Monday, June 19, 2017

The Myth of No Time to Workout: Why You Should Never Say That Lie Again


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If you believe in God, he told us in the book of Ecclesiastes that "there is a time for everything." Then he went on giving examples. Thus, you cannot say you have no time to exercise. If Solomon (author of Ecclesiastes) had time for everything---and he was so busy running a country because he was a king---how can you not have the same?

I sincerely believe God is very busy. But he's not that busy as other people claim to be, because in fact, after creating everything for 6 days, he rested on the seventh. And Hebrews says he's been resting ever since, even today. God has time for everything---even working out. Yeah, I believe God works out regularly and you can even find him in gyms---because he's everywhere. And I know it for a fact that he works out because he joins me in my workouts.

Having no time for workouts is just pure myth. Often, it's a lie to cover up for laziness. People can be hardworking with their jobs or businesses, but most of them are just too lazy to workout. They have lots of excuses and reasons not to. But after they suffer an illness (or when they begin to feel the illness) you see them trying to workout. That's the time they start exercising. But often, it's rather too late. They have suffered a stroke or had to start taking maintenance medicine.

The ideal time to start working out is when you're still free from illness. Preventive workouts are the best!

I read an article somewhere saying folks in Singapore go home very late at night from doing overtime and yet they take time to run or jog before going to bed. I don't know if that's healthy or not, but one thing I see here---they still make time to workout. And you never hear any news about any Singaporean dying because he ran late at night after a stressing overtime work.

But you hear everywhere people dying because they neglected their health, saying they had no time to workout. See?

I'm not saying you stay out late at night and then workout when you get home. I'm saying God has given all of us enough time to get healthy and fit. We just have to get serious and find that time and actually use it for the purpose. Just look at me.

I research and try to write good articles out of what I research. That takes me day and night. Add to that the FB pages I have to manage, the messages and inquiries I have to reply to, the birthday celebrants I have to greet (part of business PR), and the meetings I have to schedule.

Then offline, I need to meet with people, with prospects and clients, and sometimes make my presence felt in conferences and group meetings. I have to expose myself. Then I have to talk with people one-on-one for connections or make a sales presentation now and then. That's not to mention some troubled people who set appointments with me because they need my advice.

Then there's my family---my wife I need to have special intimate moments with, talking, laughing, eating and drinking with (we both love fresh fruit juices). Then there are my kids I need to guide and talk with and laugh with. And most importantly, there's God who I have to have quiet moments with and laugh with. And I need to meditate the bible day and night. And oh, before I forget, I enjoy my time with my wife attending to our organic vegetable garden.

And yet I find time to physically workout. I even teach some guys Filipino martial arts in my spare time. So, how do I manage to workout regularly, and enjoy it, too?

Well, that's my secret. And I share my secrets in my e-book, "My Simple Secrets to Fitness." And I decided to give it away FOR FREE! Not always, though. I will sell it again for Php 200 after a while. So go get your FREE copy now while in a good mood!

You want to know what's inside the e-book? Well, get a review by clicking here. What I particularly recommend reading here is how you can workout regularly even if you say you have no time to exercise, no money to maintain good health and no place to do your workouts because you're mostly at the office.

If you want a FREE PDF copy, just use the Contact Form on top of this blog (click the three black stripes) or simply email at choysblog@gmail.com. And just say, "Pls send me the e-book!"

I got rid of all those obstacles when I was a young man in sales and marketing and was able to keep fit and healthy.

So no one is exempt because God has made it possible for all of us to have time for everything---everything necessary in life, that is.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Are You a Health Buff or Just Scared of ABCD?



A lot of people brisk walk or jog to be "in" with the fad, fast becoming "health-conscious." A lot are suddenly consumers of healthy coffee or tea brands. And don't health experts say that wellness will be a trillion-dollar business in the next decades? So, are people in this generation healthier than people from past generations?

Photo above by Jenny Hill on Unsplash.

