Health

health and mind tip :)

2011-02-07T02:18:00.000-08:00

Health increase bit by bit, health deteriorates also bit by bit. maintaining good health is just what it is, the repeat of good practises day after day, time after time. while avoiding things that contribute to bad health.

life is an opportunity. and opportunity to do things that you can do now and now only. mind stop thinking of everything and focus only on the opportunities that you have now.

some people confuse planning ahead with day dreaming, some people mistaken their life as a constant fight to control everything important that is happening in their life and to exert control over everyone important to them in their life.

Thoughts

2010-03-10T17:39:00.001-08:00

if you dont hold on to a thought, then that thought cant hold on to you

Different types of qigong

2010-03-05T06:42:00.000-08:00

taichi / taichi qigong, i *think* that taichi qigong is developed with the main aim of improving the practitioner's taichi power and healing is more of a nice side benefit

Chinese martial art, for example Xing Yi Quan(Hsing-I), Also teaches qigong. They use a different style of qigong and theres also some healing benefits, BUT the main purpose is to improve the practitioner's kungfu power, if you get what i mean

so if your top piority is to heal your body, then go for those qigong that main-purpose is healing.....logical right

anyway all the above are only my opinions, im only a 'beginner level' healing qigong practitioner

qigong healing in singapore

2009-11-10T21:32:00.000-08:00

if you have any health problem that cant totally cure and fully recover, can go and see this person

BLK 517 west coast road #01-575
www.xieliqigongservice.com.sg
tel: (65) 6778 1840

have you said thanks to the animals you've eaten yet

2008-09-19T08:33:00.000-07:00

have you said thanks to the animals you've eaten yet ?

we each have eaten hundreds of different animals by now :)

mental state to health

2008-07-09T02:38:00.000-07:00

just a quick post, let see if its understandable by you

while our mind can roam all over the place, replay the past, construct the potential futures we are planning or just plain daydream - all the information is still stored in a very physical location, that is in our physical brain

the 'feelings' we feel in our 'mind' must also be stored in a physical location..you know by now that the location is your physical brain in your head. emotions/feelings will definitely affect your body because they are stored in your body !.

How video games affect our lives

2008-02-22T01:47:00.001-08:00

Virtual fantasy..pause and think, its certainly affecting us

Movies

Games

Anime

Toys

TV Shows

Human fantasy projected into a package for other humans to consume, and many times this consumption is totally automatic. just like reading this. while you will stop and think about the things you read, unfortunatly that dosent happen enough when dealing with virtual reality. What happens to the unfortunate mind is that it takes in everything virtual as almost real, and because the fantasy plays on only after thought/action/acceptance from the player..it becomes very much like how we would function in real life.

you may find this statement somewhat stupid, until you take into consideration the Thousands of hardcore gamers in singapore alone. To them...games or playing out a fantasy has become a major part of their life. Virtual reality can wrap you up in a dream, a artifically constructed and maintained by computers reality that you stay in and play out while awake

You can decide to STOP consumption of this fantasys, but in the mind of many people especially young children, this is impossible. They simply dont STOP to think about it First. Their acceptance of this artifical reality is automatic.

Game addicts..we have all read about them. lurking in cyber cafes or locked away at home. of all ages and personalitys

people who live in constructed fantasy. because every game, every anime, every comic book, is a carefully crafted world of its own.

while the game advances in your computer, it advances in your mind. while the words in a story book remain as black ink on paper, your mind however continues to play out the fantasy written within. and that changes you. simple not a fair trade at all.

everything starts with a step and ends when you stop walking.

Should you want to stop living in fantasy then take a step towards real life and remember to keep on walking.

