It’s Conceptual. Don’t ignore the body, it affects the mind.

If I were you, - and I am - I’d take care of myself.

Here’s some things I suggest (mostly for dudes).

I’d try and eat a low carbohydrate diet, high in healthy fats and veggies with moderate protein. I would make sure all my food was as organic as possible. Local is great too since travel and shipping can often degrade nutrients.

This diet has been variously called the Paleo diet, the Atkins diet, the Bulletproof diet, the Caveman diet… the list goes on.

Here are some resources:

http://www.westonaprice.org/

https://www.bulletproofexec.com/bulletproof-body/

www.reddit.com/r/paleo (read the faq!)

www.reddit.com/r/keto (read the faq!)

From what I can tell, based on having experimented with many other diets like veggie only, the shitty fast food and cigarette “college” diet and hardcore Atkins, and from the research I’ve read; this is the best kind of diet for humans. There is a lot of wiggle room and everyone’s different, but this is probably the way to go.

Things that I eat a lot:

Eggs. All the time. Eat them. They are possibly the best food.

Beef/Bison/Chicken - Grass fed is better. Eat what you like but not too much.

Bacon. Yes, Bacon. Good fat and good protein. Lots of good electrolytes too. That means salt.

Asparagus. It’s delicious and amazing. Grill it with butter and olive oil.

Olive oil. On everything. It’s delicious and good for you. Make salad dressing!

Spring mix, kale, spinach salads. Gotta eat greens.

Fatty fish. Not farm raised, it’s gross. Salmon.

I eat the fuck out of peanut butter. It’s a good fat, and is delicious.

Avocados. Great for making creamy sauces, and dressings, in salads, or alone. My favorite thing to do is take out the pit, put a raw egg in it’s place in both halves, add salt and pepper, then bake and put sriracha on it. “Egg-vo-cados”.

The male body needs protein, because it naturally wants to build muscle mass. Eat protein. You know what testosterone is made out of? To a large extent, it’s fats and cholesterol. This diet is full of things that naturally regulate your hormones. We live in a society FULL of endocrine disruptors and xenoestrogens. AVOID SOY.

I refer you to this: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/01/18/how-to-increase-testosterone-naturally/

Do everything he says.

Supplements:

I recommend these: d3 (4000ui) Zinc (50mg) and ~1,200mg Omega-3 oil sourced form non-farmed fish. I will be adding Mg soon to help with the cramps I get because I am very tall and heavyset. The d3 helps us stabilize hormones, we spend too much time indoors so this helps with what we don’t get from the Sun. Zinc helps the immune system and is need for healthy testosterone levels. Omega 3 oil is to combat the often really harsh balance between omega 3 and 6 oils in our bodies due to environmental contaminants and modern diet, and to help circulation so you don’t get DOMS after workouts. [Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness]. Cold showers right after workouts help with DOMS too, they force the blood to the innermost parts of the muscle, where it can do reapiritive work.

Think about your body like an engine. What does it run on? Sugar? No. That ruins it - just like an engine. It runs on oil. Fat. (Note: bread = sugar in the body)

Last diet tip: Buy the best organic coffee you can and brew it fresh in the morning, then use a whisk to mix in a bigass pat of Kerrygold grass fed butter (Grass fed cows make different fats than grain fed) and a bigass spoonful of organic MCT or coconut oil. I like coconut, because it tastes great in dark brew. This will give your brain a jolt of caffeine and good fat in the morning. It works, it’s creamy and delicious.

Nobody can stick to this all the time, do you best and don’t be too hard on yourself; just be disciplined. That’s all ya need. Don’t let stress undo any progress you make, stress is awful for you body and mind. And bodymind.

