Fermented Foods as the Key to a Healthy Lifestyle

The ancient Japanese medical book states that there were only 404 kinds of illnesses. I learned about it when I was still a schoolboy. Most illnesses were treated simply with Chinese herbs and the recovery rate was great.

But what is going on with the medical science despite modern medical technologies that are being implemented to combat today's uncountable number of diseases?

Of course, there are many factors involved in getting incurable diseases or diseases of unknown cause.
One Important Factor Is Stress

Stresses are becoming more common because of the global economy. You are somewhat controlled to work under a certain programmed timetable from morning to night. Different types of stress surround us. Yes, we did not experience such stress when we were young.
Foods Are another Factor

We believe that the foods we eat nowadays may not be the same as our ancestors. Don't you think that there must be a clue that could lead to the reduction of diseases we suffer today? By means of eating the same foods our ancestors enjoyed, we might be able to avoid contracting modern incurable diseases. If we can do something to reduce the stress, then the illnesses we worry might be counted back to 404 again.

Fortunately, my wife and I have learned a lot of cooking techniques from our mother and have kept cooking technologies of old delicacies. Yes, these foods are very different from modern foods that young generations enjoy to eat such as instant foods and in fast foods.

If you open the book of old Chinese delicacies and herbal foods, you'll notice that they are mostly dried and fermented. They really taste good, yet why today's young generations do not enjoy them? People today like to eat soft and instant foods. No teeth to bite? That's what doctors are pointing out today.

You can find how essential these fermented foods and dried foods are in the following articles:

1. Dried Foods are Essential to Good Health and Taste

2. Food Desert in the Modern World

As a small boy, I used to work hard in chopping radish, carrots, cucumber, melon, squash, and many other farm crops during the 1940s up to late 1950s. Today, our PYRO-ENERGEN members and my family still continue to dry these vegetables. Dried vegetables are not only delicious but also nutritious. Is it not the reason that all of us can maintain good health?

Of course, we know that it is not only foods that maintain good health. Health condition varies depending on the environment, working condition, stress, financial condition, social condition. But please remember that food is still the main factor. Daily food practically controls your lifestyle according to our survey.
Healthy Fermented Drink

Here's one easy way of making fermented drink that can help lower your cholesterol, blood sugar, fat, and make your skin smoother. It can also eradicate your problem of constipation in just ten days. This drink is not only for adult but can also be consumed by children. It was our healthy drink in China, Korea, and Japan. Today, young generation are forgetting it although it is still quite common in Japan.

Sweet rice drink

Follow the following procedures:

1. Cook a grip of rice with water to make a congee like the photo below.

2. Keep this in a plastic or glass cup, and spray a pinch of yeast. (Use the same yeast that you use when baking bread. Available at convenience stores).

3. Keep the congee in a glass cup and close it air tight or cover it with wrapping materials such as poly bag for about three days at room temperature.

4. After about 3 to 4 days, the congee will look melted or waterish and will smell alcoholic, a sign that it is turning to wine.

5. Now, you can make it warm with honey or syrup or sugar. Then, it will turn into a tasty wine-like, milk-like, or yogurt-like healthy drink. Enjoy from young to old and be healthy.

People in Mongol, China, Korea, and Japan, enjoy drinking this throughout the year. There's nothing to worry about this drink since you won't get drunk.

Once you'll get used with fermented sweet rice drink, your health will be greatly improved. You may even look 10 years younger than today. It's guaranteed according to medical analyzes.

About 10 years ago, I discovered that the same drink has existed especially among the elderly in the Philippines, Thailand, and other Southeast Asian islands, too. They call it simply as "Rice wine".

Yes, people who drink this do live healthier and longer than average natives, just like people who practice drinking yogurt.

This information is the courtesy of Junji Takano is a Japanese health researcher involved in investigating the cause of many dreadful diseases. In 1968, he invented PYRO-ENERGEN, the first electrostatic therapy device for electromedicine that effectively eradicates viral diseases, cancer, and diseases of unknown cause.

How to Drink your way to youthful slimness

Fresh raw fruit or vegetable juices are powerhouses of complex carbohydrates that rank high on the list of fat-slimming antioxidants. They also regulate fat metabolism. The antioxidants found in these juices also initiate a protein-sparing action in your body That is, they help divert the protein for growth and maintenance and guard against fatty overload.

Another important function of antioxidants in raw juices deals with fat metabolism. If you have a deficiency of antioxidants, fats are metabolized too rapidly. By-products of fat metabolism, called ketones, are accumulated in the body. Unable to rid itself of the ketones fast enough, your body accumulates these toxic wastes that could cause dehydration. Therefore, look to raw juices as a remedy. They are rich in antioxidants which serve to balance fat metabolism and protect against fatty tissue overload and ketone toxicity.

