Each to their own.

One organism endlessly recycling, death and new life one indivisible movement.

Hi Adora
First things first, rest, allow the swelling to go down before doing anything too strenuous, otherwise in its inflamed state there is a good chance the knee could be further comprimised slowing down recovery times still further.
26 years ago, I completely ruptured my right ACL.
At the time in this region reconstructive knee surgery was in its infancy and the outcomes were nowhere near what they are today.
I opted for no surgery to ACL, though I did get some cartilage tidying up via arthroscopic surgery.
I ceased playing sports that include sudden stopping and starting, twisting and turning.
In time I was able to work out in the gym to increase strength in hamstring/glute areas which helps to provide compensatory strength in ACL injuries.
Later, I returned to sports like surfing (and some jogging) and providing I took things carefully the knee would not give way.
Fast forward til last year and I started to get much increased pain in the knee. According to scans, there was some bone on bone wear, responsible for the increased pain.
The longterm prognosis for this injury in my case was poor and apparently a knee replacement would be the only solution, yet I am too young for this as they generally have a life of around 15 years.
I have got some good results by ditching shoes (or shoes with any sole or heel padding) and going barefoot or equivalent footwear to minimise increased torque and leverage on the joint that much footwear can initiate.  Ones gait does change and one tends to walk in a 'gentler' way. Perhaps some minor re-alignments may take place also.
Keeping slim (less weight for the knees to carry) is also of benefit, though if you are eating a fair amount of food raw, this probably isn't a problem.
Stretching and light strengthening work are also of benefit.
As to advice, if you are able to get the ACL surgically repaired, I would tend to go that way.
However, if you dont, it is not the end of all exercise and activity.
It can also have its positives as a greater awareness of how one moves develops.
PS. I am a great lover of the woods too, though not jumping! and when swelling goes down you can go and sit and healing will benefit.
Dont get too down on the situation, talk and express what you are feeling with those you feel comfortable doing so.
And there is the seed of opportunity in all experience, no matter how grave we may see it at the time.
Kind wishes, J

cauliflower
turban snails
almonds
plums

for what its worth, there is a pervading trend at present to view nutrition as a scientific puzzle to piece together into 'perfect health': so much of this, this much of that, a balance between this and that, not too much of something else, and so it continues.
And this puzzle keeps changing with each new item of research.
To my way of thinking, placing too much emphasis on eating to  scientific guidelines (and of course there are always opposing scientific guidelines) is to deny the awareness and signs  that the body already provides with regard to eating agreeable and not agreeable foods and how much is enough or not.

Hi Hanna
good for you: thats wonderful.
for what its worth, meditation knows no bounds: 'It' is 'there' regardless.
kind wishes, J

Hi Zyrcona
also, dont rule out the option of taking the time and getting out into the fields and forests to forage for insects. (You may already do so).
Even the most seemingly barren environments have possibilities.
Over this way, witchetty and other grubs, ant pupae and bogong moths (at certain times of the year) are all utilised by some folk. Plus other insects.
The added benefit of fresh air, movement, natural light and direct interaction with a natural environment is of itself great benefit.
J

It is a joy to come across you folk.
I arrived at this way of eating not having studied the writings of 'instinctive eating', but rather (it) came about quite naturally as an end result of a spiritual quest several years back.
Originally, my quest was driven by self-enquiry and the myriad questions about life and existence that collectively come together under the query 'who am I?'.
Many months later, after devoting hour upon hour to meditation and solitary contemplation, the quest came to a conclusion of its own one day with the attachment to the question(s) (and answers sought), effortlessly relinquished.
And so it remains.
In addition to this 'surrender', physiologically the body underwent changes such as heightened sensory sensitivity.
And this takes us back to 'instinctive eating', and the common ground I discovered that I seem to share, as contained within the writings of Iguana, GCB, and others here on this forum, namely:
* a food may be very appealing in taste or smell sometimes, then on other occasions the same food may be quite un-appealing.
* the 'attractiveness' in taste or smell of a food can change quite markedly even while eating a particular food in the one sitting.
* although one might expect to overindulge in a particular taste - which could be say sweet, or it could be bitter, sour or whatever - but a natural thresh-hold kicks appears to kick-in.
* pronounced 'reliance' on sensory response, rather than an overly intellectual approach to eating, and whether a particular food is largely considered healthy or not healthy by others.
* preference for 'simple' food tastes and smells, and by 'simple' not meaning that eating an unadulterated vegetable, fruit, nut, shellfish, etc can be defined as 'simple' at all, but rather processed, modern meals layered with all manner of ingredients camouflage and alter the ingredients therein, and could be defined as 'complex'.
* an almost primordial sensory response dominates and whether a food looks appealing or not within the modern, cultured framework of 'seeing' (or taste, smell or touch), is largely irrelevant.
No doubt there is much other common ground also.
Its great to have the opportunity to share. Thanks.