Indeed, you see more people waking up early in the morning and working out. You also see more people watching what they eat, being conscious of their weight, and eating less rice. Wow. But on second look, you'd see that majority of them are really merely spurred on by the ABCD mindset, and which is actually dangerous. In fact, deadly.

ABCD?

Yup, they only start working out After a Bad Checkup Diagnosis or ABCD. They're not really health buffs. In fact, before getting a bad medical checkup result, they saw working out as a waste of time and even make fun of it. Most of them had no time for exercise because they had "more important things to do." When I was starting my workouts in grade school and high school, there were folks who made fun of me. They shook their heads disapprovingly about why I had to waste 2 to 3 hours each morning exercising.

"You're too young to be worried about your health!" they sneered. 

But starting young with fitness is a good way of building up the habit. If you're a genuine health buff, you'd start young and early in the day. This way, you carry on the activity as a daily routine. Something like, teaching a child in the way he should go so that when he's old he'd not depart from it.

But many folks who are "health-conscious" today were once upon a time rabid anti-workouts. Workouts, diets and supplements were never in their vocabulary until they had a casual medical check up and found to be already dangerously ill--high blood pressure, high blood sugar, kidney defect, high cholesterol or triglyceride levels, etc.

And then they suddenly "discovered" the value of being health conscious and decided to diet and exercise. Then people called them "health buffs." But it was a bit too late, really. The deadly illness had already lodged in and in danger of exploding anytime like a ticking time bomb. One mistake and they were done. So they started working out, being diet conscious and trying health supplements, earning the title, "health-conscious." And they liked the idea of being called health buffs.

Health buffs? They're more like health repentant.

Why do we have to wait for the worse before we become health conscious?

Real Health Buffs

Real health buffs are those who realize the hassles of diseases way before they get sick. So they start working out, watching their diets and taking the best natural supplements even if they are not sick at all or suffering any disease. These are real smart folks who really understand the value of health and how to have it and keep it. They do not believe in the ABCD mindset.

Don't be reactive. Reactive people react only to how illness has affected them already. If you're smart, you won't wait for illness to come knocking on your door. Even if there is no sign of any illness coming near you, you take positive action. This was why I worked out even as a young teenager. I learned about illnesses and how to avoid them from my readings at a young age. So I started to be a health buff then.

No Time to Exercise

A big bulk of people who have the ABCD mindset are those who insist they have no time to exercise. And yet when deadly diseases start pestering them, you see them making time to exercise. So, they have time after all! Unfortunately, they make time for it only when the illnesses have set in. The best time to start being a health buff is BEFORE illnesses start affecting you. Preventive workouts are the smart way to go.

No Money for Health

Another set of folks who have the ABCD mindset are those who claim they have no money for health concerns. And yet, after contracting the deadly diseases, you see them buying expensive maintenance medicines and spending for costly check ups and tests. So, they have money for health care after all. They can afford to spend that much on meds and treatments, why not for preventive supplements? It is wiser and cheaper to take natural health supplements and spend for health while you have no illness. You need to spend less than if you get seriously sick. If you neglect your health, you will have to take higher dosage of maintenance meds or health supplements. Plus treatments.

They Find Working Out Too Hard to Do

Lastly, there are those who think working out is only for athletes who compete in serious contests. When they hear about working out, two words stand out in their minds---pain and hardship---which, they say, don't make sense to them. That's why lots of people hate working out because of the saying, "No pain, no gain." Well, the good news is, in some cases, you can gain even without too much pain.

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You need not punish yourself to be healthy and fit, especially if you're not an athlete. The thing is just to be healthy. And there are ways to be healthy and fit without punishing yourself and spending too much money. I discovered several ways how and I share it in my e-book.

Yes, you can workout even if you think you have no time or money for it, and you need not cruelly hurt yourself just to gain results!

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

How Ceramide Prevents Skin Dryness, Irritation and Wrinkles


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You see, it's fun being a blogger because you learn lots of new things as you research. Like this skin fat called ceramide. Did you know that enough of ceramides in your skin prevents skin dryness, irritation and wrinkles? Because clinical studies reveal that when ceramide levels in your skin fall, your skin begins to dry up and be easily damaged.

