The Whole Food Plant Based Secret to Longevity

Hi friends. This is your weekly - possibly even monthly - reminder that the secret to health and wellness and longevity is to eat a whole food plant based diet at least 80% of the time (and a vegan diet 100% of the time). This allows you to enjoy some vegan junk food now and then. Never eat animal based foods or animal byproducts (milk, eggs, honey), because these foods are not only destructive to your health but they are exploitative to animals and they harm then planet. I am not lying. These are facts, You may not believe them to be, but no one cares. Eating plants shrinks your ecological footprint and makes you better, stronger, and healthier. It also eliminates an incredible amount of suffering by animals. It's easy to verify what I am saying with a bit of research on the Giant Internet Brain (Internet). I encourage you to do so, but you don't have to. You could just become a plant based vegan and trust in the process.

I bid thee a good day.

Perk

Another perk of my healthy living is that I now find that I do not require as much sleep. I fall asleep quickly and stay asleep. My sleep is solid, restful, and dream filled. I wake up restored after about 6.5 to 7 hours of sleep. It's given me about an extra hour of time each day to be active and accomplish more. At first I thought that waking up too early was a sign of insomnia, but I'm never tired or exhausted when I wake. I am full of vigor and my cortisol cycle appears to be in balance (energized in the morning and relaxed at night).

I'm going to experiment with my mood lamp and see if I can use it to increase sleep time a little bit. I read in "The Depression Cure" that for people who wake up too early it is beneficial to have some intense blue light exposure around 4 to 5 PM each day. So, I'll try that and see if anything changes. But as far as I can tell, my early waking time is not a pathology, because my mood is surprisingly great and I feel rested and energized all the time. In fact, this is one of the first winters where I have not noticed much Seasonal Affective Disorder. I attribute this to both whole food plant based eating AND daily aerobic exercise (which keeps my endogenous endorphins consistently elevated). And, contrary to what my wife Deborah believes, my cognitive function and memory are much sharper too.