Food is probably one of the most important considerations governing our lives. What is on my plate? Should I have it, is the food right for me? Ask this question and a hundred experts are ready with advice on its pros and cons. The food industry is huge, the medical industry is also huge but our food problems are getting bigger by the day. People are just not eating right. This body is made up of what it eats; if our eating habits are unhealthy there is no way that we could be healthy. The old maxim says when in doubt go back into history.
What did our ancestors eat? Each civilisation formed its own food habits which could be right or wrong. So it would only be right to go further back that is before the advent of civilisation. The Neanderthal man existed from 2.5 million BC to 10,000 BC. He lived in forests and dwelt in caves. His food was governed by his habitat. Unlike popular belief the Neanderthals were omnivorous. They ate what was available in the forests around them. Their…
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If there is anything we truly desire it is a break, from pressures of work, from family routine, from a low paying job, the juicier the break the greater our pleasure. We give a break to the car after having driven it for some time? Our eyes get a break, after having read or watched TV for long? Our legs are given a break after a walk or a jog? Everything gets a break, but for the butt, how, let me explain.
When we go to work, we may carry the burden of the whole office, but who carries our burden, the poor little (?) butt. When we return home after a long day’s work, we relax watching TV, on the computer, watching movies, visiting the pub, driving, etc but all this while we are parked on our butts. Everything gets a break, but for the butt. Then who can blame the butt for padding up a bit for a little comfort.
This story goes back a long way. As a child when little Joey wanted to go to the park or the beach, Mom and Dad were too busy doing whatever they were doing, to allow…
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Hi, recently I was in Hrishikesh, it is located on the Ganges in the Himalayan foot-hills and is famous for its many centres of Yoga. At Hrishikesh I spent a few days with Balyogi Premvarni. A balyogi is a person who becomes an adept in yoga as a boy. Balyogi Premvarni is truly an amazing person; he has a beautiful hermitage on the banks of the River Ganges, tucked away on a mountain slope, in deep forest. Here he lives alone; at times some people visit him for learning yogic practices, to enjoy his beautiful ashram or just out of curiosity. The yogi is 81 years old; he spends his days in retreat, carrying out yogic practices and rendering spiritual advice to those who visit him.
Each time I visit him it turns into an unforgettable experience. The few days that I spent in his company were unique in many ways, it is not that he taught me a great deal and it is not that I did not learn a lot. Each time I return from his ashram, I have more questions than answers. What is it that…
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Aspartame is that hidden little chemical inside those cans of pop, packs of gum and many other artificial sweetener products. What is it and why is it there? It sounds like a chemical I might have used in chemistry class. Is it safe for human consumption? My answer is NO!
What effect does it have on your body and how does it affect your natural fitness?
How was this drug approved?
First things first. How did this drug get into the system? At the time in the late 70’s and early 80’s the FDA commissioner (Dr. Gere Goyan) of the time would not approve it safe for human consumption. Dr. Vernon Young from MIT was on the board at the time who was in charge of determining its safety. The board determined it was not safe and needed more study. However, in 1981 when Regan was elected the FDA commissioner (Dr. Gere Goyan) who was holding up aspartame and not allowing it into market was kicked out and replaced with someone who would. This was pushed along by…
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You know it, I know it, so why not just follow it. I don’t think another study needs to be done to point out the facts we know in our hearts.
Fruits, nuts and vegetables will give us all that we need and heal our bodies of disease and allow us to live a fulfilling life. The plan, although simple, is still tough for many with their current lifestyles.
We have to get the kids here, get the kids there, no time for gardens, no time to prepare meals. However, it is time we set our bodies as our main priority. In reality, we consume beyond our needs. Most of us are focused on material things that really don’t matter. They will continue to matter less and less as your health declines to the point where you can’t even enjoy those material trinkets. Because, compared with your health, all else in life is just a trinket. So why not take care of your body now?
When it comes to our bodies’ health, that is something that truly…
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Our world today is raising it consciousness to the environment.
