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<strong>Fast Asleep</strong>
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<strong>Fast Asleep: 1991-2012</strong>
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Headaches, depression, digestive issues, lack of energy, and eventually
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Headaches, depression, digestive issues, lack of energy, and
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unprovoked anxiety/panic attacks. This was the norm for me for most of
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eventually unprovoked anxiety/panic attacks. This was the norm for me
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my life. I ate a standard diet including fast food with meat always
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during my early life. I ate a standard diet including fast food. Meat
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being the main portion whether going out or cooking at home.
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was always the main portion whether going out or cooking at home.
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Eventually I became lactose intolerant due to antibiotics but that was
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Eventually I became lactose intolerant due to antibiotics but that was
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only a minor inconvenience, and did not always stop me from consuming
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only a minor inconvenience. It did not always stop me from consuming
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things anyways. I had tried the pills which are supposed to help but
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things anyways. I had tried the pills which are supposed to help but
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didn't notice any difference. This didn't phase my diet though, just
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didn't notice any difference. This didn't phase my diet though, just
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had to ask for "no cheese" and stop drinking milkshakes.
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had to ask for "no cheese" and stop drinking milkshakes.
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What finally hit me hard enough to start changing things was the panic
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What finally hit me hard enough to start changing were the panic
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attacks and an itchy mole that had to be surgically removed. By this point
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attacks and an itchy mole that had to be surgically removed. By this
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in my early 20s I was already plenty skeptical of things like organized
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point in my early 20s I was already plenty skeptical of things like
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religion and businesses profiting off of people, but it started to occur
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organized religion and businesses profiting off of people, but it
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to me that there were not many facts about health in my knowledge bank.
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started to occur to me that there were not many facts about health in
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What most people were doing and what I was doing is not working for us.
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my knowledge bank. What most people are doing is not working for us.
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When I looked in the mirror to see my eyes dilating frantically and body
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When I looked in the mirror to see my eyes dilating frantically and
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feeling shaky and nervous when simply resting or eating a meal I knew that
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body feeling shaky and nervous when simply resting or eating a meal I
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something was wrong. Then it occurred to me: "Why would God or Evolution
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knew that something was wrong. Then it occurred to me: "Why would God
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ever produce a species that thinks of itself as so advanced, but has
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or Evolution ever produce a species that thinks of itself as so
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so many health issues that they consistently die prematurely or suffer
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advanced, but has so many health issues that they consistently die
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chronically?"
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prematurely or suffer chronically?"
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<strong>Waking Up</strong>
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<strong>Waking Up: 2013-2014</strong>
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This lead me into a more nature-based approach to my lifestyle. Obvious
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This lead me into a more nature-based approach to my lifestyle.
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things such as soda and candy were eliminated first. Next was fast food.
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Obvious things such as soda and candy were eliminated first. Next was
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By the end of it I had eliminated "food" such as meat as well since I
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fast food. By the end of it I had eliminated "food" such as meat as
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admitted that if I was living in the wild, I wouldn't be able to kill
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well since I admitted that if I was living in the wild, I wouldn't be
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a cow with my bare hands or teeth, much less chew on its raw carcass.
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able to kill a cow with my bare hands or teeth, much less chew on its
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raw carcass.
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At this point my meals were mostly fruit and vegetables. I didn't really
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At this point my meals were mostly fruit and vegetables. I didn't
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know what I was doing though. I still allowed myself bread, so most meals
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really know what I was doing though. I still allowed myself bread, so
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were oatmeal or peanut butter sandwiches with either jelly or bananas. I
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most meals were oatmeal or peanut butter sandwiches with either jelly
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was feeling better, but knew that bread didn't grow on trees so I needed
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or bananas. I was feeling better, but knew that bread didn't grow on
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to keep going further. This was around the time that a nasty looking and
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trees so I needed to keep going further. This was around the time that
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extremely itchy mole had to be cut out of the back of my leg.
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a nasty looking and extremely itchy mole had to be cut out of the back
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of my leg.
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My saving grace was quitting a restaurant job in order to seek a job
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My saving grace was quitting a restaurant job in order to seek a job
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related to my upcoming career field of Computer Science. This was the
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related to my upcoming career field of Computer Science. This was the
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summer of 2014 before my final year of school. I had figured out that my
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summer of 2014 before my final year of school. I had figured out that
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hydration was trash and was now drinking at least a gallon of water a day.
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my hydration was trash and was now drinking at least a gallon of water
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I didn't have luck finding an internship, but I had plenty of time to
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a day. I didn't have luck finding an internship, but I had plenty of
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research health, and ended up doing an apple fast.
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time to research health, and ended up doing an apple fast.
