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charleshughsmith
Executive Summary
- We know how to farm regeneratively, not extractively, today. We just need to choose to do so.
- Learning from the recent summit with Joel Salatin, Toby Hemenway & Singing Frogs Farm
- The 3 most important components underlying our future health
- What you can do to take control of your health in ways that will enhance your quality of life
If you have not yet read Why We’re So Unhealthy, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
In Part 1, we examined the structure of our self-organizing centralized food/illness/healthcare system. In Part 2, we look at what we can do to foster a better, healthier and ultimately much more affordable alternative system.
Permaculture and Regenerative Agriculture/Horticulture
I have to start by thanking Peak Prosperity’s Adam Taggart for organizing the permaculture conference we attended, Better Soil, Better Food…A Better World. As a long-time gardener, I learned some things that I can apply to my own postage-stamp urban garden (for example, never leave soil bare—plant seedlings immediately after harvesting the current crop of veggies).
I also learned about the perniciously destructive nature of our system of growing, processing, distributing and consuming food. As noted in Part 1, the only possible result of our unhealthy food/illness/health system is ill-health.
The best way to become healthy is to opt out of the entire system. Removing oneself from one subsystem is a good start but insufficient, due to the interconnected nature of the system. Eliminating fast food, for example, is a good start, but the vast majority of packaged and convenience foods are made with the same ingredients as fast food.
This is difficult to do by design. As Joel Salatin explains…
Take Control: If You Don’t, Who Will?
PREVIEW by charleshughsmithExecutive Summary
- We know how to farm regeneratively, not extractively, today. We just need to choose to do so.
- Learning from the recent summit with Joel Salatin, Toby Hemenway & Singing Frogs Farm
- The 3 most important components underlying our future health
- What you can do to take control of your health in ways that will enhance your quality of life
If you have not yet read Why We’re So Unhealthy, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
In Part 1, we examined the structure of our self-organizing centralized food/illness/healthcare system. In Part 2, we look at what we can do to foster a better, healthier and ultimately much more affordable alternative system.
Permaculture and Regenerative Agriculture/Horticulture
I have to start by thanking Peak Prosperity’s Adam Taggart for organizing the permaculture conference we attended, Better Soil, Better Food…A Better World. As a long-time gardener, I learned some things that I can apply to my own postage-stamp urban garden (for example, never leave soil bare—plant seedlings immediately after harvesting the current crop of veggies).
I also learned about the perniciously destructive nature of our system of growing, processing, distributing and consuming food. As noted in Part 1, the only possible result of our unhealthy food/illness/health system is ill-health.
The best way to become healthy is to opt out of the entire system. Removing oneself from one subsystem is a good start but insufficient, due to the interconnected nature of the system. Eliminating fast food, for example, is a good start, but the vast majority of packaged and convenience foods are made with the same ingredients as fast food.
This is difficult to do by design. As Joel Salatin explains…
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JW
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JW
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charleshughsmith
Executive Summary
- The obesity epidemic
- Failings of the national healthcare system
- New models for obtaining care
- The basics of prevention
If you have not yet read The Rising Threats To Our Health, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
In Part 1, we reviewed some of the major global health issues that will challenge households, economies and nation-states around the world as the global population ages and lifestyle/pollution/age-related chronic diseases affect hundreds of millions of people.
In Part 2, we look at issues that are specific to the U.S. and other developed economies, and consider the impacts of these issues on us as individuals: the bottom line is prevention is in our court.
Overweight/Obesity
While many of the problems listed in Part 1 are found mostly in developing economies (severe pollution, etc.), many others are pressing issues in both developing and developed economies (smoking, chronic lifestyle disorders such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, heart disease, etc.)
The U.S. leads the world in percentages of overweight (generally defined as a body mass index (BMI) of over 25) and obese (BMI over 30) residents, though a number of countries are close behind.
While the specific causes of metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes) and the causal connections of obesity to other conditions such as inflammation, sleep disorders, etc. are still under investigation, it’s clear that…
Putting Our Health Into Our Own Hands
PREVIEW by charleshughsmithExecutive Summary
- The obesity epidemic
- Failings of the national healthcare system
- New models for obtaining care
- The basics of prevention
If you have not yet read The Rising Threats To Our Health, available free to all readers, please click here to read it first.
In Part 1, we reviewed some of the major global health issues that will challenge households, economies and nation-states around the world as the global population ages and lifestyle/pollution/age-related chronic diseases affect hundreds of millions of people.
In Part 2, we look at issues that are specific to the U.S. and other developed economies, and consider the impacts of these issues on us as individuals: the bottom line is prevention is in our court.
Overweight/Obesity
While many of the problems listed in Part 1 are found mostly in developing economies (severe pollution, etc.), many others are pressing issues in both developing and developed economies (smoking, chronic lifestyle disorders such as metabolic syndrome, hypertension, heart disease, etc.)
The U.S. leads the world in percentages of overweight (generally defined as a body mass index (BMI) of over 25) and obese (BMI over 30) residents, though a number of countries are close behind.
While the specific causes of metabolic syndrome (pre-diabetes) and the causal connections of obesity to other conditions such as inflammation, sleep disorders, etc. are still under investigation, it’s clear that…
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JW
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JW
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Chris Martenson
In the recent podcast with Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser, the owners of Singing Frogs farm, they told a tale of success that begins and in many ways ends with their soil.
It's a model we need to pay close attention, to as I think it’s safe to say that the vast majority of farming across the world right now is based on the practice of plowing up fields and is therefore based on the practice of slowly but surely ruining the very bottom of the food pyramid.
It’s Time to Stop Treating Our Soil Like Dirt
PREVIEW by Chris MartensonIn the recent podcast with Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser, the owners of Singing Frogs farm, they told a tale of success that begins and in many ways ends with their soil.
It's a model we need to pay close attention, to as I think it’s safe to say that the vast majority of farming across the world right now is based on the practice of plowing up fields and is therefore based on the practice of slowly but surely ruining the very bottom of the food pyramid.
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JW
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JW
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