If I had known this in college I would have been saved from lots of skin irritations and problems. But there was no internet yet and Google hadn't been born. So what happened was I went to this medical doctor who prescribed a skin product with steroids, and the rest is (sad) history.

Anyway (sob), ceramide is naturally found in the outer layer of the skin and helps it retain moisture. And moisture helps protect our skin a lot. Ceramides are skin lipids (fats) that keep skin structure intact. In other words, they "glue" surface skin cells so they're closely knit. That results to smooth, velvety skin with small skin pores.

Without ceramides, surface skin becomes vulnerable to infections, germs, irritants, chemicals, the negative effects of sudden environmental changes, and easily affected by aging. That's bad news especially for sensitive skin. What's needed is replenishment of ceramides so that skin retains its natural protective moisture and skin pores are mended to prevent being compromised. Healthy skin pores prevent pimples and acnes.

Though ceramides are naturally existing in the skin and spinal marrow, they can also be derived from plants. Spinach, soy, rice and wheat are good examples of these sources. Coming from plants, they are called phytoceramides. They can replace displaced skin ceramides.

But where do we get phytoceramides or ceramide replenishment? For more on this, click here.

Write Diet


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Sometimes, communication is all mixed up when you mean differently from how other people take your words. You say the words correctly and they hear them perfectly, and yet somehow the signals go awry somewhere. Ever had that happen to you before? A perfect conversation turned something else? A conversation on Earth that ended up somewhere on Mars?

A perfect food dish turned hopia soup?

I told my youngest to "write Diet." And he asked, "Okay, yet what?"

"Huh?" I said, giving him a raised eyebrow, not knowing what he was trying to say. So I told him again, "Write diet." He gave the same answer. "Okay, yet what?"

"What do you mean 'yet what'?" I asked.

"You told me to write 'Die yet.'  Didn't you? So what follows 'yet'?" he asked, making me even more confused. He tried to clear things up: "Do you mean 'Die yet live'?"

That's when my dear wife butted in: "Your dad wants you to eat a right diet."

"Oh my," I told myself mentally. She even winked at me, as if saying we got him there. I cleared my throat and reminded her that I never said eat but write. She insisted it should be eat. That settled it. My youngest ate a right diet from then on, but you could see how he wondered about what really happened.

Write diet is what overweight people who want to lose weight ought to be doing repeatedly---on paper or on the blackboard. My youngest was putting on a bit excessive weight so I told him to write diet. But life had become too complicated, as I have narrated earlier, and another completely different thing happened. Well, not too different, actually, because my kid ended up eating healthy food. Though in another sense, it was also something different.

If you're overweight, try it. It works for naughty kids at school. Could work for you, too. What I mean is, tell them to write "I will never be naughty again" repeatedly on paper or on the board and you'd see marked behavioral improvement. Write diet several times each day and the idea will stick to your subconscious like glue and register in your mind and control your will---hopefully.

Did you know that writing influences the mind, particularly the memory and subconscious? Make it a habit to write your thoughts or anything you'd like to dominate your thoughts. Write the phrase repeatedly like a written chant or write a long essay or blog on it. Blog's better. Then it gets programmed in your mind and sent to your will and motor tendencies. Then it becomes part of you. You'd just see yourself doing it automatically, almost effortlessly. Like magic. Yup, and something different.

Remember the saying---the pen is mightier than the sword. Well, it's mightier than the appetite, too, if you use both the power of the pen and your mind.

So write diet. Write healthy and weight loss recipes and menus and picture how the super nutrition would change your health and fitness for the better. Write nothing but this. Write them right now and make them your thought content each time you think, like how hopia soup would always be on the intellectual dinner table of those who love something different.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

How Slow Digestion Helps Keep You Healthy


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Slow eating enables you to enjoy your food, keeps stress out while eating and helps you chew food well. So health buff experts advice us to eat slowly each meal. Just enjoy your food, they say. And slow digestion is also good for the health of some parts or systems of the body. The problem is, how do you control your digestion?

