You are what you drink

It has come to my attention that people absolutely have to have something other then water to drink.  The irony is that humans were only designed to drink water.  That’s right I said it.  Not booze, coffee, milk, soda, or other sugary drinks, not even tea.  But, we as humans are very creative and smart, so things like tea, juice, coffee, and alcohol were invented.  Personally I think the first man to grind up a coffee bean and stick it in boiling water is a freaking genius!  This is almost as amazing as the man who discovered the creation of butter.

Like any other human, I enjoy things other then water, but please take note that water should make up of 80% of your daily liquids.  Wow, that’s a lot of water!  And you might ask “How Much Water should I drink?”  There are many different recommendations, but the man who taught me best had the greatest advice.
Drink half of your body weight in ounces!
What a genius plan!  This means that if you are 200 pounds you need to drink 100 pounds of water.
So let me take this moment to ask you the not so desired question: how much do you weight?
Now take that number and divide by two and stick the letters OZ to it.  This is how much you should drink.

Ok now that you have how much water you have to drink, lets talk a little about other drinks.  Yes there is some value to drinking things like tea or even cider for that matter, but remember what I said at the beginning of this blog.  Take note sugary drinks like juice (yes juice), vitamin water, Gatorade, soda, etc., are not the best drinks to drink.  Why do I say drink Cider? Because there is a definitive difference in vitamins and live enzymes in cider.  Juice means that the juice of the fruit was squeezed then boiled or pasteurized.  Cider, not to be confused with hard cider, is the technically “fresh squeezed” juice

What does this mean? It means that that the juices (even when organic) that are not fresh squeezed have no living enzymes and have less vitamins and minerals then fresh squeezed juice.  The whole point of the fruit is actually the fiber with the sugar, this slows the passage into your body.  When one drinks juice or even cider it jacks the blood sugar up quickly.  So, if you have juice you must eat fat, protein, or a lot of fiber (not advised for your large intestine’s sake) to slow it down.

Now what about coffee and tea? I was sitting in my gym waiting for my next client when I herd a news report “Coffee is now a forms of prevention of cancer.”  Ok this is a load of crap, come on! Who funded this study? Starbucks!  Look, I love coffee, but at least I’m man enough to admit that it is not good for me.  Tea is the same, but if you need a little boost in the day, or if you are just board of water, these are probably your safest options (herbal over caffeinated of course).

A little tip, if you are drinking these substances they do not count in your “water” intake.  In fact they need to be diluted.  Tea needs to be watered down at least 2-3x what you drank, and coffee needs to be watered down 3-4x what you drank.  Let me break it down. This means that when you have your 8 oz late you need to drink 32oz of water to make up for it.  So do yourself a favor, drink espresso (it has less caffeine then drip, and less toxins, especially if you are not drinking organic).

Since I like things easy for me I’m sure you like things easy for you.  So here is the breakdown of drinks from worst to best:

Alcohol and Coke are tied at the worst drinks to put in your body.
Other Sodas
Juice and Gatorade are tied this includes that Vitamin water Crap.
Coffee
Cider and FRESH vegetable juices
Tea
And the best of course is WATER

Now some people will argue veggie juice and coffee, so really that is a three way tie, jus because I like coffee.  But really veggie juice is better.

Here is a little bit on water by my favorite water dude Masaru Emoto

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZDOPQRdxJM

A few weekends ago I had a very unexpected visit to a biodynamic apple farm.  On this particular weekend I was going to the Anderson Valley Brewery Beer Festival, and came across “The Apple Farm.”  This apple farm is one that I have been buying apples from for a couple of years now.  Every time that I would buy apples I would see the sign that said “Philo, CA.”  And if you are like me, you think where in tarnations is Philo, CA.  I found out this weekend by accident, that “The Apple Farm” was in Mendicino county.