Write it down and put it somewhere you will see everyday. Hardcore gamers..like me in a previous life. will always slip back to gaming. always unless You Control Yourself Everyday.

something i wrote to another CNA forummer

2008-01-21T23:17:00.001-08:00

hi xing, since you asked me whats good for health i hope you are open minded enough because my best answer to your question is this

we all like to believe we have a soul, so right now i can ask you, do you have a soul ?

i am guessing that you say yes

where is your soul ?

again i can predict your answer, the soul is in the body.

well, lets not talk about so high level spiritual stuff, lets look lower at the [b]bottom[/b]. if god or angels or deities are higher ranking then our human souls, then what is lower ranking then a human soul ?

animal soul ?

lets look even lower, what is even lower then [b]any sort [/b]of soul ?

*PERHAPS* it is energy, free energy just lying around in the world.

that is what qi gong is about, to gather this energy and use it for your body. you may be wondering...whether this energy will affect you spiritually.

i dont think you or me are so powerful la, haha, nola. our soul is our soul, this energy floating around the world we can just use to help our body. at the end of the day, when we die, our soul goes away and our body is left behind

the sad state of our current food industry

2007-10-11T20:43:00.000-07:00

I am strongly against chemo for cancer, a person with only western medical views will naturally disagree with me, but i think we can both agree that the survival rate for chemo is low.

for western minded people, i think your world is getting more and more turbulent(crazy), with cancer rates increasing, stroke, high blood pressure, all the other illness to worry about....the only modern comfort you have is exercise and diet. religion too but...religion is kinda bordering to the supernatural like qi gong, isnt it.

nowadays, Commercial interests are intensely highlighting all kinds of supposed nutrient deficiency in your diet and using all sorts of scare factors to get western(modern) minded consumers to buy their products. milk with added calcium and vitamin D anyone ? the fact is that milk by itself already contains sufficient calcium and vitamin D is produced when there is sunlight on our skin.

i am not surprised if most people here think they have some kind of deficiency that needs to be plugged by taking pills ! and there is a increasingly number of exotic health products with equally exotic substances that promise to keep you healthy while implying that you are currently somehow not-so-healthy due to the lack of said substance...all this sub-conscious barrage of Worries leads to a be-sieged and worried mind and eventually a sick body.

All Vegetarians must read !

2007-09-04T08:10:00.000-07:00

My problems started since young, play computer games all night, total zero exercise, air-con room whole day, this gradually weaken my body.

but weaken body still can function, what caused my current problems was the vegetarian diet i was influenced to take by western culture? fashion? trend?

it had all the ABC's of vitamins, minerals, enzymes......and all of the food i was taking belonged to the cool category of food (under chinese TCM).

to give you a idea what my diet was like

Break fast : mixture of wheat grass, barley grass, chlorophyll,brown rice Drink from GNC, And Avacado Blended with water

Lunch : Lots of wolf berry, cod fish, wild rice, slow cooked into a yummy porridge

Dinner : Tofu steamed with miso, brown rice, Salmon cooked with Garlic

Throughout the day

Fruits - mainly dark grapes, mango, strawberry, cherry if in season, etc etc

Nuts - cashew nut, brazil nut (my fav), almond, peanuts, chick peas, walnuts, etc etc

Vitagen once or twice, apple juice or mix vegetable juice, Soy milk unsweetened

from a western science point of view...it sounds super healthy right

1 year + into this type of diet, i experience much decreased energy, and sudden breathless attacks.

I seriously regret following this current "Health Trend orFashion" !

Being Healthy and Staying Healthy !

2007-08-11T09:41:00.000-07:00

just ignore the whole bunch of hogwash about supplements,pills,wonder juices, and blablabla

we have been living well for the past 10000000 years without supplements and will continue to live well PROVIDED we observe the rules

1) Eat a balanced meal

- take note of vegetable/fruits/meat and balance all 3
- food has cooling/neutral/warming properties which Slowly affect your body.
(can be months - years)

2) Enough exercise

- always exercise in moderation
- avoid high impact exercise like aerobics, high impact exercises will only give you joint and/or bone problems later in life

