Here are the main reasons when it comes to why more people than...

Here are the main reasons when it comes to why more people than ever are seriously ill compared to just a few years ago.

Address these and being healthy will almost be effortless.

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*Standard disclaimer that nothing in this thread should be used as a substitute for medical advice*

Have you ever thought why are we sicker than ever even though an enormous amount of money is spend on the medical fields each and every year?

Are we that hopeless when it comes to avoiding disease or are we focusing at the wrong things and the answers we’ve been looking for hide to certain things that have changed recently and impact our biology in a negative way?

Let me share with you something interesting if you got the times.

Some years ago, Dr. Parviz did an experiment. A great experiment.

He studied 738 women who had mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

BRCA1 and BRCA2 are short for breast cancer gene 1 and breast cancer gene 2.

We inherit each one from our parents (you can for example inherit a BRCA 1 mutation from one parent but not have a BRCA2 mutation which is fine) and one of their purposes is to repair damaged DNA by producing certain proteins (so as you can tell, the health of your children begins with your own health).

Obviously not everyone with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation will get breast cancer.

No. It’s a matter of increased risk which is were Dr. Parviz’s study comes into play.

So he took 738 women who had these mutations and here’s what he did.

He changed their diets and other lifestyle factors which led to a 73% decrease! in cancer risk compared to the other women with the SAME mutations.

So, if you can take a person with the mutations that heavily increase the risk of cancer and you can drop their chances of encountering it by 73%!, imagine how powerful making healthy lifestyle changes actually are.

Now of course, you don't have to rely just on this study and there are more that provie this point.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC64…

But without further ado, let’s break them down certain things that are probably causing the modern health crisis.

Number 1: Sedentary lifestyles.

You might personally not struggle with this, but LESS than 25% of Americans walk for more than 10 minutes each week.

This is not a joke and a sedentary lifestyle will have tremendously negative consequences on our health.

A sedentary lifestyle, massively increases the risk of diabetes, all cancers and especially (colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, and prostate cancer), depression, anxiety, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, Alzheimer's, weakens the immune system and in general is corelated and can cause most diseases since we are not meant to sit down all day.

It's unnatural and this is why our mind and body take a hit very fast when we live a sedentary life.

We are not meant to sit all day and when this happens all sorts of issues will appear.

Also, if your interest is just health and you don’t want to be great at martial arts or be super jacked, you don’t have to follow a super complicated training split.

-3 intense lifting sessions/week (think Upper/Lower/Full)

-1 HIIT/week (or two very short ones)

-Walking and stretching daily

are enough.

Number 2: High stress lifestyles.

If you are a serious adult, you know that we are going through the most hypercompetitive eras that has ever existed.

But, we need to learn how to manage stress since if you’ve experienced gut wrecking stress, you know that it deteriorates your health faster than anything.

And it’s not rocket science since stress leads to:

-Breakage of the nuclear chromosomes

-Nutrient and mineral depletion (especially in selenium, zinc, magnesium and copper)

-Adrenal hyperactivity

-Inducing insulin resistance

-The elevation of certain estrogenic compounds such as aromatase

-The decrease of thyroid hormones

-The decrease of CO2

-Damage mitochondrial genes

-The liberation of stored free fatty acids

-Gut dysbiosis

-Mast cell related issues

-The dysfunction of the immune system

-The decrease of progesterone, DHEA and pregnenolone

Now there are countless of things that could help with stress so here’s a long list of the most popular ones without many side effects:

-Do not add pointless sources of stress such as:
1. Constant stimulation / over consumption.
2. Fasting with black coffee for 23 hours.
3. Being negative etc.

-Add things such as:
1. Positive visualizations
2. Eating breakfast
3. Spending time in nature
4. Training a martial art. It’s kind of hard to overthink when someone tries to choke you unconscious.
5. Finding a way to get more positive reinforcements even through doing the practice that some people will find cringe which is patting yourself on the back.
6. Not sitting and pretending that you can know what will happens for years to come.
Make the best out of the next month and then do it again.
7. Listening to classical music
8. Redifing your goals and making them authentic.
If someone else than you has defined success, you aren’t playing the right game and here’s why. No one knows you and cares about you more than yourself.

