The Basics of Yin and Yang

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Yin and yang are the tendencies to expand and contract, the most basic forces in the universe, in our gardens, on our plates, and in our bodies.

Yin can be extreme: TNT, heroin, sugar. Or more moderate: strawberries, a scallion, a bean. Yang can also be extreme: salt, eggs, barbecued chicken. Or more moderate: grilled tuna, raw salmon, a bowl of oatmeal.

When we are yang, we are in action, stressed, working. Too much yang, and something happens to change it. It can be a short walk, a sick day, an accident, going from moderate to extreme. We do better when we are aware of our condition.

Any questions so far?

Enjoy that Meat and dairy…While Your Body, The Earth & Animals Suffer


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Your health problems are caused by animal foods.

Vegan odds of getting cancer, heart disease, diabetes or having an accident are less than half of meat eaters.

Surprisingly, calcium, protein and vitamins are more prevalent in vegan foods as well. Lobbyists work hard to fight the truth.

 

 

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Sure meat tastes good, but no better than grains and vegetables, and the cost in terms of animal suffering, environmental destruction and disease and early death, is staggering.

If you don’t believe me, do some research, see some movies, read some books, ask your doctor, and try eating a vegan diet for two weeks.

You can thank me later.

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Sickness Duration As A Clue To Your Health & Longevity

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How often do you get sick?

When you do get sick, how long does it take to get well? Would you like more health?

Before I began eating brown rice every day, eating mostly organic, and limiting animal foods, I would get “The Flu” every year once or twice, and literally be down for one to three weeks.

Now, I get a mini-cold or fever once or twice a year, for 12 hours to two days, and usually I’m able to pinpoint the source of the problem.

Two nights ago, after a crazy Thanksgiving, filled with turkey, baked foods and sugar, I took my son to see Megadeth, then we went to IHOP afterwards. I had oatmeal and orange juice, but it was the late night and the yin of the juice that let the floodgates open. Always the pessimist, I figured I had appendicitis, but in truth, I’m on the mend and it’s been less than 24 hours.

How to fix up your body fast, and get to health:

  1. Get plenty of sleep, most of it 9pm-7am
  2. Do not eat any sugar, and it’s everywhere these days
  3. Have miso soup, not at a Japanese restaurant, but at home, with high quality miso and shiitakes
  4. Eat brown rice, chewing very well, and eat well cooked organic veggies with sea salt/sea veg
  5. Do a body rub before your shower, and take a nature walk in the morning and/or evening
  6. Get plenty of hugs and choose natural activities away from phone, computer, TV, etc.
  7. Avoid medicines. A fever <103 is better untreated. Most medicines hurt the liver, slowing recuperation
  8. Do yoga, deep creating, meditation, praying, chanting, poetry, singing, etc. and visualize your healing
  9. Laugh a little
  10. Try my Sweet Vegetable Drink

Happiness Rules

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When things go wrong, it’s easy to get down, but just as easy to get back in the game. Happiness rules!

Our minds and our bodies are the most amazing healing machines. Here are ten things to keep in mind, when life has you down.

  1. Tomorrow is another day
  2. It could be worse
  3. Some others who don’t have limbs, food, or a roof over their head
  4. There are so many people that love you
  5. You have many friends and family you can love today
  6. You have so many possessions that you can enjoy
  7. Forget about tomorrow or yesterday, be here now, in your body
  8. God loves you, and the people you lost are watching over you
  9. Today is beautiful. Get out there and enjoy it, and serve others
  10. Natural foods, physical movement, and music will add enjoyment

Overate at a Party? Me Too! Fix It Fast…

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I love chips, dips, cookies, brownies, pie, canolies, wine, and coffee, and I had all of those yesterday. My wife knows how to use moderation–I overate of course.

This morning I was still full, and of course could not have a bowel movement. It was a great party, and I was going to pay the price. Constipation is a drag. But alas, I know what to do.

  1. Skip breakfast. Have some warm water with a quarter lemon squeezed into it
  2. Take a nice long and relaxed walk
  3. Do stretching, yoga, meditation etcetera and don’t work hard in the morning
  4. Brew some sweet vegetable drink and consume mid morning
  5. Make miso soup, brown rice, veg and a pickle for lunch. I had some sweet vegetable jam on hand, you could substitute some boiled or steamed broccoli or cauliflower. Don’t overeat and chew very well.
  6. Try to have a bowel movement when you urinate. Should work after lunch, or before dinner.
  7. Have a light dinner, no dairy or meat, well cooked organic vegetables, and whole grain noodles or millet, buckwheat, barley, whole wheat couscous, oats or corn. Have a pickle afterwards
  8. Resolve to eat less and earlier on Thanksgiving.
  9. Remember to take a long slow walk every morning
  10. Self massage or daily body rub is suggested

Enjoy!!