3) Life style

- Avoid smoke
- Avoid alcohol
- Sleep Early !
- Manage your stress

My Tai Ji + Qi gong Experience

2007-08-09T03:06:00.000-07:00

From my personal experience and those from my friends, Qi gong alone is enough to improve many health conditions and tai ji will allow your body to heal itself completely again

whatever needs to be healed will be healed, whether you know it or not, whether its a old problem that you thought is already healed, i personally had a very bad lower spine pain during the last few months of my NS, and also a sharp pain in my left knee cap. I took glucosamine every week to help me with the pain

1 year ++ after i ORD, my lower spine will still hurt whenever i stop taking glucosamine...but the pain is much less lah. and my kneecap had no improvement at all...probably because i try to regularly jog twice a week to improve my health

I started doing Qi gong in may..

by June my knee cap was totally ok, I had totally stopped glucosamine for 1 month ++ . I also did not experience anymore pain in my lower spine

Now August, Recently i kept feeling a cold line at my back, and inside my head, this cold line only felt on my left hand side and the feeling is like theres something cold inside my body but only this "cold line"

I went to check with a chinese doctor and this is what he told me

"Your cold feeling is probably due to some back injury, and this line actually runs from your toe to your head. are you going to the gym or doing any exercise now ? "

" nothing to worry about, just rest afew days and it will be ok"

All this time i have Only been doing qi gong and tai ji ! it is amazing that my NS spine injury was more on the left, because it felt like a sharp pain going from left to right and whenever i bend down or "turn wrongly", i would be in terrible pain

it seems that tai chi will actually brings up old wounds and heal them completely, this is already my 4th month without any glucosamine or any other kind of supplement

also i have tried 1 cc before while my friends have tried several, sad to say
the tai ji that we have all experienced at Community centers are of lower quality then the place we are currently learning.

dun think tai ji is just moving arms and legs, pls think, how can simply moving arms and legs give powerful health benefits ? theres much more to tai ji then the outer movement and 1 needs a good place to learn from, where all the correct knowledge will be passed down

I have not tried to qi gong at community centers so cannot comment, however, if you are interested in qi gong and/or tai chi for your health, i can recommend the 2 places im learning from now

Are atoms living or dead ?

2007-08-08T01:04:00.000-07:00

Are atoms in bricks living or dead ?

Are atoms in plants living or dead ?

Are atoms in our bodies living or dead ?

Can atoms be called living or dead or are atoms simply atoms, neither living or dead ?

-

Found the answer , current science is unable to classify atoms as living or dead, so lets just say they simply exist

misc

2007-06-01T07:09:00.000-07:00

Do you believe you have a soul ?

Where is your soul now ? is it in heaven, floating in space while u are here ? or is it in you..in your body ?

Qi comes to man naturally

- Eating well

- Sleeping well

- Thru the natural environment

The dangers of becoming vegetarian

2007-05-14T01:20:00.000-07:00

Is this your regular diet ?

Fruits
Vegetables
Seeds & nuts
Soy products like Tofu, Miso, Soy milk

Teas
Green tea
Black tea
Oolong tea
Chinese tea

Chrysanthemum tea
Wolf berry

Well, you could be over cooling yourself !

The symptoms include

- worsening appetite
- lethargic or less energy.
- like to take more naps then in the past
- poor digestion
- constipation and/or a need for more and more dietary fiber to achieve a shit
- breathless attacks ( serious stage )
- breathless attacks that occur regularly or seems unable to be cured ( This resembles the western panic attack and western doctors are likely to label it as a panic attack or gastric reflux )

It is impossible for a vegetarian to avoid this cooling problem ! The only meat we eat is fish ( cooling ), we eat seaweed for nutrients ( very cooling )

To substitute protein, we eat tofu and soy products, which are again very cooling.

All the fruits are generally cooling except for durians. while some fruits may be more warming then others....they are still on the cooling side.

And commercial interests have been blasting us with health benefits of tea, what you need to know is that Tea is VERY cooling ! and too much tea will only give you indigestion when the tannins start to block your stomach/intestine walls.