Other things are good to do also, like a basic yoga routine, meditation, and lifting weights. I like to just do a balanced set of free weight exercises. (you can find a good workout on the Art of Manliness blog)

The other thing I’ll talk about is going to be rather awkward. I’m sorry. But it matters. Don’t spend too much time with ahem self pleasure. For one, you are loosing a lot of nutrients. Think about what your seed does. It makes a whole fucking person. Know why eggs are so good for you? Because they consist of all the nutrients need to grow a chicken out of goop! Think about that. Just stop. Save that experience for when you are with your partner. She will most likely enjoy your “enthusiasm and appreciation”. Taoists have been onto this for a long time. Abstinence and semen retention has been used by boxers and athletes to boost performance for a long time, and by monks to save energy for mediation and contemplation. It has been said to boost testosterone as well. You also want to avoid all pornography. It’s responsible for addiction-related brain changes, unrealistic ideas of sex, and plays a huge role in the dissatisfaction level of many relationships. Just don’t. Or if you do, don’t go crazy, but I wouldn’t recommend it at all.

The other good thing about this is that you won’t be routinely drowning yourself in prolactin.

WIkipedia:

Yeah. You read that. Let’s not bather our brains in that all the time. You’ll be sharper due to the healthy amount of dopamine.

The other tips I have are to stop looking at the TV, computer or your phone about an hour and a half before you try to sleep. The blue light causes a delayed release of melatonin, which is how your body knows it’s time to sleep. We’re still so tied to earth and primitive life in so many ways. If you need to be on the PC late, download f.lux. It gets rid of the blue light in your screen. I use this, it’s great. You also want to probably make the house cool when you sleep. You also want to sleep in complete darkness and loose clothing. Sleep kicks ass; do it right. You might even be able to cut an hour if you get quality sleep.

The other thing I do, is that I take FREEZING COLD SHOWERS. And I don’t get in when it’s hot and turn it down. I just step into the stream. It’s shocking, and awesome. This does a couple of things. The first thing it does is wake you up in the morning. The second function it has is that it is a great way to build willpower and endurance. It’s been said that when you do things that intentionally are stressful and not pleasurable, like cold showers, fasting and intense physical activity like heavy lifts or HIIT cardio, that your body becomes more sensitive to pleasure - but only if you do it regularly. Your body grows more opiate receptors, and makes more natural “feel good”. If you look throughout history, you find examples of manliness being connected to the cold. In Taoist thought, cold is the male energy. Your nuts are outside your body cavity so that they can be cooler in order to not destroy their contents. Even when the Spartans figured out hot water plumbing, they still took their baths cold because they felt it unmanly to do so in hot water. Samurai and ancient martial artists used to employ this technique with freezing waterfalls. James Bond takes cold showers. Stay in until it’s not so bad and you kinda like it, don’t rush, getting yourself used to it is what causes the benefits. Bonus; your hair and skin will look healthy and shiny.

It sounds like a lot, and it sounds complicated, but it’s not. Here’s what a day of mine is like:

Wake up. Start Coffee. Freezing shower / bathroom stuff (all my shampoo/toothpaste etc is organic and fluoride free). Make coffee blended with Kerrygold butter and some coconut oil. Wife leaves before me, so I see her out then I let my coffee cool while I do meditative yoga, then drink my coffee. Drive to work. Get some eggs, eat them. Usually from a place in my building. Sit down with my water bottle (it’s metal - no plastics) filled up and take my supplements. Work. Eat lunch; There are many places near me that have good protein/vegetable meals. I often bring lunch. If I do it’s usually a salad with beef, greens, nuts, and olive oil balsamic vinaigrette. Then I bust out a 25 minute workout at the gym about twice a week during this time. Work. Go home. My wife cooks exactly what I need because shes an angel and follows a similar diet. We hangout and do stuff, usually a walk, I work on music or something, then we go to bed before we need to go to bed and read and talk until tired.

All this together ended up in my losing about 10% body fat, growing a nice beard for the first time, and having more energy and feeling smarter. Maybe ~5 iq points worth. Starving your brain of good things isn’t going to make you sharp.

It’s a lot of small things, and they end up to feeling good and being rad. This is just what I do. It took a long time to get into all these habits. Delicious sweets are delicious, and working out sucks, but you just do it.

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