How do you slow down digestion? Before we tackle that, here's the health benefit of slow digestion---basically it helps the body absorb less sugar. With less sugar, you avoid blood-sugar spikes and that helps keep blood sugar within normal levels especially as you eat meals.

And according to health experts, the best for this purpose is soluble fiber. Soluble fiber slows down the movement of food in the intestines. Thus, it will take the body longer to digest food. That makes sugar less absorbable in the body. But what food should we eat to get soluble fiber?

One of the best sources of soluble fiber is Beta Glucan. It's not only good for normal blood sugar levels, it is also known to normalize cholesterol levels and improve heart health. Beta Glucan is extracted from many plant sources  Yeast-derived beta glucan is noted to have the most effect on the immune system. Other beta glucan sources are oats, mushrooms, and barley, and these are the types that have more effects on our cholesterol levels, though they also have some immune system benefits.

Since beta glucan is not digested in the body, it goes through the digestive tract and takes with it cholesterol deposits as it goes out of the body.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

What Apple Stem Cell Does to You


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Stem cells sounded scary when it was first introduced in 1998. Then, stem cells were derived from human embryos grown in labs and applied in humans for anti-aging benefits. The procedure seemed risky, and anyway one web article said that few treatments of this nature are safe and effective.

And then came apple stem cells.

What could be harmful about apple, right? Everybody eats it, even babies, and it's what keeps doctors away so we won't have to consult them and pay a fee. So the coming of apple stem cells was welcome. But what is it, really? Is it effective? Can you just eat an apple a day and get apple stem cells a day, too?

It started in the 18th century when a certain kind of Swiss apple, called Uttwiler Spätlauber, was noted to degenerate very slowly when sliced, unlike other apples. Consequently, after studies, the apple's epigenetic factors and metabolites were found to promote the long life of human skin cells, too. So today, it's becoming a popular alternative treatment for skin care, complexion enhancement and anti-aging benefits.

It's safer, as well. It's easy to imagine how apple stem cells can pose no harm or dangerous side effects to humans regardless of whether it is applied topically or ingested as a health supplement. How can eating green apple be bad for you? And that's where this stem cell is derived. This Swiss green apple variety (mentioned above) provides the materials for making apple stem cells. It should be cheaper, then. 

But you can't just eat green apples to get apple stem cells in your body. It's an extract produced by some laboratory processes that gets the unique cells grown in a "liquid culture." And just one percent of it seems boost human stem cell production by 80 percent, according to this site. You know what this means? It may be possible to use this to repair body tissues and organs, not just skin. Or even regenerate degenerating ones.

I have tried apple stem cells and they were okay. I felt a bit stronger and some health issues I had were resolved. I didn't continue them after using a bottle for a month because the company that sold it transferred location and I have no one to connect me to it anymore. Anyway, it was safe and effective on me. Did it taste like green apple? Nope, it was in capsule form. This was some 3 years ago.

Some healthy food give off healthier benefits when in extract form. Like malunggay extracts or lemon grass extracts. They are produced using nano technology so that just a pinch of the thing produces amazing results. You don't need to eat a basketful of green apples to get its most powerful benefits. Just take a natural supplement with apple stem cell extract. It's like eating a ton of green apples.

One medical scientist I talked to told me that apple stem cells can possibly even re-form a defective body organ. If say, your kidneys are defective and degenerating, apple stem cells can possibly build them back to normal form again. The same with the liver or lungs. But this takes rigid and religious taking of the supplement. It requires discipline because it will go with a special kind of diet and other natural health supplements to complement the healing.

But it's worth a try. It's green apple anyway and I don't see how it can adversely affect anyone. And what if you do it with prayers--with genuine, believing prayers for miracles. The bible records some instances of healing using natural medicine, like how King Hezekiah was healed by God's Word and poultice of figs in the Book of Isaiah. Jesus used his saliva and mud to heal a blind man. Paul told Timothy to add a little wine to his water for his stomach troubles. 