We live in a world today that has had its consciousness raised and things like climate change and sustainability are on everyone’s mind. I realize that most everything we do today has some negative environmental consequences: for instance, runners who practice what they believe is a very environmentally friendly sport, would be horrified to learn what kind of trail of toxic waste the manufacture of running shoes produces. The following article at runnersworld.com gives more insight into this process. (http://tr.im/wj7Y)
What is Green Fitness World.
Green Fitness World is the equivalent of “Think Globally, Act Locally”, and I’m just doing my part to get people to realize that acting in a more responsible manner, ecologically, in their striving for fitness, doesn’t have to be difficult, but can be creative and fun and fulfilling. A lot of people realize the value of exercise for the benefits of quality of life,…
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One of the most basic and well known body weight exercise is the pushup. There are many variations of the pushup, but they all target the same muscle groups: the triceps and the chest. Standard wide grip pushups isolate the chest more while “diamond” pushups (hands touching and under the chest) work the triceps the best.
Once your routine includes sets of 15 or so reps of whatever pushup you’re doing, you may want to add to the difficulty in order to stimulate muscle growth. This can be achieved by adding weight (a backpack with weights in it), or by elevating your legs (i.e. doing pushups with your feet on a chair or couch).
Or you can investigate the wonderful “Hindu Pushup”. Hindu pushups are a fantastic exercise that are a little more challenging than the normal push-up. Hindu push-ups are a much more dynamic exercise.
Not only do they work your chest but they work your shoulders and triceps as well, in a much different way than regular pushups: they will challenge…
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When performing daily activities, the brain does not move the muscles in isolated movements. It does not, for example, move the muscles in a restricted (ie., two-dimensional) plane of motion such as is involved with the majority of exercises, such as weight training. It directs actions in a manner in which it moves the muscles in whole, or “full range” motions. This is why it is so important to train with functional strength in mind. I think this is where performing green fitness exercises with body weight takes your functional strength to the next level. The actions involved in green fitness such as riding a bike, climbing a tree or a rope, sprinting, hiking, yoga and workout with the body all increase functional strength. The kind of strength one only gains with full motion (real world) exercise. These exercise activities will improve functional strength and overall body conditioning and balance. This will allow you to perform daily activities such as walking,…
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Hindu squats (called bethak or Uthak-bethak) is an Indian calisthenic body weight exercise used by Indian wrestlers for centuries to build incredible lower body strength, power, speed and endurance.
Barbell squats (and weight training exercises in general for the legs), have the potential to cause severe trauma and injury to knee joints and the lower back. Hindu squats, on the other hand, actually rehabiliate the knees and strengthen the muscles of the legs. Hindu squats, when done properly and combined with deep breathing, not only strengthen the entire body, but they rehabiliate the knees and ankles and build unbelievable lung power. For those who are used to barbell squats, you’ll find these squats to be a challenging, vigorous workout.
The important consideration here is working into them slowly.
Never force progress in this, or any, exercise.
No less an expert than Matt Furey has proclaimed that Hindu Squats “lay the foundation for strength and endurance.”
This high…
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Well that is the question on my mind today. I know I don’t remember the milk man. Do any of you?
As if cows milk is not already unnatural for you to drink. Let’s look into what man has done to milk to make it even more unhealthy and unnatural to drink.
First and foremost the reason we had a milk man was because milk in its’ natural state does not last very long. We had to have it delivered as soon as we could. The milk industry saw this as a pitfall and needed a way to prolong the shelf life of milk in order to increase profit. So they needed a way to be able to bring milk to the stores, to find away to preserve it for an extended period of time. This would allow the sale of more milk to more people.
Homogenization Damages the Arteries.
As humans we seem to be inclined to alter the natural state of things in an effort to squeeze more money from them. We tend to think that we can tinker with nature and get away with it. Most of the time this is done with profit in…
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Well that is the question on my mind today. I know I don’t remember the milk man. Do any of you?