Good Energy, The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health

Thoughts

This book read, was another helpful one for anyone looking to start to make some changes in their daily life. Where our medical medical recommendations (at least in the USA are not helping).

It details the drastic changes that need to be made with our doctors and how the system hasn’t failed us, I always think that’s to harsh of a statement, but rather needs to change/be updated. I bet as you read through this book there isn’t going to be anything that you haven’t heard before; eat whole foods, avoid processed ones, get good sleep, exercise, drink plenty of water, and keep your stress levels to a minimum. These are all such simple activites that can change the course of our lives and help us lead a healthier life, but why don’t we do them?

Well, this book is for that person. The one who has been to plenty of doctors yet nothing changes, the person with chronic fatigue, chronic inflammation, someone who has been struggling to get their nutrition on track, or maybe is looking for other ways and habits to improve their daily well-being.

If you are interested in living a healthier life, I think this book will do great things for someone who isn’t sure where to start, or hasn’t taken a first step into getting healthy more seriously. Casey Means, draws out simple plans, recipies and habits that lead to what she refers too as ‘Good Energy’ for the body. She looks at things with a holistic approach, when oftentimes in medicine doctors or evaluations tend to focus on a specific area of ‘what hurts’, or ‘let’s fix this thing that’s bothering you’.

As an experienced individual who listens to any health improvement. performance podcast, has done athletics, and coached & is certified in different areas of health and performance, I found it to be refreshing to see a doctor realize and turn away from the forms of medicine that are so frequently prescribed in this country. She opens each chapter detailing some experiences in medical school or during her residency program how doctors on staff treat certain conditions and patients.

There was a particular chapter in the book where she detailed during her school hours and learning in the classroom, just how bad sitting is for a human being, but as someone learning to become a doctor they did just that. She brought up a petition for standing desks, had support of her students, did all this supportive research, and yet the school did not approve her request. It’s wild to hear, especially when our doctoral programs are some of the best in the world, and should be more progressive. However, I understand especially when it comes to biology or anything of that sort, tests and results take a longer period of time to be ‘proven’ that something works.

I have been following most of the practices outlined or described in this book to name a few that are easy changes to make to promote good energy!

– Drink plenty of water
– Eat whole foods
– Avoid processed foods
– Focus on getting enough sleep
– Avoid plastics
– Try and pick foods with the least amount of ingredients and ones that you can understand
– Watch your consumption of how much food you are eating
– Exercise daily and frequently
– Get outside

Where did I hear about this book? – Some podcast