How to tell if your body is over-cooled.

Change in food preference, in the past you hated durians, now you find them enjoyable

you used to stay away from coffee..now you find yourself thinking about drinking coffee

Several cooling food/drinks like Chrysanthemum tea, watermelon, tea in general, you no longer have any appetite for them or even feel uncomfortable after taking them

2007-05-13T01:22:00.000-07:00

Fruits to avoid if you are over-cooled or sensitive to a cooled blood system

Sour or very sweet Fruits

Avocado
Banana
Coconut
Dates
Figs
Grapefruit
Grapes
Green Apples
Kiwi
Lemon
Lime
Melons
Oranges
Papaya
Pineapple
Plums
Soursop
Watermelon

water filter systems

2007-05-06T05:12:00.000-07:00

toxins will always enter our body, it has been this way since our ancestors were living in caves. the only question is expelling out this toxins.

water has always been a very important way to expel toxins, if we can have better water...then why not ?

but is the water really improved enough that its worth the money we pay?

Healthy life style VS Detox/Slimming pills

2007-05-05T02:41:00.000-07:00

in a way, many people including me used to live on junk food and total lack of exercise ( before army i played computer games 24/7 and literally butt stuck on the chair )

even after changing to a healthy lifestyle, it would be prudent to flush out the accumulated waste from all those years of unhealthy living.

theres a big difference between the once-a-blue-moon flushing out that healthy people can choose to do or not, and the needy dependency that unhealthy or "unbalanced" people end up with.

what im saying is that YOUR HEALTH is the Only answer to your problem. detox pills/slimming pills are commercialized product that focus on the BY-PRODUCTS of a unhealthy lifestyle and/or diet.

of course there will be people who swear by this pills, usually they either
1) are selling them
2) depend on them <- DEPEND on PILLS

the 1st are out to make money

the 2nd are so un-balanced that they have to depend on pills to maintain normal body functions

Usually this people will also believe they are eating a healthy diet or a Normal lifestyle, but by using our brains to think it through, there must be a reason hidden from them that causes their problems.

General tips

2007-05-02T23:33:00.000-07:00

Never exercise in aircon

if your sleeping in a aircon room, make sure the aircon isnt blowing you directly !

also make sure then fan dont blow directly at you

handphones emit radiation that kills your brain cells...so pls use a head piece

Fats.

2007-05-02T22:51:00.000-07:00

Fats.

Most people only think of fats as bad. why ? Simple

Fats in our body can be used to store 2 things. Good stuff like Vitamins & energy(healthy fats) or Bad stuff like toxins which a overloaded body cannot process

Everyone goes on how bad fats is. but the truth is, Your own Diet decides if your fats is good or bad. regular, moderate exercise will sweat out toxins from your body

enough water and regular bowel movements will also help alot in removing toxins. everybody has different bowel movement. some feel the urge to go afew times a day, other maybe only once a day. just make sure your diet has enough fibre and your own body will take care of the rest.

then there is diet itself. Unfortunately, our meat is poisoned by antibiotics and hormones injected into the animals. mad cow disease came about because cows were given the commercially useless parts of other dead cows mixed in with their feed..probably to save money on feeding costs.

free range chicken and lamb/mutton are probably the healthier choices, compared to beef, pork and chicken from chicken farms.

but nvm, this is the world we live in. just make sure to maintain your body's own detox abilities.

Enough water
Dietary fiber
Moderate & Regular exercise
Never take anything in excess, this includes all nutritional supplements.

Fats were always meant to be good, they were meant for our body to store up good things for future use. Fats can also be used by our body to store toxins when our body is overloaded. This toxins were meant to be sweated out at a later stage..that is why regular exercise is so important ! As you can see, Fats are supposed to be a good thing, it is our diet and lifestyle that has overloaded our poor fats with too much toxins and our over worked body keeps producing fats to store toxins that they cant get rid.

