Today I have my oncologist appointment, 17 1/2 years after diagnosis of breast cancer. Already had a clean MRI so we often just chat about diet and exercise. His wife eats "Paleo", he is a whip thin runner, so he wants to know what I do now to maintain a steady 22 BMI. I’ll share:


A healthy BMI is now my "big why".

Janet, my thoughts are with you, and I'm certain the superb metabolic health you've achieved will continue to serve you well. Your focus on health and learning to adapt to optimize your WOE to achieve health has served you well. Sharing the information as you travel your journey is one of the bonuses we get on this forum. While we all don't get the same results, using your reports of success or not has enabled many of us to experiment and find better ways to evolve beneficially.

Great, insightful comment, WB. The reason I used the term phenotype (instead of genotype) is due to the fact that our genes are expressed in part due to our genetic makeup, and most likely in a larger part by our environment, which includes everything we are exposed to including what we eat and drink. In addition to Mark Sisson, we can include Tim Noakes, Mark Cucuzzella, and Sami Inkinen, who were competitive endurance athletes with little body fat who had to fight diabetes. Yes, we are all unique in certain ways we respond to foods and how our genes are expressed, but achieving a good degree of metabolic health levels the "playing field" and makes life a lot easier.