In keeping with marital harmony, the potential benefits to health and well-being including no more snoring, I am going for what is a called a “lion diet plus sauerkraut.” I don’t usually do diets. I have made fasts a regular part of my life. I typically keep an awareness of “clean foods” with minimal sugar. However, I’ve gotten off track. The tornado took out the yoga studio in October 2019. Covid lockdowns closed about 50% of homegrown yoga studios. And in the past 18 months, I’ve added my father’s life into my daily routine. He is a tough 88. Instead of the usual fastidious concern for my food, I’ve simply eaten what is in front of me. This is not so great. I’ve aged more in the past 18 months than in the previous decade. My own patterns have been disrupted and although I’ve spent years paying attention in depth, I honestly don’t know what to think about food at all right now.

So Donna has found me in a vulnerable position and sold me on this experiment of carnivore. I visited the Dallas Colon Care office yesterday and again today to prepare. I have cleared out some debris and expect more to follow. My skin is patchy with various other signals of distress. Sleep patterns have suffered and that is unusual for me. My personal energy and motivation is not great. I do not want to sacrifice my daily health anymore, because without the health, there is nothing else. So, here I go on this carnivore experiment. I’m told that almost everything I had learned about meat has been mistaken. In keeping with the natural order of the human, meat must be back in my feed and, for a time, to be my exclusive feed. I don’t buy all the promotional material surrounding this meat program. However, I’m willing to experiment based on the data Donna has shared with me as it regards mitochondrial health, metabolic health, brain function, vascular health, mental health. I’m preparing for a gut biome shift. TIme to sleep now.