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<strong>Enter Fruitarianism</strong>
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<strong>Enter Fruitarianism: 2014</strong>
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I gorged on apples. Multiple pounds a day for at least three days. I
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I gorged on apples. Multiple pounds a day for at least three days. I
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honestly did it not expecting it to work. Being able to live on apples
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honestly did not expect it to work. Being able to live on apples
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seemed like a joke, but I was willing to try it as an experiment. To my
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seemed like a joke, but I was willing to try it as an experiment. To
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surprise I started feeling better and better! By the end I had decided
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my surprise I started feeling better and better! By the end I had
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that there was power to this and needed to explore even more!
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decided that there was power to this and needed to explore even more!
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For the following three months I was a 100% raw fruitarian eating as many
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For the following three months I was a 100% raw fruitarian eating as
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calories as I could. I followed the advice of many people, mostly vegan
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many calories as I could. I followed the advice of many people, mostly
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athletes such as Durianrider and Freelee, but also others like John Kohler
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vegan athletes such as Durianrider and Freelee, but also others like
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and Dan "The Man" McDonald. Dan also provided lots of good advice on loving
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John Kohler and Dan "The Man" McDonald. Dan also provided lots of good
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oneself and improving mental, emotional, and spiritual life. I also made
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advice on loving oneself and improving mental, emotional, and
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sure what I was doing was backed by medical staff such as John McDougall.
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spiritual life. I also made sure what I was doing was backed by
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medical staff such as John McDougall.
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I still tell people this to this day: those three months in 2014 were the
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I still tell people to this day: those three months in 2014 were
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best feeling of my life. My body felt like lightning. I had so much energy
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the best feeling of my life. My body felt like lightning. I had so
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and felt like I could literally accomplish anything. I started riding a bike
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much energy and felt like I could literally accomplish anything. I
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without having done it since I was a kid, and was able to ride to a town
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started riding a bike without having done it since I was a kid, and
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dozens of miles away with no training or practice, and didn't even feel
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was able to ride to a town dozens of miles away with no training or
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sore. My body was finally to the point that God or Evolution intended!!
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practice, and didn't even feel sore. My body was finally to the point
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that God/Evolution/Nature intended!!
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Acne, gone. Skin was glowing and I got many compliments. Suffering from
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Acne, gone. Skin was glowing and I got many compliments. Suffering
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the heat and humidity of summer? Gone as well! My body was able to cool
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from the heat and humidity of summer? Gone as well! My body was able
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off so much faster without having cooked food stuck in digestion. There
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to cool off so much faster without having cooked food stuck in
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were so many weird things that people wouldn't think of being related to
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digestion. There were so many weird things that people wouldn't think
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diet and lifestyle. Michael Arnstein even mentions in some interviews that
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of being related to diet and lifestyle. Michael Arnstein even mentions
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being fruitarian stopped him from getting earwax!
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in some interviews that being fruitarian stopped him from getting
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earwax!
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<strong>Health is a Lifestyle, not Diet</strong>
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<strong>Health is a Lifestyle, not Diet: 2014</strong>
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Speaking of lifestyle, that is something else I learned from listening to
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Speaking of lifestyle, that is something else I learned from listening
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my new role models. "Sleep Water Sugar" as Durianrider used to say. The
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to my new role models. "Sleep Water Sugar" as Durianrider used to say.
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<a href="https://files.hyperling.com/media/HealthPriorities.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a>
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<a href="https://files.hyperling.com/media/HealthPriorities.pdf"
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target="_blank">PDF
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on my main
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on my main
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<a href="/about/#health" target="_blank">Health</a>
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<a href="/about/#health" target="_blank">Health</a>
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section covers the 6 pillars that I found to be highly important.
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section covers the 6 pillars that I found to be highly important.
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my body does not operate or digest well if those are missing. Exercise
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my body does not operate or digest well if those are missing. Exercise
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is next because it can go longer without being kept up. The last two
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is next because it can go longer without being kept up. The last two
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are more spiritual, and require the first four to be maintained in
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are more spiritual, and require the first four to be maintained in
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order for them to be beneficial, but once they are achieved then they
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order for them to be beneficial. Once they are achieved then they
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can help keep the first four in check when they dwindle.
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can help keep the first four in check when they dwindle.
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There was a day where I wondered if I was now cured of something and could
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There was a day where I wondered if I was now cured of something and
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go back to foods from my old diet. So one night for dinner I ate with my
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could go back to foods from my old diet. So one night for dinner I
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family and had some sort of pasta with meat. After eating I ran an errand,
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ate with my family and had some sort of pasta with meat. After eating
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and remember within less than a few minutes, after only getting to the
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I ran an errand, and remember within less than a few minutes, after
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street after our home, I started nodding off at the wheel. What a quick
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only getting to the street after our home, I started nodding off at
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indication that certain foods are a no-go!
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the wheel. What a quick indication that certain foods are a no-go!
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<strong>Back to the Real World</strong>
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<strong>Back to the "Real World": 2015</strong>
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Why would I stop eating like this, you ask? This was a temporary situation.
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Why would I stop eating like this, you ask? This was a temporary
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I was on summer break from school and free from any job. When the fall
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situation. I was on summer break from school and free from any job.
