The more I do intermittent fasting and take cold showers, the more I realize that welfare kills.
Broadly defined convenience is something that silently kills people nowadays. We all love to eat. Probably there was never such access to food in Western, developed countries like it is today. Thus, some people sometimes eat even 6 meals per day. People of modern Western civilization like to stay in warm places, eating sweets, drinking alcohol. In general, they like to have good fun. I was not, and I am still not an exception. Like most people, I seek as much convenience as possible in my life. Still, the older I am, the faster I realize that I have to do something with myself because welfare kills. How is it possible that welfare kills? Simply because it generates many civilization diseases.
These illnesses can be, for example, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, chronic liver disease, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, osteoporosis, stroke, depression, gallstones, and obesity.
They are so prevalent in Western countries because of a specific lifestyle. This lifestyle was unknown to people from the past. Today, we often sit. I am not an exception. I work as an accountant. We tend to overeat unhealthy food (fast food and sweets are the best examples). The fact that many of us do not take cold showers is probably also one of the reasons why people are getting sick. As far as I know, we should expose our bodies to cold quite often. It is not me who invented this crazy method, but Wim Hof.
I plan to read his books and guides to provide more details. Still, the truth is that I take a freezing cold shower, and I do not intend to give it up. Why? Because I feel much better. Is that mean that cold showers and intermittent fasting prevent my body from diseases? No activities will ever guarantee me such a thing. I believe that I only decrease the chances of getting sick. While doing it, I remind myself that food, warmth, and sitting, broadly understood as welfare, can kill us all.
PS
I wrote this text on the 28th of April, 2021.