The key to maintaining good fats is enough exercise, vegetables/fruits, dietary fiber & water, the health of our fats can be maintained with regular exercise to sweat out the toxins and our own body will also detox thru bowel movements.

Regular meat eaters must pay close attention to the above and try to stick with lean meats or at least stop eating the chunks of fats on your steak.

So people, stop agonizing about your fats because it is there to help you store the good things ! just make sure your diet and lifestyle is healthy enough.

even light exercise such as fast walk is a very helpful way to remove toxins. just remember you must sweat for the toxins to come out of your body, walking from office to food court and then window shopping after lunch in a air conditioned building is totally useless for getting rid of toxins !

exercising in a air conditioned room is next to useless for your health. the pores of your body do not open up freely because of the artificial cold and dry air circulating continuously around the room. In fact your skin will react to the cold and dry air by absorbing any water on your skin to keep your skin cells hydrated....which in this case is your sweat and all the toxins in it. of course normally the skin can take water from your body...but remember that you are exercising and your body itself is using its own water to expel out toxins, this sweat stays on your dry dry skin which is caused by the dry air from the air-con. so what does your dry and thirsty skin do with all the sweat ? yucks. so pls stop exercising in air-conditioned rooms !!

Abt Exercise

2007-05-02T22:38:00.000-07:00

Exercise will do 2 things.
1) release toxins from your body thru sweat.
2) the more high impact the exercise, the more it will wear out your body

Thats why Moderate exercise is very important. pls allow your body to recover ! and at the same time get all the good health benefits from exercise.

Avoid doing exercise in a air-conditioned room.

Qi gong combined with Tai chi is a excellent example of a very low impact exercise that can be done almost everyday. Done correctly, you will experience sweating during the session which will release toxins from your body and also this 2 types of exercise wont wear out your body.

Beverages

2007-04-29T03:15:00.000-07:00

Cooling
Pot barley water
Borage tea
Burdock tea
Bubble tea ( avoid $1 bubble tea as they use Alot of sugar ! )
Chamomile tea
Comfrey tea
Cornsilk tea
Cold water ( will block your body's meridian lines, avoid if possible..especially after exercise )
Dandelion tea
Fizzy mineral water
Lemon balm tea
Mint, Corn mint, Pepper mint tea
Vervain tea
Honey ( overconsumption will cause phlegm or mucus. Avoid honey with starchy foods )

All Teas (Examples are Ceylon, earl grey, Lipton tea, black tea) ( Very cooling )
Soyabean milk ( Very cooling, 1-2 glass a day, 2-3 times a week is max)
Chrysanthemum tea (Very cooling, use maximum 6 flowers per cup)

Neutral
Almond milk ( Good substitute for cow/goat/soy milk. )
Peanut milk
Parsley tea ( Nutritious but high in iron )
Raspberry tea
Rosemary tea ( Can rise blood pressure )
Sage tea
Thyme tea ( Good for phlegm/mucus)
Barley malt (Nutritious )
Rice malt (Nutritious )
Normal temperature water ( Best to cool down your body, avoid cold water )
Non-fizzy mineral water ( Consume sparingly )

Warming
Alcohol
Caraway seed tea
Cinnamon tea ( Over consumption can cause nose bleed)
Cocoa
Coffee (Very heaty. Too much coffee will cause a host of irritating problems)
Drinking chocolate
Fennel seed tea
Ginger tea ( Important ! Avoid if you are old, weak or have a sore throat. If you are old or weak in Qi energy, the ginger tea may deplete your strength )
Horlicks
Milo
Mu tea ( Contains Ginseng, see ginseng precautions )
Ovaltine
Spear mint tea
Sunflower seed milk ( Rich in Iron )
Walnut milk ( Helps keep complexion smooth and youthful )

Unknown
Carob
Glucose

Water
Those with cooled blood systems or a tendencies towards it must avoid cold water. Try drinking hot water and watch your condition improve !