So why not apple stem cell plus powerful prayers and belief in the supernatural healing by the Holy Spirit to re-construct a badly damaged body organ? Stem cell treatment is said to help cure a number of serious diseases and prolong life, not just improve the complexion and skin. I've even read how some experts say it can re-grow a body part, but that's probably stretching it too much. But, on second thought, why not? Especially if you couple it with faith in a healing Creator.

Anyway...

So, with apple stem cell mixing and enhancing your body cells, you can achieve a fresh and smooth glow on your skin and young radiant overall look.  And since it boosts cell health and production, even prolonging its lifespan, aging is controlled. And because it has to do with cell regeneration---and the organs and body are made up of cells---it can also boost the immune system. This much we can say.

Sunday, June 11, 2017

At Last! A Cheap Remedy for AIDS, Cancer, Tumors, Diabetes, Stroke, Hepatitis and Other Deadly Illnesses!


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Powerful Red Fruit!

Scientists say fruits with dark or bright colors are packed with powerful antioxidants. So one day, Dr. Made Budi, a biologist and lecturer at the Cendrawasih University accidentally discovered in 2000 the healing prowess of a red fruit on the island of Papua where it is called Kuansu. In Indonesia, it's called Buah Merah or red fruit.

Buah Merah belongs to the pandan family.

People in the communities of Timika and Wamena regularly ate this red fruit and were observed to free them of ailments. So Dr. Budi did a study on this red fruit called Buah Merah which was found to be rich in antioxidants, beta-carotene and omega 3 and 9 which all enhance the body’s resistance, strengthening the immune system.

Buah Merah has been noted to be effective in preventing AIDS, cancer, hepatitis, stroke, osteoporosis, and diabetes. It lowers your uric acid levels and improves brain health, helping prevent dementia and Alzheimer's. Because of its beta carotene, it improves eyesight. It can also improve fertility and effect good detoxification.

DOH's Remedy Against Aids

This reminds me of the remedy against AIDS by the Department of Health. They think distributing condoms for free especially in high schools is the answer. But this only legitimizes early sex outside marriage---it becomes okay as long as condoms are used.

But the best remedy, I think, is moral recovery by preaching the Word of God and distribution of Buah Merah---or a natural health supplement containing Buah Merah. It will protect people against AIDS, even those who might contract the disease even without doing sex. AIDS or HIV can be contracted through contaminated food, utensils or the like.

And not just aids. Buah Merah can help prevent contracting other deadly diseases.

Friday, June 9, 2017

What Makes White Sugar White and Why It's Bad for Your Health

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Accordingly, sugar is really colorless in its pure, natural form. No need to whiten or bleach it. Some sugar makers get rid of molasses from sugar beet or sugar cane to take away the brown color, but this is supposedly done without chemicals. They say it's washed only with water and by centrifuging. This is further helped with carbon filters.

But I would rather believe Lisa Byrne in her book "Break the Sugar Habit." She says natural raw sugar is supposed to be packed with nutrients, complete with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and fibers. But the problem comes when they refine it white. The nutrients are all stripped off (or washed off) and the process leaves only the sucrose.

The Nature of Sugar

So, sugar becomes a non-food. It just sweetens, period. If you tamper with natural food like that---and eat it---something bad is bound to happen. That's the law of nature. Here's what Byrne actually said about refined sugar according to a KitchenStewardship article:
Lisa Byrne explains it in her workbook Break the Sugar Habit: “Refined, white sugar acts more like a drug than a food in our system…but it started as a whole plant. The sugar cane and beet plant in nature come complete with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and phytochemicals like any other plant. And they have carbohydrates like any other plant in the form of [sucrose]. 
When sugar is refined they strip the sugar cane plant or beet plant of all its natural components, except the [sucrose]. Then [sucrose]is concentrated into what we know as table sugar.This means we take [sucrose] out of its natural balance found in plants…and that is an important part of understanding why it impacts our body so differently.
When [sucrose]is part of the whole food it acts like a food in your body, entering our system calmly, breaking down slowly and providing a range of nutrients in addition to energy.
When [sucrose]is isolated, sugar acts like a drug in your body. Too much refined sugar creates a cycle of intense highs and lows, keeping our blood sugar, hormones and neurotransmitters out of balance.
Can Anything be Deliciously Sweet without Sugar?

