INDIGO for the experience of the moonless night sky far from the incessant light pollution of our so recent civilization. A pure and simple way to commune with the skies under which our ancient, and even more recent ancestors lived and were influenced by.

LONGHOUSE came about through the longhouse living lifestyle, particularly as demonstrated over my years among the Dyak people of the island of Borneo. A pure and socially cohesive way of life existing on a wealth of available forest foods, gathered daily from the rainforest. Every member has a skill or handicraft, such as fishing, weaving, or basket making, that serves their longhouse familial community for food, sustenance or trade.

C. R. Livingston, M.Sc., R.P.P., raised and educated in the southeast of England is a Medical Anthropologist who has spent much of his life enquiring into the health of the human organism, our natural systems, the foods we eat, when, where, and how we produce and eat them, familial systems of support, assumptions about health and illness, cultural practices and beliefs, trade systems, and the spiritual cosmos that ultimately affects us all.

In the process of his work Livingston has observed and often participated in traditional ceremonies across cultures in Europe, North, South, and Central America, the Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia (particularly Indonesia, the Philippines & Malaysia), and East Africa.

He also led teams of American and Canadian physicians, along with their local counterparts among pastoralists, nomads, semi-nomads & gatherer-hunters for research into various diseases, as well as planning and setting up remote vaccination sites and general health programs in conjunction with WHO, UNICEF, UNEP, CIDA and OXFAM, and the Afar, Relief and Development Organization, of which he was a co-founder.

Livingston’s passion for understanding throughout life has been, and primarily remains in connecting with cultures that still live according to natural law. Or as they may call it, just life!

He has also trained and practiced as a Polarity Therapist, Certified Permaculture Designer, and “Earthing” advocate, who completed the Cornell Wellness Counseling Certification Course in 2022 and now offers lifestyle consultation and counseling to individuals and groups.

NOTES ON EVERY DAY HEALTH IN BRIEF: 

Wake up rested after a 7 - 9 hour sleep.

Begin with a savory breakfast. 

A whole food plant based diet.

S.M.A.S.H fish sometimes if it suits.

Silliness sometimes, treat yourself often.

Plenty of movement every day.

Live in a walkable environment.

Engage with good people who nurture your soul, and you theirs. 

Learn new things every day. 

Engage in work for a few hours every day. 

Eat supper 3 to 4 hours before lying down to sleep. 

Joyfully receive and joyfully give back. 

Have and express gratitude every day.

Meditate some everyday, or at least some days.

A FEW THOUGHTS ON HEALTH:

The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies processed meats (lunch meats, hot dogs, bacon, hamburgers etc.,) in the same category as cigarettes, a known carcinogen. “Replacing one serving per day of red meat with a serving of nuts would reduce disease and mortality by approximately 20 percent”, says Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Loneliness - a life shortening condition (potentially as bad as smoking 10 cigarettes daily) affects some 25 percent of Americans.

Long lived people across the world have remarkably similar diets! Ninety to a 100 percent of their calories come from whole-food plant based sources. Those healthy carbohydrates encompass complex carbohydrates like whole grains, greens, tubers, nuts and beans, and are the five pillars of a longevity diet on five continents! Cocoa and coffee are beans too!

THE 6 PILLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE: 1/ Plant based nutrition 2/ regular physical movement 3/ managing stress 4/ stop using risky substances  5/ restorative sleep  6/ social connection.