Eggs

2007-04-29T03:10:00.000-07:00

All eggs should be avoided by those with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, prone to phlegm or mucus.

For a healthy person, eating 2 -3 eggs a week is enough.

Simply avoid the following if you can
-Preserved duck eggs ( cooling )
-Salted duck eggs ( cooling )
-Preserved Quail eggs ( cooling )

Cooling
Duck eggs
Fish eggs

Warming
Chicken egg
Quail egg ( 2-3 = 1 chicken egg)

Herbs & Spices

2007-04-29T02:57:00.000-07:00

Cooling - Avoid all cooling herbs if you are weak, old or already have a cooled blood system
Borage
Burdock
Chamomile
Chick weed
Chrysanthemum
Comfrey
Corn Silk
Dandelion
Lemon Balm
Mint/ Corn mint /Pepper mint (Avoid if you are nursing )
Purple Sage
Slippery Elm
Tamarind
Tarragon
Turmeric
Vervain

Neutral - Can be used daily in moderation
Elderberry
Liquorice
Parsley
Raspberry
Rosemary (can increase blood pressure )
Sage
Screwpine leaves
Thyme

Warming - Good for the weak, elderly or those with cooled blood systems
Basil (helps promote and regulate menstruation )
Bay leaves
Caraway
Cardamon
Chives
Cinnamon (Too much can cause nose bleeds, avoid buying premixed cinnamon with sugar)
Cloves
Coriander
Cumin
Dill
Fennel
Fenugreek ( eat in moderation, be careful of over consumption )
Garlic ( Never cook with eggs )
Ginger
Lemon grass
Nutmeg
Mug wort
Mustard
Oregano (too much will cause a bitter taste)
Pepper
Savory
Sichuan pepper
Spear mint
Star Anise

Seaweeds

2007-04-29T02:52:00.000-07:00

Everything from the sea is cooling and Sea weed is among the most cooling food on Earth. Children below 3 years should avoid Sea weed.

Kombu/Hoitai/Kelp
Wakame
Hiziki ( never cook this with oil)
Arame
Nori/Laver bread ( most often used in making sushi)
Fat choy
Dulse
Carrageen
Agar - Agar (mild laxative that can relive constipation caused by heat)

Seeds & Nuts

2007-04-29T02:44:00.000-07:00

Cooling
Ginkgo nut ( Eat in moderation , Pregnant woman pls avoid ! )

Neutral
Almonds
Lotus Seed ( Avoid if you have any of the following. Congestion in the middle, swelling in the epigastrium, hypochondrium, constipation with dry stools )
Peanuts ( Roast and it will become warming, Boil and it will be cooling )

Warming
Chestnuts (Difficult to digest...make sure you chew it thoroughly )
Roasted Chestnuts ( Same as above, but this is Very warming )
Pumpkin seeds
Sesame seeds
Sunflower seeds
Walnuts ( Store with care, can easily turn rancid )

Unknown
Linseed

Legumes & Pulses

2007-04-29T02:32:00.000-07:00

For much Easier digestion + Less gas caused by eating beans.

Soak overnight in luke warm water, next day boil the legume/pulse in the same water. Boil for at least 20 mins and let all the steam escape !, this is to allow the noxious gas to get out. you can add some ginger into the boiling water if you like.

Cooling
ALL Soy products such as
-fermented black soyabeans
-fermented Soyabean Cheese
-miso
-soy milk ( Very cooling, can cause wind/gas )
-and ALL other soy products
Mung beans/ Green beans

Neutral
Aduki beans/Red beans
Black eye beans ( Easy to digest )
Black soyabeans ( Not necessary to soak overnight)
Chick peas ( Drain overnight water and use new water for boiling )
Haricot beans
Hyacinth beans
Peas
Red kidney beans

Warming
Green Lentils
Brown Lentils

Whole grains

2007-04-29T01:10:00.000-07:00

Whole grains are a much better alternative then white rice but their also harder to digest. If you are switching from white rice to whole grains, best is to start by mixing white rice with whole grains. Remember that whole grains take much longer to cook !