We’re all different and the definition of success passed a basic point (being healthy, having good relationships etc) is different for all of us.
8. Being humble enough to get coaching/hire/outsource.
9. Stretching.
10. Cardio.
11. Stimulating the vagus nerve
12. Applying the 80/20 rule
13. Epsom salt baths
14. Realizing that you can’t rush certain processes no matter how much you work.
Pause and smell the roses when your work is done for the day.
15. MgCl
16. Using pretty safe herbs such as chamomile, lemon balm and valerian
17. Getting a hobby (if you have time to read this thread (love you) you have 10 minutes a day to do something you enjoy)
18. Getting enough of the following nutrients that support anything from our hormones all the way to adrenals and are even more crucial under stressful times.
These are vitamin C, magnesium, glycine, taurine, thiamine,B5,B6, zinc.
You can get most of them except magnesium from foods.
19. Not being an atheist.
20. Interacting with wiser people.

Sorry, but the antidote to the stress that springs from confusion will only come through interacting with smarter people or people who have gone through what you’re going through.

21. Gratitude

Perspective can be a very powerful tool and create both positive and negative mental states.

As Dostoyevski said: “man is a creature that walks on two legs and is ungrateful” and also "man only likes to count his troubles; he doesn't calculate his happiness."

Don’t be so obsessed with your misery to the point of missing the joy that you can either create or that already exists.

22. Do not isolate yourself and go out and socialize.
We are social creatures. Loneliness has actually become an epidemic.

Start chatting people at the gym, become a regular at certain places etc.

23. Try to improve at something you care about.
Who knows what that is. Could be painting, playing a musical instrument, lifting, running, whatever.

There's joy in progress.

Important note: You could add here the general term "negative emotional state".

A chronic negative emotional state will 100% negative affect our health but the good news are that some of the tips that were mentioned here will also help with it.

Number 3: High caloric malnutrition

Highly processed foods are a big problem and are basically waste products that big corporations create for maximum profit.

When Dr. Price documented the effects of the depletion of certain nutrients such as the fat-soluble vitamins for example decades ago and proved how this leads to physical degeneration, the lack of nutrients wasn't NEARLY as bad as it is today.

The average person nowadays is not only consuming zero nutrients but it's also bombarded by things that deplete him of nutrients to begin with.

But........TENS OF THOUSANDS (if not more) of DNA-related processes are based on nutrients.

So, when we deprive ourselves of nutrients, TENS OF THOUSANDS of DNA-related processes become dysfunctional.

That should be enough in order to scare a lot of people.

Another thing that should be enough to scare people is reading the ingredients on the packages of highly processed foods.

You have no clue what 90% of the ingredients even are at this point.

Here's a nice thread you can read about whole foods.

x.com/Helios_Movemen…

Number 4: Thinking that the solution to a problem is always pills and that you don't need to change your lifestyle.

Now don’t get me wrong, we’ve used herbs to treat diseases for a long long time for example and a lot of medications can be life saving.

But the amount of people who are disconnected from their actions and think that heartburn for example is normal and they just need to pop a pill is at an all time high.

Number 5: Being afraid of the sun and living under an unhealthy light environment.

First and foremost, a chronic lack of sunlight exposure can ruin your energy levels, skin, hair, bones, hormones, gut, fat loss, libido and a lot more.

Besides this, the right light environment will:
-Improve your sleep
-Improve your hormonal profile
-Improve your athletic performance
-Improve your energy levels
-Assist your libido
-Improve your mood

And the wrong light environment will cause:
-Migraines
-Pre mature skin ageing
-Low libido
-Low energy
-Metabolic damage
-Sleep issues
-Bad mood

But this is a very important topic so let's dive a bit deeper in the next tweet.

In order to do that, we need to break down the spectrum.
So let's do it.

Number 1: Ultraviolet (100-400 nm (so it's not visible))
There are three main types of UVR.
1. UVC (100-280nm) (Absorbed by the ozone layer)
2. UVB (280 - 315 nm). (Epidermis)
3. UVA (315-400 nm). (Dermis)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25803468/

Ultraviolet radiation has been blamed for a lot of trouble but is this true?

Well, first of all, UV radiation was one of the main drivers of evolution.

A good starting book on this topic is the origins of order.