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semester started I needed a job again to pay for gas, books, etc. So I
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When the fall semester started I needed a job again to pay for gas,
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added in clean RawTil4 type foods like rice. For many years I ate like this
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books, etc. So I added in clean RawTil4 type foods like rice. For many
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and still felt great. No oil, which I still don't do to this day. Also no
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years I ate like this and still felt great. No oil, which I never plan
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seasoning, I firmly believe in only eating food that you like the taste
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to add back. Also no or low seasoning. I firmly believe in only eating
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of alone and would be happy eating as a monomeal. This is one of many
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food that you like the taste of alone and would be happy eating as a
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reasons I don't like seasonings and prefer not to use them.
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monomeal. This is only one of many reasons I don't like seasonings and
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prefer not to use them.
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Eventually I was corrupted and did start eating vegan junk food. I
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foods. I tried the fake cheeses, meats, ate food with oils, had processed
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tried the fake cheeses, meats, ate restaurant food with oils, had
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snacks, etc. During this time though I stuck to the main principles of
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processed snacks, etc. During this time though I stuck to the main
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the PDF, and kept the carb ratio high as well as stayed hydrated and
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principles of the PDF, and kept the carb ratio high as well as stayed
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rested. I could tell that the processed food was lowering my energy levels
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hydrated and rested. I could tell that the processed food was lowering
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but I remained disease free and was still able to accomplish a lot. I
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my energy levels but I remained disease free and was still able to
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still ate simple meals like fruits and rice when alone but was more
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accomplish a lot. I still ate simple meals like fruits and rice when
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willing to go out with coworkers and family to restaurants.
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alone but was more willing to eat out with coworkers and family.
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<strong>Learning My Sensitivities</strong>
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<strong>Learning My Sensitivities: 2014-2022</strong>
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There are other things I was able to discover about my body as well when
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There are other things I was able to discover about my body as well
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reintroducing cooked foods, such as alliums causing headaches, body pain,
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when reintroducing cooked foods. I found alliums cause headaches,
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nightmares, and with garlic specifically it becomes full-on night terrors.
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body pain, nightmares, and with garlic specifically it becomes full-on
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These are an absolute no when I'm able to control it.
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night terrors. These are an absolute no at any quantity in my cooking.
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Nightshades have also been slowly phased out. I avoid all potato unless
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Nightshades have also been slowly phased out. I avoid all potato
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deep fried so that the poison is destroyed, although I do try to avoid
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unless deep fried so that the poison is destroyed, although I try to
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deep fried food when possible. In 2022 as an experiment with my wife
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avoid deep fried food as well. In 2022 as an experiment with my wife
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while she tried a low histamine experiment I also found that tomatoes
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while she tried a low histamine experiment I also found that tomatoes
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were the reason that my nose has been running consistently for years!
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were the reason that my nose has been running consistently for years!
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I had been blaming bad air, but just goes to show that you can never
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I had been blaming bad air, but just goes to show that you can never
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that eggplant digests terribly for me.
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that eggplant digests terribly for me.
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so creating a work/life balance is important to prevent me from
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overwhelmed from a needy environment. When deadlines are not realistic
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getting overwhelmed from a needy environment. When deadlines are not
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realistic or there is just too much work to go around I have learned
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that it is other's responsibilities to manage these things wisely. If
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to accept that it is other's responsibilities to manage these things
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offer overtime compensation or other benefits for overworking then the
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blame and stress of not accomplishing these things cannot be mine. I
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overworking then the blame and stress of not accomplishing these
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things cannot be mine. I cannot accept the responsibility of other
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<strong>Current Lifestyle</strong>
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Today I lean towards a more RawTilX style diet again. Breakfast consists
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Today I lean towards a more RawTilX style diet. Breakfast consists of
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of fruit, such as a pound or two of apples, or half a pound of dried
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fruit, such as a pound or two of apples, or half of a pound of dried
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mango rehydrated for a few hours in water. Lunch is a grain such as
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mango rehydrated for a few hours in water. Lunch is a grain
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rice or quinoa. Dinner is usually a high-vegetable dish and tends to
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such as rice or quinoa. Dinner is usually a high-vegetable dish and
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include beans. Sometimes breakfast may be a water or dry fast, the fruit
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Exercise comes and goes. Cycling is no longer a hobby of mine. A normal
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Exercise comes and goes. Cycling is no longer a hobby of mine. A
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strenuous hikes. Yard and garden work also contribute to keeping the
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<strong>Thank You!</strong>
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<strong>Thank You!</strong>
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I appreciate you making it through this! Hopefully you've not only learned
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I appreciate you making it through this! Hopefully you've not only
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a thing or two about me, but you've also obtained knowledge that you can
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learned a thing or two about me, but you've also obtained knowledge
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help improve your life. That's my goal after all, helping others!
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that you can help improve your life. That's my goal after all, helping
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Take care, friend. :)
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others! Take care, friend. :)
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