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I followed this girl on youtube that built a tiny house in the mountains. She carries her own water, makes bread from wheat she mills, makes her own hummus and

I followed this girl on youtube that built a tiny house in the mountains. She carries her own water, makes bread from wheat she mills, makes her own hummus and cabbage and eats copious amounts of each and vegetables. Hardly has phone/internet service because she lives in a mountain valley. Plays music with friends, reads and does yoga for entertainment. Surprise, surprise. You are your habits! She looks very fit and healthy. I'm not advocating for traditionalism, but more like, optimizing your habits. The simple basic, inexpensive things she does, and eats are pretty optimized for health and personal growth. Isabel's Channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4cght8xNnI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4cght8xNnI

hobo_mark 6y ago
If she didn't look very fit and healthy, you would not be following her on youtube, and would not know she existed, even with the same lifestyle.
- dukeofdoom 6y ago
  Thats true to a degree. But I'm betting many unfit people would get fit if adapting the same diet/lifestyle habits.
  - Balgair 6y ago
    Anecdata: As quarantine drags on, I've stopped eating fast-food/restaurants and only eat things that I 'make'. I'm not going to say that it's healthy food, because I like cookies and beer and burgers. But just not eating fast food resulted in ~20lbs lost. I sleep better, I'm not as exhausted in the early afternoon, and I just 'feel' better. We'll see how post-pandemic life goes, but I'm going to try to stay on this diet at least.
- Majestic121 6y ago
  I don't know if you've ever been to the mountains[1], but if you do you'll find out most of the people living there are and look super healthy, even (especially) at an advanced age. The main difference I can see between my experience and the one of the youtube girl is that people in the mountain don't necessarily eat what would be considered healthy, but a lot of meat and animal products. It definitely deserves more actual research, but a mountain lifestyle does seem to push towards regular exercise, which in turn provides overall good health. As a singular data point, you can see from BMI comparisons that countries with mountains (Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy) fare pretty good in comparison to others: https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/09/which-country-has-the-highest-average-bmi-in-europe https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/09/which-country-has-the-hi... [1] At least the Alps
  - watwut 6y ago
    We have mountains here and they don't look all that super healthy. They also tend to be poor.

hobo_mark 6y ago

If she didn't look very fit and healthy, you would not be following her on youtube, and would not know she existed, even with the same lifestyle.

dukeofdoom 6y ago
Thats true to a degree. But I'm betting many unfit people would get fit if adapting the same diet/lifestyle habits.
- Balgair 6y ago
  Anecdata: As quarantine drags on, I've stopped eating fast-food/restaurants and only eat things that I 'make'. I'm not going to say that it's healthy food, because I like cookies and beer and burgers. But just not eating fast food resulted in ~20lbs lost. I sleep better, I'm not as exhausted in the early afternoon, and I just 'feel' better. We'll see how post-pandemic life goes, but I'm going to try to stay on this diet at least.
Majestic121 6y ago
I don't know if you've ever been to the mountains[1], but if you do you'll find out most of the people living there are and look super healthy, even (especially) at an advanced age. The main difference I can see between my experience and the one of the youtube girl is that people in the mountain don't necessarily eat what would be considered healthy, but a lot of meat and animal products. It definitely deserves more actual research, but a mountain lifestyle does seem to push towards regular exercise, which in turn provides overall good health. As a singular data point, you can see from BMI comparisons that countries with mountains (Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy) fare pretty good in comparison to others: https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/09/which-country-has-the-highest-average-bmi-in-europe https://www.euronews.com/2019/05/09/which-country-has-the-hi... [1] At least the Alps
- watwut 6y ago
  We have mountains here and they don't look all that super healthy. They also tend to be poor.