Then, without UVB the synthesis of sulfated vitamin D can not be stimulated and this is a big deal since we can only cover maybe ½ of our vitamin D needs from food (at the very very very very best).

This is not a small deal since as i like to say, it is impossible for a health issue to be resolved or decently improved if a person has suboptimal vitamin D levels.

It is impossible for us to have a healthy immune system, healthy bones, a healthy hormonal profile (testosterone and androgens in general, thyroid hormones, insulin, progesterone, leptin (to be fair though, since this (leptin) is related to adiponectin, this only happens when a person reaches >50ng/dl from what most research indicates) etc), a healthy liver, great levels of energy, great muscle recovery, great libido, healthy skin, healthy kidneys, a healthy gut, a healthy heart and in general be healthy without the help of vitamin D since it controls over 1000 genes through its receptor.

It is also impossible for example to solve any gut or skin issue if a person has low levels of vitamin D.

The easiest way to explain both (gut and skin related) is through the vitamin D–cathelicidin pathway which is very fascinating.

You can obviously dial the research down more by looking into the caludin-2 and 12 relationship since regarding gut issues, IBD is an issue that a lot of people suffer with.

TLDR: Changes regarding claudin 2 are associated with many gut issues such as IBD for example.

But that’s a direct target of the vitamin D receptor (claudin 5 , 12 and 15 are as well).
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26212084/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35406694/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35338345/

Another neglected fact in my opinion is that the VDR (vitamin D receptor) is crucial for helping various steps during the detoxification of xenobiotics (and we are bombarded with enormous amounts).

We also need vitamin D in order for the other fat soluble vitamins to be able to do their jobs properly.

The most fascinating example of this, probably is how when vitamin D is paired with vitamin E it can help out with sodium fluoride induced toxicity in the reproductive system of male rabbits.

Got high blood pressure? Well, you will need vitamin D.

Want to have a healthy brain and increase NGF plus BDF? Well you need vitamin D paired with exercise.

Not only that but vitamin D is crucial for dopaminergic neurogenesis and differentiation.

Do you want to enhance insulin sensitivity by stimulating the expression of insulin receptors?

Well you need vitamin D.
Do you want to be fertile? Well then remember that the CYP2R1, CYP27B1 and CYP24A1 enzymes are affected by vitamin D.

Do you want a good night of sleep?
Then remember that the production of melatonin is affected by vitamin D.

Got histamine issues? Then remember that without enough vitamin D, mast cells and basophils will get activated quite a lot.

You the idea and the fact that the list is truly endless.

So, ultraviolet radiation, IS, important and since it might not always be present, making sure that we expose ourselves to it (there’s a safe tan guide later) makes it even more crucial.

But that’s not all, UVB stimulates the synthesis of melanin which will be discuss in detail later and even the synthesis of beta endorphins.

It’s also crucial for neurotransmitter health through the impact that it has on aromatic amino acids among other things with a benzene ring.

If we want to have a healthy intracutaneous and cHPA axis we NEED UVR.

Also keep in mind that UVB can also upregulate the expression of MC1R and is also crucial for glucosteroidogenesis.
Again, these and many other effects are INDEPENDED of vitamin D production.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20308557/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22854622/

In fact it is UVR is so crucial that when the eyes of mice (just the eyes) were exposed to UVB ithe serum levels of α-MSH, b-endorphin, ACTH, CRH, and urocortin 2 increased a few hours later.

But how about UVA?
It is very true that for the things mentioned (b-endorphins for example), UVB has a bigger impact, BUT, a “medium dose” of UVA1 (340-400 nm) has been shown to improve atopic dermatitis and scleroderma.

In general, UVA supports the release of nitric oxide which is partly why sunlight has cardiovascular benefits that are independent from vitamin D.

And vasodilation is not a small thing either.

Excessive vasoconstriction can lead to headaches, migraines, fatigue, eyesight issues and even exacerbate the healing of scars and even hair loss.

Number 2: Violet light (400 nm - 450 nm)

This is one is pretty interesting regarding myopia, NO homeostasasis and stimulating TLR it also affects antimicrobial peptides.

But it seems that just like blue light in isolation, it can also cause a bit of damage when used in isolation (compared to red light for example) but if i'm wrong please correct me on this.