Just antioxidants work swiftly because they are almost instantly assimilated. Plan to drink fresh juices throughout the day to give your setpoint a boost and help guard against fatty tissue overload.

The following is a simple, but effective weight loss program based upon the power of raw juices for antioxidant reaction in cell slimming.

First half of the day Enjoy several glasses of different fresh fruit juices, according to your taste desires. Be careful to drink two hours before or after your meal to avoid diluting eaten foods. Sip the juice slowly. Enjoy! Powerful complex carbohydrates and antioxidants work swiftly to lower your stubborn setpoint and boost "cellular combustion" to slim you down.

Second half of the day: Enjoy several glasses of different fresh vegetable juices. Their cell-scrubbing minerals are electrified by the antioxidants in the complex carbohydrates to scrub away fatty calories that could lead to weighty accumulation.

BENEFITS: Raw juices are powerhouses of antioxidants in the form of complex carbohydrates that get to the the root cause of your obesity, namely, overloaded fat cells. By uprooting and dissolving this fatty overload, you correct the metabolic error to blame for a lifetime battle of the bulge.

Nature may have designated you to be born fat. At the same time Nature has provided antioxidants in foods as well as in aerobic and other exercisers, to help counter this health risk. Use these methods. You will not only become youthfully slim, but you will also help yourself live longer and healthier.

Youth Secrets From Asia

Asians have used certain foods for thousand of years. Their physical strength and youthfulness may well be traced to the antioxidant powers of these foods.

Millet May Be a Miracle Food

Millet contains all eight essential amino acids and a comparable in biological value to meat. An alkaline food, it guards against excessive acid formation and cellular disintegration. Furthermore millet alkalis help dissolve free radicals and build resistance to harmful microorganisms invasion. You can enjoy millet cereal on a regular basis for breakfast. It has a delicious nut like taste you will enjoy. Millet is available in health food stores and many supermarkets.

Sesame Seeds Open the Doorway to Youth

Sesame seeds are an especially good source of the amino acid methionine. The seeds also contain lecithin, an effective antioxidant that keeps your blood vessels cleansed of free radicals. When mashed and combined with cooked chick peas or garbanzos, the resulting paste is called tahini. A bit of honey added to sesame seeds in this form will make halvah. Tasty ways to eat away illness and open the doorway to new youth!

The Green Tea Mystique

A traditional beverage in Asia, green tea may have some amazing lifesaving properties. Green tea, camellia sinensis contains polyphenols, substances that include catechins. Some catechins seem to be anticarcinogenic in animals. These same substances may lower blood pressure and blood cholestoral levels, stablize blood sugar, and inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors. It has been noted that Japanese who are heavy consumers of green tea have lower death rates from cancer of all types, especially cancer of stomach, a major killer in Japan. Furthermore, green tea reportedly helps ward off skin cancer, inhibiting the proliferation of precancerous cells. It may also protect arteries from the damage caused by high fat diets. CAREFUL: Green tea does contain caffeine, although much less than coffee. It should be used in moderation. Perhaps one cup per day would be useful to help you drink away illness. Grean tea is available in most supermarkets and special stores.

Rejuvenation secrets from Around the world

I have compiled a long list of rejuvenation secrets from around the world which I would list them out here for you to compare and probably adopt what are best for you. You will be amazed to see the youthful appearance of so many of the natives people of each country. Europeans and Asians, in particular, have younger-looking skin, show vitality-filled energy and are amazingly free of may of the ailments of old age that frequently appear in some countries. How do these remain healthfully and vigorously young in their sixth, seventh and eighth decades of life?

The answer lies partly in their traditions; they are folk remedies, special foods, and generation old home programs they know will control aging. Better yet, may of these rejuvenation secrets help halt and then reverse the aging clock. In particular, these secrets prevent infections by forming antibodies, the immunological proteins that fight off invading microorganisms that may cause physical and emotional aging. They have found that you can feel and look healthier and younger with the home rejuvenation programs.

I will add in daily the rejuvenation home programs used by each country so you can share the secrets which can help prolong the prime of your life. Many of them work almost immediately, so begin watching for the rejuvenation rewards right away!

Anti aging secrets

We all have seen our grandparents and parents grow old and most of us protest against the idea of aging in the same ways they did. In fact, we look for safer, more convenient and medically sound way to live longer, empower ourselves, and remain healthy throughout life. We may refer to it as 'quality longevity.' The everyday choices that we make have a greater impact on us than genetics, which account for only one-third of what determines our health as we age.

