Here is the thing - I don't subscribe to mainstream health & wellbeing choices. I did at the start of my journey and some of it served me, but the more I learnt and the more I understood the more I was able to make changes and find experts that I believe offer more value to me (and other people). Because I know there are loads of contradictions and different opinions on health - here is an overview of my approach for you to glance and see if any of it resonates for you. 

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1. Natural living in terms of personal care & my home 

2. Food choices: Bio energetic / prometabolic / Ray Peat Inspired. Basically, what is going to promote my metabolism (for disease fighting, energy and thriving not weight). What is the healthiest for my hormones. Is what I am consuming packed with nutrients that are actually bio available (as in my body can use it and absorb it well)? And avoiding things that put unnecessary pressure on my body. 

3. Wholefood over supplements, with select supplementation to make up for past health choices, limited access to some health things I would want or pressure from the environment that I am not able to change. 

4. I am not afraid of sugar and happily incorporate it into my diet. Except high fructose corn syrup. I don't do that one. 

5. Fats - Yay sat fat and nay PUFA (polyunsaturated fat). I avoid canola, sunflower, rapeseed, grapeseed oils. I limit the use of monosat like avo and olive. And I mostly use sat fat like tallow, coconut and butter. 

6. I don't drink liters and liters of water in the name of hydration.  I focus on mineral rich drinks, and you'll see me drinking adrenal cocktails, quality milk and tea. 

7. I no longer do high intensity training or stressful exercise - it's not great for women's hormones. I do strength training, yoga and other intentional movement. 

8. I eat meat and lots of it. Free range meat. 

9. I don't eat loads of vegetables or grains and when I do I make sure to prepare them properly to improve the bioavailability of nutrients and lessen the burden on my digestion. 

10. I don't use weight as a health marker - instead I look at things like my energy, any symptoms I am experiencing, my cycle and period, my libido and excitement for life, my basal body temperature and whether I feel warm and good.    

11. I believe symptoms are from our physical environment and what we consume plus emotional things. 

12. I'm a big believer in doing the inner emotional work and that focusing on physical health will only get you so far. 

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There is probably more, but I think you get the point.