Juicing

Recently I've been reading up on health and body building, perhaps inspired by watching movies where the protagonist fights for his life half naked with abs rippling through his toned body - "The Predator". BTW the main character from The Predator - Royce - look alot like Bear Grylls from "Man Vs Wild" I must say. Both, survival experts, both marines, and looks the same, I actually thought it was Bear Grylls in The Predator movie.

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For those survival fans out there who likes to learn to survive in the wild, watch Man Vs Wild, its really good. Anyways back to the topic at hand, as I was saying I've been watching and reading up on body building and nutrition and have found that Juicing to the ideal nutritional intake for health and well being.

Allow me to briefly explain, Juicing is the process of separating the liquid part from the solid parts of the fruits and vegetable, just like squeezing the juices from a lemon. When we drink their juice instead of eating them we reduce the amount of energy required for digestion. This extra energy goes back to the immune system making you more resistant to diseases. Drinking fruits and vegetable consistently detoxifies and revitalizes the body, making you feel and look healthier.

After reading stevepalvina's experience with juicing and how it affected him positively I immediately went to Woolworths to look for some fruits and vegetables. I popped over to my uncles house, borrowed the juicer off i went to start my healthy lifestyle.



The first mistake made was putting avocado into the juicer expecting it to pump out a blended green juice, doesn't work people, it clogs the juicer due to its thick cream like texture and ended up making a big mess as it pushes all the juices from other fruits to the pulp container, wasting time and food. Other fruits not to juice include bananas and potatoes :D

Due to the detox effects that other people who tried juicing have witness I decided to not to eat meat or cooked foods to detox as well. Have since failed since its winter and hot meals are so irresistible. One thing I must mention, if your going to try juicing, its best to do it in the summer, and you better have a job cause Juicing will take up a lot of fruits and vegs and hence reduce your wallet size.

I have stopped juicing due to insufficient funds since I'm unemployed at the moment, but I still eat fruits everyday, and whenever i can i eat vegetarian meals like the ones below.

If your interested in reading up more on juicing and its effects you can read up on Stevepavlina's experience as he explains in a 3o day trail post on his site, here's the link : http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/archives/ there you'll find a list of all his post, scroll down to find October 2008 and you'll see the beginning of Juice Feasting from day 1 all the way to day 31.

If your interested on how Juicing affects physical training you can view it at this link http: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2009/11/juicing-and-physical-training/

Hope this post has enlighten you on Juicing, Have fun.

Tai Chi

Tai Chi - the ultimate first;
The concept of redirecting an attacking opponents' force away from yourself so they lose balance giving you a chance to create openings for a retaliation. So no matter how much force an opponent attacks you with, its useless if the attack itself does not connect.

The reason Tai Chi is practice so slowly is so that the practitioner can master balance, breathing, build internal power, and become fluid in the movements producing strong stable stances that can be used in combat.

Tai Chi is very good for all ages and I encourage everyone to practice it everyday to promote health, energy, flexibility and youth. Its usually done in the break of dawn or at sunset for best results.

Dry Skin and Dandruff

OK this is a tough one; dandruff has been with me for awhile. I've tried nearly everything from soaking my head with vinegar everyday to using heads and shoulders which never did anything much really. By the way the vinegar thing doesn't really work, and I stopped after finding out that the advice came from a bold guy.

I have come to understand that I have very dry skin problems, and the problem
is when I sleep late and don't drink enough water I dehydrate which makes my lip skin dry and peal, my body gets itchy and I have bad dandruff, I now know that my dandruff is just ONE of the symptoms of dry skin due to lack of sleep, water and perhaps exercise.

1. I believe getting the right amount of sleep is very important because when you sleep your body repairs itself, and the water is distributed around the body, if you don't get enough sleep you get poor water distribution and you will feel dry.
2. Exercises makes the body perspire (sweat) which in turns moisturizes the skin naturally, not enough of this and again you will suffer from poor water distribution around the body.
3. Drinking water is very important for the skin, hair and all the other stuff that goes on inside the body.

So there you have it, if you have dry skin like me then the answer is 1.5L water/day combine with plenty of rest and excercise and you should be fine. I believe recovering the natural way is the best way, I don't rely on drugs or creams or stuff and you shouldn't too, unless you have a rash or something which is different to dry skin so yeah .