Hence, the quality of life is very much in our hands. Empowering ourselves for the future requires learning new skills as well as honing the ones we already have. Try some of these strategies to live longer, feel and look younger.

Sharpen your mind:

A sharp mind helps in staying fit. We're more inclined to have good relationships, eat well and live a healthy lifestyle with a sharper mind. Doing mental aerobics can improve memory and lower your risk for Alzheimer's disease. A recent study found that when we keep our minds active, brain efficiency increases dramatically, even after just a few weeks. Try different approaches to expanding your mental horizons, whether it's travelling to new destinations, learning a musical instrument, or going back to school. Stay mentally active through puzzles, games, reading and other stimulating hobbies, but be sure to train and not strain your brain.

Cultivate healthy relationships:

Socially connected people have longer life expectancies than isolated individuals. Cultivate intimacy with your partner since good sex makes for a longer life. Not only does it bring people closer together, it lowers blood pressure, reduces pain, promotes restful sleep and boosts the immune system so we are better able to fight off infections. Our ability to understand another person's emotional viewpoint and to express that understanding is the social glue that keeps us together.

Reduce stress:

We can't completely eliminate stress from our lives, but we can learn healthier responses to it. We all can try to minimise stress to live longer and better. You can do it in many ways. Like control clutter in your home. Get more realistic about how much you take on each day. Try eliminating just a few items from your to-do list. Regular meditation reduces stress and also boosts the immune system. Empower yourself with the word 'no.'

Think positive:

Optimists have a greater life expectancy than pessimists. Make an effort to see the cup half-full. Recent studies show that we can learn optimism when we set our minds to it. Discover your spiritual life. Attending a house of worship once a week is associated with a seven-year-longer survival compared with never attending. Take care of your needs. Satisfied people are twice as likely to survive compared with dissatisfied individuals.

Manage your environment:

Our environment has a big influence on how we feel and how long we live. Whether it's traffic, noise, or other aspects of the environment at large, or more personal environmental issues such as aesthetics or bedroom temperature, our 'quality longevity' requires that we not only adapt to these influences but learn to shape them to meet our individual tastes and needs. Bear in mind function and aesthetics when designing your home and workspace. Manage your technology to avoid information overload.

Best Exercises For Pear Shaped Women

Being a pear shaped woman myself, I know the struggles involved in trying to achieve a lean and sleek pair of legs. There are a few things I have learned about how to exercise effectively for maximum fat loss in the lower region and balancing out our physiques.

For starters, there are a few things we must accept so that we won't beat ourselves up with frustration.

1. Accept the fact that you have a pear shape - we carry most of our body fat in the lower half of our bodies (hips, thighs and butt).

2. Consider the fat on your lower region as fat magnets. In other words, it is very easy to attract fat to the thighs, hips and buttocks and very difficult to move (not impossible though!)

3. Accept the fact that you will have to work extra hard to lean out the lower half of your body.

If you can accept the above, then you'll be armed with a more realistic mindset when working out and trying to lose fat. You'll be able to be patient with yourself and won't give up.

Now the good news!

1. It IS possible to lean out the hips, thighs and buttock areas.
2. It IS possible to achieve a great pair of legs.
3. You can balance out your upper body so that you are well proportioned and symmetrical.

So how do we go about leaning out our lower bodies and balancing out our upper bodies?

First, you will have to eat very clean and watch your fat intake.
Stick with fruits, veggies, tuna, tilapia, chicken, lean meats and egg whites.
Eat more of the green types of veggies and lots of salads.
Eat starchy veggies (potatoes, rice, pastas etc...) in moderation.
Drink lots of water.

When eating fruits, try to eat them in the morning, before your workouts.
Try not to eat fruits after 2pm.
Best fruits: all kinds of berries, grapefruit, apples.
Best veggies: brocolli, green beans, asparagus, green, onions, garlic, red, yellow, orange peppers, spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce.

Rules:
Never fry your food.
Grill, boil, steam, bake or pan fry with Pam Spray, never in a pan of oil.
If you're going to have a cheat day, make sure do it early enough so you can burn it off.
Never have a cheat day at night.
Try (if you can!) to only cheat twice a month.
What is a cheat day: ONE cheat meal only! Not a whole day of cheating!

Did I say drink lots and lots of water too?

Ok, so now if you eat this way, you will start noticing yourself getting leaner. You'll be shedding some fat off of your overall body. Yes, your lower body too! Your pants and skirts won't fit anymore. So you'll have to buy a new wardrobe!

But this is not the whole story. In order to create those great lean legs, you will have to exercise differently than your friends and those women in the magazines.

We want to lean out our lower halves and build up our upper halves.

