No this thread is not clickbait. It’s a long read but I trust you’ll enjoy it and the new information.
The Eternity Diet
Here lies an invitation to ‘follow the white rabbit’ into the depths of your own biology, where an ancient story reveals itself as something far more practical—and far more radical—than anyone may have ever imagined. Read More (please wait for a moment after you click and your browser should jump to the story)
Chang’e and her faithful companion, the Jade Rabbit who grinds the elixir of eternity
KIm Cooper is my pen name. This is not self promotion I genuinely want feedback on this and the article is free.
Eat resistant starches daily: Cooked-then-refrigerated potatoes, sweet potato, rice or pasta (can be reheated briefly), lentils and beans (cooked and then refrigerated is best), raw potatoes, raw sweet potato, raw cabbage, raw brocoli or unripe bananas. These are the primary fuel for butyrate production.
Include prebiotic fibre: Raw or cooked vegetables, especially leafy greens, onions, garlic, asparagus. These feed Akkermansia and other barrier-protecting bacteria.
Add tannin sources 3-5 times weekly: Walnuts, pomegranate, green apples, dark chocolate (70%+). These become Urolithin A if you have the bacteria to process them.
Incorporate Acacia gum: A teaspoon stirred patiently into water, added to smoothies, mixed into meals, or used as an enema. This is the most direct way to feed the bacteria that keep your gut barrier intact. Feeding enemas hold longer (to ferment) if the colon is not empty when administered.
Ferment something: Sauerkraut, kimchi, fermented beets, fermented vegetables, natto or tempeh. Buy it or make it. The bacteria will seed your colon and continue their work.
Eat once daily: Your ancestors did this, not out of scarcity but understanding. Each meal triggers a mechanical cascade through your colon. Multiple meals = constant reset of the fermentation clock. Fermentation takes from between 10-48 hours. Give it time and your hunger will vanish.
I don’t think there exist evidence for much specificity: one vegetable over another rather than total vegetable intake, for example. Some vegetables are more nutrient dense, though.
Blood tests are important. Screening and treatment for hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, CKD, and obesity, for example. These are not expensive and lifestyle and drugs aren’t either.
Vegetables are less important than fermentable fibre. The research on this is extensive and compelling but where are the diets? I’m good with any and all preventative health measures but believe I have made a clear case in this article (which is close to the end of a book I spent a year writing) that we have been deliberately misled about the basics. A deception that many don’t discover until they are told their colon is diseased. The fundamental win for me in this discovery is no longer feeling hungry on any level.