Number 3: Blue light (450 nm - 490 nm).
This in isolation (nnEMF) is evil especially during the night as we will soon see.

But when it's present in the sunlight (EMF) is needed in order to regulate our CR.

Now here are some ways that artificial blue light ruins your health.

Number 1: ALAN ruins sleep and your CR
For millions of years, we lived under the influence of sources of light with a lux of 0.0001-3.4 at night.

But now?
You can live even under 500! This is 50.000 times MORE in some cases.

And poor sleep is not something to take lightly.

If we want to mentioned more rare downsides of ALAN at this point, a digestive issue a lot of people struggle with is acid reflux and guess what?

The gastric acid secretion follows a circadian pattern and also, the esophageal valve should be closed at night.

So your disrupted CR and chronic late eating could easily be one of the main causes for your acid reflux. So before getting that antacids, H2 or PPIs, fix your CR.

Number 2: Suppresses the most potent antioxidant (melatonin which is stimulated when light is not present) which affects anything from sleep, osteoblasts (your bones), skin and our immune system all the way to our metabolism and reproduction.

And if you add ALAN on top of glyphosate sprayed foods, dysfunctional mitochondria, calcified pineals glands and more, things get even worse.

Number 3: Negatively affects the skin.

Number 4: Messes up our metabolism and glucose metabolism.

Number 5: Messes up your eyesight.

But there's more.

It also:
-Elevates intracellular calcium levels
-Messes up dopamine
-Degrades melanin
-Suppresses BDNF
-Dehydration (it messes vasopressin (essential for fluid and electrolyte balance)

Number 4: Green light (490 nm - 560 nm)

What's really cool with green light is that it can help people with migraines and stimulate angiogenesis.

Number 5: Yellow/orange light (560 nm - 630 nm)

This is the perfect example regarding why we need to get full spectrum sunlight since it greatly mitigates the ROS produced by UVR, can lower triglycerides and it even helps us with the expression of type 1 collagen.

Number 6: Red light (630 nm - 700 nm) + NIR (700nm-3000nm).

These two quite literally are the jack of all trades regarding light.

They help with almost everything:
-Recovery
-EZ water expansion
-Skin health
-Blood sugar regulation
-Mitigating UVR damage
-ATP upregulation

Now a totally justified question is "won't the sun give me cancer?".

And the honest answer is it depends.
If sun was able to kill us out of context, we'd have gone extinct a long time ago.

But the sun can in fact cause issues under a certain context so here's what you MUST do in order to minimize the potential downside.

If you've been in this space for a while, you might have seen the memes when it comes to not sun burning after getting rid of seed oils, but avoiding sunburn, if you want to spend extended time in the sun (i mean 3+ hours/day) is not as simple as “quit seed oils”.

This might help if we’re talking about spending an hour out in the sun, but our skin and its response to the sun are more complicated than that.

A full guide would look something like the following.

Step 1: Expose yourself to that sunrise and sunset light WITHOUT wearing something that alters the natural light spectrum such as sunglasses.

The early A.M late filled with NIR and red light, prepares your body for receiving sunlight exposure later in the day (photobiomodulation preconditioning) and the late P.M sunlight is crucial for repairing our skin (photobiomodulation repair).

Step 2: Do not eat late at night.

Our skin has a circadian rhythm and eating late at night disrupts it which results in weakened potency of certain protective enzymes.

Step 3: Ground, stop consuming sodium fluoride, using chlorine, manage your exposure to nnEMFs and in general, try to avoid factors that reduce the ability of the body’s cellular water to hold a charge.

Step 4: Try to avoid sunglasses while you're out in the sun. Sunglasses partly block UV light by default so you're

not even signaling to your body to produce melanin. Step 5: Consume enough minerals such as zinc, mineral magnesium and potassium but also vitamin C and E.

Step 6: Clean up your diet and make sure that it's made out of whole foods (animal products, fruits, veg, some oils such as EVOO or coconut oil, quality seafood etc)

Step 7: GRADUALLY expose yourself to sunlight and never forget the little thing called hormesis.

Step 8: DO NOT add additional sources of oxidative stress such as smoking, vaping or boozing while getting sunlight.

Number 6: Overexposure to toxins.

