getting started

With the revelation that my body was not working correctly, i took it as my personal mission to read everything i could get my hands on about how to beat Insulin Resistance. I knew that i would need to lose weight or else risk it developing into Diabetes. Diabetes runs strong in my family and as far as i was concerned, it IS the dark side. I made up my mind from the first moment i got the news, that i was not going to turn to the DARK SIDE.


I read every article i could find on the web about diet and nutrition.. I read books, i watch documentaries, i researched every facet of information i could find. I even picked up  health textbooks from the library and read those. In the end i was left with one conclusion, No one had the answers i was looking for. And why didn't all this information have the keys to making me whole? Well, there was multiple reasons.

1. The nutrition profession hasn't been around for all that long. The first vitamin was discovered in the late 1800s and we didn't start figuring out what these vitamins really do until the 1900s. This means, while astrology, math, and biology have been being studying for hundreds even thousands of years, how we thrive off of what we eat hasn't rated a real study until someone could start making money off it.

2. There are lots of books on diets out there. Most of them have at least *some* truth in them. Wading through all their research is hard and often not worth doing because the research they are basing their diet on, was funded by a company who had a stake in the results coming out a certain way. Thus, their research is biased and thus, can not be fully trusted as totally scientific.

3. With all the different diet books and health research, there is a growing amount of conflicting information. It is really difficult to figure out who to believe.

In the end i decided to piece together things that i found motivational for me, and were particularly helpful in helping me to get healthy. This doesn't mean it will be a miracle cure for you. It is simply meant as a place to start getting physically and emotionally healthy.