely one of the easiest and toughest decisions I have had to do for sure. Because once I dug in and found out how truly Horribly bad grain consumption is for people, I could no longer in good conscious, sell "Healthy Whole Grain Products". Because there are little things called Lectins which all grains have that are bio-poisons that I found grain consumption was linked to:
Heart Attacks - Carbs are a huge contributor, not fat and Cholesterol
Obesity
Diabetes
Dementia
Alzheimer's
GERD - The only study with a 100% efficacy for getting rid of it, i.e. severe heartburn is a low-carb diet study done at Vanderbilt University.
Osteoporosis - Especially in women - Grains greatly impair Calcium absorption
Anemia
Leaky Gut Syndrome
Auto-Immune Disorders
Mood Disorders and Depression
Schizophrenia
Epilepsy
Psoriasis
Behavioral Problems in Children
Stunted Growth in Children
Just to name a few.
So that was the beginning of my Keto journey.
Still pretty though!
Been a minute! Been on the road going to Masterminds on Ai, holy moly is there some cool stuff out there. Still doing Keto and 99% carnivore.
So having been doing this forever, I know a lot of people can get bored with it. With that in mind, taking what I do for a living, I made and Ai Persona called Keto Chef, so if you want a new recipe, just ask him to make you something.
Try him out and let me know what you think. https://pubbot.co/ketochef
Oh, 250 Squats, 30 pushups (super busy), 60 Dragans, 20 Donkey Kicks, 24 curls #25 and 12 bent over rows #25, and 8 pulls with 20-second hold legs out at the end.
The 7 Benefits Of My Journey So Far in Intermittent Fasting
This post is a wrap-up of the benefits of my Intermittent Fasting journey so far and why it works so well. Definitely better than any other eating regime I have tried.
It is the easiest one to stick with by a long shot, and from everything I have researched, it seems to have the most long-term and short-term benefits as well. Not by just a little bit, but by an overwhelming amount. This is also evidenced by my own results as well with this experiment.
It is is still early on yet, although at this time, behaviorally it is the greatest single impactful change I have ever made in my life. The enormity of this is still sinking in because it impacts every area of my life.
I am going to list them from the start of my day.
1. I wake up without morning fog, and my brain is fully engaged. Usually I will wake up in the middle of a thought process. Which is totally new for me. I will be aware of my surroundings, be in the middle of thinking about something, and be able to recall the rest of the previous chain of thoughts from when I was still sleeping. Now, this is separate from dreams, which I can recall more vividly as well. I have never heard of this before, nor experienced this and it is now a regular thing.
2. I wake up in a good mood full of energy.
3. I do not wake up thinking about breakfast or food.
4. I am able to get into 6th gear right away and tackle high-level problem solving right out of the gate.
5. Physically I feel and look so much better. Just the overall sense of well being is at least 50% higher the pre-iF. My skin looks better, I am a lot leaner, and my stamina has increased.
6. Emotional stability. I would say the baseline level of my sense of well-being is much higher than pre-iF. I just don’t get bummed out about things anymore. This is in part due to the higher levels of good hormones brought about by iF.
7. My income has gone up, and my sense of enjoyment from my work is way, way, way up. I am having a blast doing my work. Not that I did not before, but I wake up excited and can’t wait to work on my projects and help my customers. The only downside is that because I have become the energizer bunny, I have a tendency to push it past optimal times of work because I am so excited, but I am curbing that and making sure I get enough sleep because I know I am that much better at serving my clients with more sleep.
So all in all, Intermittent Fasting really has been a life changer and that pretty much covers it.
Go 6th Gear!
Cheers,
Andrew
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I have been doing Intermittent Fasting and Keto since 2016 and work with a number of doctors and researchers from all around the world in this field.
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Stop by and say hi! Would love to hear from you. Been doing Keto and Intermittent Fasting for 9 years. :)
Cheers,
Andrew