Whole Food Plant-Based Couch Potato

You don't want to hear this part. Read it anyway.

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So here’s the thing

It’s not the thing I wanted, but as usual, it is the thing I needed. Changing what we eat will take us a long way toward peak health. I mean, a long way. But there is a way we can go even further. And that way involves moving our asses a little bit more than we are currently moving them.

I’ve done the science on this one myself, with my blood pressure issues. I corrected them on a whole food plant based diet, during which I was also running a couple of times a week. After a while, I got busier with work involving the computer, stopped running, and sat most of the day. This went on for a few weeks.

I was still eating a WFPB diet. But my blood pressure started creeping back up anyway. I was at a loss, at first. I thought I was doing great.

Rule of thumb: We always think we’re doing better than we are actually doing.

But then I saw something or read something that gave me the answer. (By the way, this always happens. Most of us are not aware of how the universe works, but when you ask a question, you literally summon the answer. For more on that, read BlissBlog.org)

The answer was to get my heart rate up a significant amount, for an extended period of twenty to thirty minutes, frequently, throughout the week.

I’ve been at this a while, folks. I know truth when I hear it. This made perfect sense. So started I jogging a couple days a week once again, and kept track of my BP. It returned to my customary 117/72 almost immediately.