Cooling
Barley
Buckwheat
Millet
Wheat

Neutral
Brown rice ( Autumn&winter, use short grain. Spring&summer, use medium grain. In the tropics, use long grain)
Red rice (normally found in asia only, use like brown rice)
Rye
Sweet corn

Warming
Oats

Vegetables

2007-04-28T23:17:00.000-07:00

Vegetables are also considered cooling in general, but not as cooling as fruits. vegetables are different from nuts/legumes/seeds.

Cooling
Alfalfa Sprouts
Angled Luffa
Arrowhead Tubers
Asparagus
Beetroot greens
Bitter Gourd
Celery
Chicory
Chinese Boxthorn Leafs
Chinese cabbage (Very cooling, Main ingredient in Kim chi)
Chinese radish
Chinese spinach
Courgette (contains sap, avoid if skin problems or chicken pox)
Cucumber (contains sap, avoid if skin problems or chicken pox)
Cress
Dandelion
Endive
Fuzzy melon
Kim Chi
Kohlrabi
Lettuce
Lotus root
Marrow
Mung bean sprouts / Tao geh / Green bean sprouts (Very cooling)
Mushrooms
Nettles
Radicchio Rosso
Radish
Red Cabbage
Slippery vegetable
Soyabean Sprouts (This must be cooked first to destroy some toxins, note that the chinese never eat soya bean in its raw form, instead they always process soyabean into tofu, soyabean milk to destroy this toxin)
Spinach
Swatow Mustard cabbage (Very cooling)
Swiss chard
Water Chestnut
Water cress
Kang Kung
Winter melon
Yam bean
Yellow cucumber
Potato ( contains solanin )
Tomato ( contains solanin )
Eggplant/Brinjal ( contains solanin )
Capsicums ( contains solanin )

Neutral
Beetroot
Broad beans
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Cauliflower
Celeriac
Chinese Kale (eat stems, discard leafs)
Fennel
Four-angled beans
French beans
Long beans
Parsnip
Pea shoots
Pumpkin
Runner beans
Snow beans
Squash
Swede
Sweet corn
Sweet potato
Sweet potato leafs (Blanch first)
Taro
Turnip
Yam

Warmer
Carrot
Chinese Chives
Leek
Onion
Shallot
Spring onion
Cayenne pepper ( contains solanin )
Tabasco ( contains solanin )
Chillies ( contains solanin )

Fruits

2007-04-28T22:02:00.000-07:00

Pls note that All Fruits are Cooling in general.

Some are more cooling, others are less cooling. Durians are the only exception, being Heaty.

Cooling
Banana
Orange
Pears
Lemon
Mandarins
Persimmons
Ciku
Coconut
Custard Apples
Jack fruit
Jambu merah
Mangosteen
Pine apple
Pomeloes
Rose apple/Jambu mawar
Sea apples
Star fruit
Water melon (Very Cooling)
Grape fruit (Very Cooling)
Water apple/ Jambu air (Very Cooling)

Neutral
Apple
Plums
Raspberry
Dates
Figs
Grapes
Papaya
Guava

Warmer
Apricots
Black berry
Black currant
Cherry
Peach
Strawberry
Lychee
Longan
Mango
Rambutan

Durians ( Heaty)

Dried Ingredients

2007-04-28T20:34:00.000-07:00

Cooling
Chinese boxthorn berries/ Wolf berries
Figs
Golden Needles
Job's Tears
Persimmon
Snow Ear Fungus

Neutral
Black wood ears
Dried Abalone
Dried Oysters (Avoid if you have Indigestion, Typhoid, Gastric)
Dried Scallops
Dried Shrimps
Dried Squid
Raisins ( Cook them to remove the sugars)
Shitake Mushrooms ( Overconsumption will lead to lots of problems )

Warming
Chinese Black Dates
Chinese Red Dates
Dang Gui ( Never mix with honey or sugar)
Dang Shen
Panax Ginseng (Avoid if your sick or feel yourself falling sick!! This is a Important rule to follow)
Huang Shi
Dried Longan
Silver fish
Tangerine Peel

Yin/Yang food

2007-04-25T09:14:00.000-07:00

The Chinese system believe it is best to balance the body with food. etc during summer eat more cooling stuff, during winter eat more warming stuff. and if you have fever, go less on the warming food. The goal is to Balance your body energies.