 

What’s Wrong With Chicken?

Chickens are stressed out animals. Did you know that 95% of all the chickens and eggs sold in the U.S. come from factory farms, that have between 100,000 and 750,000 birds?

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Maybe you don’t feel that matters, but it does, as:

  1. Factory farm Chickens spread more disease
  2. To cope with that, more chemicals are used
  3. The environmental cost from transporting poultry is significant
  4. Horrible conditions: 22 hour days, beak clipping, no space
  5. Employees conditions: low wages, toxic smells, no humanity
  6. The result when we eat these animals is poor health…
  7. Higher cancer, heart disease, stress and bad karma

There are now good substitutes for chicken now, including:

 

 

Beyond Meat

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Thank you.

Spot On Your Lung Film? Don’t Panic!

Cancer is no fun. It is taking more of us all the time, and the cost and suffering can be staggering.

However, the way we handle cancer in the U.S. is extremely poor in most cases. Radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, other medications, and the stress that go with constant doctor visits and crazy medical bills would drive anyone insane, as witnessed by our good friend Walter White.

Cancer is your body’ s response to poor environmental or dietary conditions over a long period of time. Don’t think of cancer as an enemy, as much as a final warning, to change the way you live:

  • Reduce your job, relationship, or emotional stress through change and support
  • Improve your diet with more natural foods to strengthen your immune system, and reduce toxins
  • Start doing more of what you enjoy in life, and include more time in nature
  • Visualize yourself healing, and add affirmations, light exercise and plenty of sleep

If you choose this path instead of the medical system, you may do as well or better, enjoy it more, and not cause terrible financial and emotional pain. Sadly, your doctor, the hospital, and pharmaceutical companies will do anything to keep you as a customer, even lie to you.

Look into Macrobiotics, or contact someone like Dr. Sherry Rogers, or search your soul. Your life is at stake.

Ten Superfoods You Need to Try Now

Superfoods can counteract the garbage we put into our body when we cannot say no. Here are my top ten. I eat them every month or more, and as a result I can still jump over fences at 49.

  1. Hato Mugi
  2. Maitake mushrooms
  3. Umeboshi Plums
  4. Daikon
  5. Miso
  6. Kuzu
  7. Burdock Root
  8. Lotus Root
  9. Sea veg: Nori, Wakame, Arame, Kombu, Kanten (Agar)
  10. Sweet Vegetable Drink

The above foods, along with brown rice and local seasonal vegetables, will keep you happy and healthy well into your 80s.

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Avoid Colds & Flu This Winter With Veg etc.

People in the USA don’t understand what colds and flu are, and how to prevent them. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry, so big pharma, hospitals, doctors and the government are not going to tell you. I will.

Here’s the deal:

Colds and flu are yin conditions. What that means is they are weakness caused by eating too many expanding foods, which allow sinuses to fill up (upper body), and weaken the immune system. It may take ten years to fully understand this, but what you need to know is that you are eating too much sugar, taking too many drugs (caffeine and alcohol count too), and your grains are unrefined (pasta, bread, white rice, etc.), as well as having yeast and other food additives which weaken the immune system and need to come out, generally through the nose.

To strengthen the immune system, and avoid colds and flu, you need to change the way you eat:

  1. Eat more whole grains (not Cheerios and wheat toast) such as brown rice, millet, barley, oats, quinoa, corn, etc.
  2. Avoid raw fruits, nightshade vegetables, sugar, alcohol, even raw salads going into the cold weather
  3. Have more hardy vegetables such as winter squash, kale, carrots, onions, green cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potato, turnips, lotus root and burdock root.
  4. Have low-sodium soups with miso often, containing sea vegetables and shiitake mushrooms
  5. Avoid animal foods which are acid-forming and put stress on the liver and digestive system

In addition, you can do body rubs and inhale salty water into your nostrils in the morning.

Try these tips and see what happens!!

Appreciating & Protecting Our Senses

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Helen Keller was one of the most amazing people I’ve ever heard about. I cannot imagine living without my sight alone, never mind hearing and speaking.

Every day, I say out loud how grateful I am for all my senses, and most days I am very careful to protect them, with diet, lifestyle and my consumer choices.

Saturday night I took the family to see Vanessa Carlton at TCAN. Fantastic show! We brought earplugs as we always do, and although we did not need them for her mellow piano playing and singing, the opening act was a screecher and made a lot of noise, so the earplugs came in very handy. Heck,I’ve seen The Who, Aerosmith, KISS, Van Halen and Metallica and more, and I know I’ve lost a few decibels.

What do you do to protect your sight, hearing etcetera? Shall I create a top ten list for protecting and healing our senses?

Have a great day!!