Definitely. In fact, I enjoy drinking a sweet chocolate drink, coffee, and fruit juices with ZERO sugar. My dear wife has been selling them. And they are deliciously sweetened just right. What's the sweetener? Stevia.

Stevia is a plant leaf that tastes sweet. If you worry about your blood sugar, ask your doctor about stevia. He'd likely approve it because it is NOT sugar. Only the nature of refined sugar can be bad for diabetes.

Another sweetener of the healthy beverages I enjoy is coco sugar. Now, what's the difference between coco sugar and refined table sugar?

Well, first off, no less than the Philippine Department of Agriculture supports the healthiness of coco sugar, or coconut palm sugar. Unlike refined table sugar that has zero nutrients, coco sugar has (according to the agriculture department) zinc, potassium, calcium, antioxidants, and polyphenols, among others. It has fiber called inulin responsible for coco sugar's lower glycemic index (slow glucose absorption). Table sugar has about 60 glucose index (GI) while coco sugar has only 35.

Now, this is not to say that you can eat all the coco sugar you want. Anything should be taken in moderation and in balance. And always ask your doctor about coco sugar if you are diabetic. But to me, if I am to sweeten my drink with a little sweetener, I'd prefer coco sugar (with nutrients) to refined sugar (zero nutrients) anytime.

Monday, June 5, 2017

Apple Stem Cell Health Benefits and Why You Need Them


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We all know how advanced aging damages skin quality. But plant stem cells, especially from apples, were found to powerfully delay aging and its toll on the skin. This was discovered in many plant stem cell researches. 
Stem cells are plant cells extracted from plant stems. As simple as that. So they're all-natural. And they divide and renew themselves continually as long as they're alive. Imagine if your cells are like that.
Swiss Malus Domestica
Apple plant stem cell (malus domestica) grown and enhanced in Switzerland since the 18th century is most apt for stimulating aging human skin stem cell, lessening unsightly skin wrinkles. It prolongs or extends the life of skin cells so you get a more youthful and radiant look. 
When you age your skin cells' ability to divide slows down, unable to create enough new skin cells. So you get lots more of old or dying cells than new cells. These skin cells in your body must be replaced---and here is where the Swiss apple stem cells enter the picture. 
Adult plant stem cells have the ability to re-create new plants through its callus or the colorless mass of cells that collect together to repair broken plant tissues. Scientists discovered a way to apply plant stem cell or extract to human skin.
And they found that apple stem cell from Switzerland apples is most adequate for this task.
Before refrigerators and freezers were used, it was observed that apples had the ability to stay fresh for a long time compared to other fruits. Thus, scientists started getting interested in the anti-aging characteristics of apples until they found out about apple stem cells.
Eventually, they were able to put apple stem cells in skin creams, lotions and drinks and in supplements, too. And one amazing product that found itself in Philippine soil, called Veron Cell, possesses "Malus Domestica" or green apple stem cell, as one of its ingredients working together with other powerful natural food extracts.
Why Green Apples?
Green apples have extremely powerful health benefits, and you should not miss out on them. Just consider the following:
Aside from its rich dietary fiber content that helps make your digestive system healthy (and makes your body absorb nutrients easier so you won't age fast), green apples lessen the incidence of colon cancer. They also lessen high bad cholesterol and help reduce liver and digestive tract problems. Green apple's maleic and tartaric acids help prevent digestion issues.
Green apples are rich in powerful antioxidants flavonoid and polyphenol, preventing DNA damage. Moreover, they help cleanse your skin and keep your teeth and gums healthy. They are rich in Vitamins A, B, C and E. They also aid in purifying your blood.

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