Cooking styles also affect the nature of the food, eg.Boiling only adds abit of warmth while Roasting is very warming.

Someone pls recommend good websites/blogs/books about cooling/warming food to me (^_^)

Below is a list of what I know

Cooling food

Banana
Orange
Water melon
Mangosteen
Pine apple
Coconuts
Lemons
Kimchi
Seafood
Wolf berry (boxthorn)
Honey
Soy milk
Miso
Tofu
ALL Soy products
ALL Sea weeds
All Teas
Alfalfa sprouts
Asparagus
Celery
Chinese Cabbage
Cucumber
Tao geh ( bean sprouts)
Bitter gourd

Warming Food

Goats milk
Chestnuts
Roasted Chestnuts
Pumpkin seed
Sunflower seed
Oats
Walnut
Beef
Lamb/Mutton
Garlic
Ginger

Neutral Food

Apple
Raisins
Brown rice
Corn
Chick peas
Peas
Almonds
Broad beans
Broccolis
Brussel sprouts
Cauliflower

What health care is all about

2007-04-25T00:08:00.000-07:00

Enough nonsense that Healthcare = Hospitals & Drugs

The government spends millions of dollars each year subsidizing "Healthcare"

Individuals in all ranks of society spend millions of their own money in "Healthcare"

Insurance companies fork out millions of claims under "Healthcare"

Yet for all this, Most of the cases can be prevented Earlier on with a change in a person's daily Habits

Watch your Health ! health is Precious !

2007-04-18T23:03:00.000-07:00

Do you know the lesson behind the frog that got boiled to death slowly in a pot ?

A frog, if put into a hot pot of water, will immediately jump out. However, if you put him into a normal pot of water and slowly increase the temperature bit by bit, that same frog will keep going on as if nothing is happening..until he gets boiled to death !

YOUR Health is the same. Dear readers, do you have

1) Something troubling that comes and goes but always keeps coming back ?

2) Do you notice troubling body symptoms/signs that make a permanent appearance in your daily life but you brush them off as nothing or choose to ignore them ?

3) Notice that you are not as energetic, full of life,healthy as you used to be last year or more ? Did you know that a healthy person,even at age 50 can still take part in jogging marathons and will still 'glow' with health.

are you taking in slow poison ?
-smoking
-alcohol
-poor diet

maintain your body's health ?
-insufficient exercise ( you need to exercise 4 - 6 times a week, at least 20 mins each session )
-excessive exercise ( pushing your body to the limit often )
-going to bed and sleeping past 12 midnight, 3 days or more per week

are you Over stressed ?
-less energetic or worse, lethargic each day
-sick more often

Or has something Already happened to you ?, despite all the ample warnings you had in the past and opportunities to remedy the problem before it got worse

It is time to take action and take care of YOUR HEALTH !

This blog was setup after my own experience with how precious our health is, it is meant to convey all the correct knowledge I can find of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.

The balance diet will cover
-Balancing the warming, cooling and neutral (according to ancient chinese knowledge)
-Eating a healthy diet ( this will follow more modern and westernized teachings)

Healthy lifestyle is self explanatory and I shall not go into detail
-Sleeping before 12am and waking up early
-Regular exercise
-Qi gong and Tai chi
-Yoga

This is what Real Healthcare is about !

The maintenance of a healthy body will prevent any problems ! you may think your healthy enough, the trouble with most people is that as long as they feel fine, they think their healthy, even while their smoking.