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Read here about  my way to optimal health and an optimal mind as from 16th January 2010, in my regular journal.

Green bean pickles

picklesAfter 10 days of eating only brown rice and water, I had a good idea for pickles: green bean pickles.
Take 1100 gr. green beans, 300 gr onion, 150 gr carrot,5 cloves of garlic, 2 inches fresh ginger, 3 clove pods, 3 juniper berries, 3 leaves of laurel, 1 table spoon sauge, 1 tea spoon of thyme, 60 gr natural seasalt.Read more

The Liver

The liver detoxifies the blood, governs the top of the head, the eyes, the throat, the breast.
Liver affect the lungs, digestion, uterus, prostate, cervix, pelvis, muscles, tendons, nails, anger, the ability to change. It is the "seat of the soul".

How to help the liver?
By exercise, stretching, sweating, breathing exercise.
Good liver food: leafy vegetables, scallions, leeks, oil (sesame oil, olive oil) cooked and raw, on daily basis (do not burn the oil),meditation (it calms the mind).
Allergies find their origin in the liver.Read more

Kidneys

 
At the start of this new year, I want again your attention for the two most important organs:
the kidneys and the liver.
Good knowledge of those 2 organs can give us a much better life.
Kidneys are important as they do not regenerate easily and they are  the source of our life essense. 
The kidneys (Gate of Life) govern the brain, the memory, the bones, the ears and the hearing, the spine, the lower back, the hormonal organs, the knees, the willpower.

How to strenghten kidneys:Read more

Green Tea GABA rice

Raitong Organics FarmA few days ago, I received from Bryan (Raitong Organics Farm) a sample of a new product: Green Tea Gaba Rice. As I know his products are the best on the market (probably even worldwide), I just love to be his guinea pig, so I cooked the GTG-rice (Green Tea Gaba rice) today.Read more

Enema: Techniques and Positions

colonThere is as much difference between a colonic and an enema as between a jumbo jet and a Cessna.
A colonic can only be done by a doctor or a qualified nurse, with the right equipment and will clean all your colon, from your rectum till your appendix.
An enema can be done at home and will clean out the rectum and the sigmoid colon, and if you are lucky, and with a lot of exercise, also your descending colon. But then again, if a lot of enema exercise is needed, you surely eat the wrong food, and should first change to a healthier diet.

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Burn Fat Fast

You can burn fat easier with interval training
Other advantages are:
-saving time, because you're working harder in a shorter period of time
-flexibility, as it works with any activity and you choose how long and how hard you work during the intensity intervals
-variety: the workouts feel like they fly by because you're breaking the workout up into shorter segments

And it is great for all levels of fitness. Athletes use interval training to increase performance, but it's also a great way for beginners to get higher intensity exercise in more manageable doses.
So how does it exactly work?Read more

Soft Belly Breathing

Buddha's BellyAs most of the natural exercises, soft belly breathing is easy, but you have to do it regularly.

It takes only 30 seconds 5 times a day, and you can do it everywhere: at the office, when you are in a traffic jam, when you are waiting somewhere.
First relax your belly (I always put my both hands on my belly, that helps "get the feeling"), breath deep in through your nose, and push the air down in your belly.
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Long term investments that cannot fail

mmmm picklesToday I started to make long term pickles; those are pickles which take much longer to ferment, as the vegetables are cut in much larger pieces.

2 cauliflowers, 1 broccoli, one big carrot, half an onion, 2 stems of celery, 4 pieces of garlic (not sliced), and a whole bunch of fresh dill (roots  included).
As herbs I add juniper berries, mustard seed, dried thym and clove pods. I added 40 grams of salt, a litle bit of juice of my pickled cabbage and I filled with spring water, till the Perfect Pickler was full.

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Smart exercises

UCLABrain-derived neurotrophic factor also known as BDNF is a protein, which in humans is encoded.
It acts on certain neurons of our nervous system, helps to support the survival of existing neurons and encourage the growth of new neurons and synapses. In the brain, it is active in the hippocampus, cortex, and basal forebrain—areas vital to memory, learning and higher thinking.
BDNF itself is important for long-term memory.
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The Vegan Cow

HomeMateI was asked to write a rice milk recipe: how you make rice milk depends solely on your milk maker.
I use the soy milk maker from HomeMate, the D 54902. It is a very practical, simple and robust machine.
First I soak 80 grams (2,8 ounces) rice overnight (I use brown GABA rice), and put the rice together with 1,7 liter of water in my D 54902.
This milk maker has 3 positions: full bean, 5 cereals and mung bean. As I never make bean milk, I always use the position 5 cereals.Read more

Another healthy recipe

Black beans are very good for the kidneys, and as I am going on a  diet, I wanted to make a bean paté  that was healthy and delicious.

-2 cups of black beans
-4 inches of kombu sea weed
-1/2 cup brown lentils
Soak overnight in 10 cups of water.
Add 1/2 celery, 1 onion, 1 carrot, 3 pieces of  garlic, 1 inch of fresh ginger, 1 tablespoon of thyme, a few leaves of fresh basil.

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Still 5 days to go

 
Still 5 days to go before I start my diet and my alpha training. I will make an excell sheet with all things I have to do; 3 times 15 minutes alpha training, after my alpha training, Do-Inn, stretching etc...
I also have to book my massages at Darha Spa , first and second week a traditional Thai massage with my favorite masseuse, Dao, 3rd week an aromatherapy massage. Read more

How to improve your health through easy exercises

Do InClosely related to Shiatsu and Acupressure, Do-In is a form of Japanese self-massage designed to stimulate the flow of ki, or "life energy", throughout the body.  It originated as a way of maintaining good health, similar to Qigong or yoga, but is now usually practiced as a form of self-help Shiatsu.  Daily practice aims to tone skin and muscles, improve circulation and flexibility, ease aches and pains, and encourage mental clarity and  emotional stability.Read more

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