We have special needs, so we must exercise specifically, to meet this need.

>From my experience, pear shaped women need to focus on light to moderate weights with very high volume repetitions in the lower half of their bodies, incorporating lots of cardio workouts too.

The upper half of our bodies need a different plan all together.

To get that symetrical and balanced look, we need to lift heavy weights so that we are widening our shoulders and backs and creating those sexy arms. Don't fear lifting heavy. We will never get big. And if it's any comfort to you (or maybe not!), our bodies are the most difficult of all body types to gain muscle.

I know, I know, but we can still get that lean, defined, sexy and well proportioned body we're seeking.

So this is the plan I use and seems to be working very well. Yes, I am seeing RESULTS. It will take time, but if you are completely determined, patient and focused on your goal, you will achieve that sexy, well proportioned and symetrical body that screams out, "WOW"!

Here's the work out plan that I am currently using:
Lower body 3 times per week.
Upper body twice per week.
Cardio 6 times per week.

Lower body workout:
Incorporate a variety of leg excersizes such as lunges, squats, butt blaster, leg presses, leg extensions, hip excersizes, leg extensions and hamstring curls.
You can choose 3 - 4 excersizes three times per week.

Example:
Day 1: squats, lunges, leg presses, calves cardio
Five sets each of 35 + repetitions with moderate weight
Rest 30 - 45 seconds between sets

Day 2: leg extensions, hamstring curls, butt blaster
Five sets each of 35 + repetitions with moderate weight
Rest 30 - 45 seconds between sets

Day 3: walking lunges, side walking lunges, steady lunges
Five sets each of 35 + repetitions with moderate weight
Rest 30 - 45 seconds between sets

Don't worry about the sets and reps in the beginning. Do as many as you can. If you can do more than 35, do more.

Cardio: jogging, treadmill, elliptical machine, jumping rope, swimming, cycling, aerobic classes etc... Just make sure you are working out intense enough to really burn the fat.

Upper Body Workout:
I exercize my upper body twice per week:
Full upper body workout: chest, back, shoulders, tri's and bi's, calves
Abs 4 times per week.

I choose 2 - 3 exercizes per body part.
3 sets each for 8 - 10 reps.
Weight is heavy.
Rest about 60 seconds in between sets.

That's it. I do cardio 6 times per week. Upper body twice per week. Lower body three times per week. Abs 4 times per week, calves 3 - 4 times per week.

I find that this intense workout PLUS eating a CLEAN diet, very effective in leaning out the lower half of our bodies plus balancing out our upper halves.

Make sure you get lots of rest too!

Just one pear shape sister to another......

God Bless You!

Dry skin for women over 40

As women approach 40 their skincare regimen needs to be assessed. Even though aging occurs gradually and sometimes it is hard to notice the slight changes, especially when we fall in love with a product that we use for years, swear by it and refuse to realize that times have changes, and so have we.

It is very important to be on top of what is available on the market and moisturize should be our number one priority. While we all dream about a quick fix, or better yet a miracle in a bottle we have to give up our unrealistic obsession with flawless skin. Life takes over, wrinkles happen; aging is a natural and beautiful process that is inevitable to everyone.

Instead of concentrating on how many wrinkles you have embrace yourself for all that you achieved, for everything you have learned and for all that is still ahead. Now after you are done embracing, lets move on to enhancing. To downplay some of the natural effects of aging follow those simple steps, and enjoy your beautiful features, and remember the best is yet to come!

1. You Can No Longer Afford to Have Direct Sun Light. It’s bad for you…get over it…

2. If you are still smoking, your skin will have irreparable damage,

It will be dull and gray. Just imagine yourself with grey hair and grey skin. If you haven’t put down that cigarette of yours yet, don’t come crying to me.

3. You are what you eat.

Vegetable and Fruits are good, Meet and Dairy is bad. Learn to live with it I did.

4. Most of all diseases are caused by stress only syphilis is from pleasure.

5. Your face is your treasure, wash it twice a day and moisturize it. NEVER go to sleep with make up on.

I don’t care what time you are climbing into your bed.

6. Your décolletage is in immediate need of attention, so is your neck, your hands,elbows and heels. Remember MOISTURIZE.

7. If you have the urge to touch your face, think twice. If you still have the desire, go wash your hands.

8. Your make up has not meant to last forever, you are over 40 how old is that Channel eyes-shadow of yours?

9. Exercise your abs, work out your legs, and don’t forget your jaw muscles.

10. WATER, 10 glasses a day will keep plastic surgeon away. Water with lemons, water with cucumber, plain water and herbal tea is your goal. Stay away from carbonated and sugar drinks.

Take care of your skin and your soul will take care of itself.