Now we've been exposed to toxins for a long time and we can tell that this is the case by the presence of certain mechanisms that are built in our bodies.

But things these days are ridiculous.

Think about it. Most people bathe in xenoestrogens, live in huge cities, don't use any lifestyle tools that can support detoxification, vape, drink alcohol, eat highly processed foods and so on.

Now the main toxins that the average person needs to be aware of are the following:
Number 1: Heavy metals
The main heavy metals that the average person has a good chance of contacting are the following:
-Lead
-Cadmium
-Aluminum
-Mercury
-Arsenic

In order to avoid these (this is about heavy metals) make sure to at least:
-Ditch the vape
-Filter your drinking and showering water
-Avoid ceramic dishes
-Avoid low quality spices
-Avoid tobacco products
-Get rid of your aluminum pots and pans
-Avoid low quality cheeses
-Don’t get mercury amalgams
-Avoid large fish such as tuna
-Avoid low quality grains and especially things such as brown rice
-Avoid toxic cosmetic products
-Use an air filter machine if you live in big cities

Number 2: Sodium fluoride

Number 3: Pesticides and herbicides

Number 4: Xenoestrogens

Number 5: Mold / mycotoxins

Number 6: Highly processed foods

For more on this and other tools to help you with toxins:
x.com/Helios_Movemen…

Number 7: nnEMFs

One of the many news obstacles that the pursuit of good health faces in the modern day and age is the abundance of nnEMFs in most environments.

As i like to say many times for example, if a compound came to the food market that altered ca2+ signaling for example as much as nnEMFs, its side effects would be talked on the news 24/7.

They are that bad.

There's also of course the side of the health space that blames all health issues in them but this is also incorrect in my opinion.

If it was true people wouldn't reverse diseases just through dietary changes alone.

So nnEMFs are very harmful as we will see, but this shouldn't lead to us neglecting other important things such as diet, sleep, exercising and so on.

But let's back up a bit.
What's even a nnEMF?

It simply is an EMF produced by a non native source.
Think cell towers, electronic devices such as Wi-Fi routers, smartphones, computers, wireless Bluetooth devices and things of that sort. Even artificial blue light.

Now since i understand that some people will be skeptical about this topic, allow me to mention the following?

Has biochemistry taught us that humans run on electrons and our cells need to maintain a negative charge?

Yes. So nnEMFs are problematic by default based on this principle because they “steal” electrons and thus reducing the number of free electrons available.

We get electrons from things such as the sun, the earth, movement, food and just like your smartphone we need to recharge with electrons on a regular basis in order to operate at our best.

nnEMFs:
-Negatively affect our metabolic health.
-Negatively affect thee antioxidant defense system.
-Increase the risk of miscarriages and mess up fertility overall
-Negatively affect our red blood cells
-Make us hyperactive and anxious.
-Mess up our brain, memory, the entire CNS, overall cognition (do not forget that neurotransmitters are added here as well).

So they are A BIG PROBLEM.
Now of course, we are somewhat resilient creatures
so the effects won’t be felt overnight.

But long term exposure to them is truly disastrous for our health.

It doesn't matter if you want to avoid brain cancer or you want to improve your mood or sleep, learning how to operate in our nnEMF-filled world matters all the way to me writing a specific meal plan for people who work in high nnEMF environments such as airports for example in this one.

Now some practical tips you can do and will help you out quite a lot include:
-Limiting your exposure to them.
For example, leave devices you're not using in other rooms, have your phone on airplane mode when you're not using it/need it, ditch your air pods, close the wifi at night (big one)/when you're not using it, spend more time in nature instead of watching netflix, don't be on your phone for no reason, use ethernet cables and so on.
-Go and ground.
-Do not use your electronic devices (iphone, laptop etc) while they are charging.
-Get enough minerals.
Glutamate serves a role in our physiology, but given the effects of nnEMFs on nmda it is a good idea to avoid free forms of glutamate and support GABA.
These are some fundamentals that are easy and quick to implement.
The next level would be looking into how further lower intracellular calcium, managing exposure to heavy metals and cellular hydration.

That was it.
More things can be added, but these are the 7 huge trouble makers as i like to call them.

I hope that you find this thread helpful.
We break these down more in here:
fitandball.gumroad.com/l/thesystem23