Micheal Pullan writes about apples in his book The Botany of Desire.  The main stream apples that everyone knows today, Fiji, Granny Smith, and Washington apples, are only three varieties of hundreds.  Where did all of these varieties disappear to?  They had no where to grow, with the disappearance of wildlife.  Big commercial farms took a few varieties of apples and mass produced them.  Thus, causing the dissapering act of apple varieties.  Fortunately, for human society not all populations of apples have become extinct.  The small apple orchard called “The Apple Farm,” carries some of the varieties that we don’t even remember, golden delicious, philo gold, macantosh (not the computer), Jonathan, pippin, pink lady, and the list goes on.

When entering “The Apple Farm” I noticed a man on a tractor that I recognized.  It was the very farmer that I had been buying apples from for the last two years.  “Hey I know you, your from the city,” He said.  “Yep! I was out here and I thought I’d stop in.” I replied.  He told me to walk around and enjoy myself, as I did.  An unattended stand was at the front, where my sister, Jen, and her husband, Jon, were browsing.  The farm had an honor system to sell their products on the farm.  Something you just wont see in a city.  Interestingly enough when one spreads out into the country, people are more honest.

Amongst the plethora of apple juice and ciders that were for sale, a apple cider vinegar, and an apple balsamic vinegar are my favorite.  Not only does apple cider vinegar taste great, but nutritional properties always pleased me.  Despite modern societies views on acidity, most people especially Americans have a low stomach acid level.  Apple cider vinegar is one of the best ways to increase ones stomach acid.  My personal Hydrochloc Acid (HCL) level is low which is why I love to use apple cider viniger before I eat.  A small shot (a cap full) 10-15 min before a person eats is all they need to increase their HCL level.  Of course there are many other reasons to drink apple cider vinegar, like the improvement of digestion, or natural probiotics.  But, the most unknown is the above fact about a person’s HCL level.

Beyond the mesmerizing stand of goodies, was a simple farm.  The layout was very organic (no pun intended) and I’m sure a green architect would approve.  Everything was sustainable.  As I approached the house, I recognized the farmer’s daughter who was making compost able pots out of cut up newspaper.  The farm had pigs, goats, rabbits, sheep, and other livestock.  I was there in time to catch and feed some baby goats.  Rudolf Steiner (who coined the term biodynamic farming) himself would have been proud of this farm.  As I finished my mini tour I realized that I truly was happy that I gave my money to this farm.  I would buy apples from these guys, even though the price was more then a conventional apple.  I may be paying a little under double conventional prices, but I was getting 10 or more times the nutrition.  Not to mention the fact that this small farm and farmer are sustainable.

Ok, Ok now you are probably going to ask, where do I find this magical stuff.  Well they are going to be selling every Saturday at the farmers market outside the ferry building next month, until the end of the apple season.  I suggest you check it out, and you can taste the difference in biodynamic farming.

The following is a small excerpt on the acknowledgments section of my future book on dating.  I had meant for this to be a surprise to T.  But since I already told him that I was going to do this on a drunken stooper, I think it is appropriate for me to post this near his B-day.  If my calculations are correct, T will probably read this blog by the time his B-day comes.  Thanks T, and I'll see you in HK next month!

H

Acknowledgments:

I’ve known Terence Yin (T) for over a decade now, and he knew me ever since I was a little round boy.  I remember the day that I met him, he was wearing some very interesting shoes.  I was maybe 10 or 11 at the time.  Growing up with three sisters, I never really had a brother to look up to.  So I was always in search of male big brother like figures.  At that age, T was it.  My hyper, ADD, childish self looked up to him in great awe.  Not, at the fact that he was an actor, or a celebrity in HK, but because of his presence.

Fast forward six or seven years after High School.  My mom realized that I was getting older and it was now time for me to go out and have fun.  A call to T a long forgotten family friend was made.  T met me in a hotel bar, sipping a Jack and Coke and smoking a cigar reading a book.  He was impressed, “nice man” he said to me, he was expecting an eighteen year old college party boy.  What he got instead was  an eighteen year old that was too cool for school.  That night we went out, and he showed me the ropes in HK.  We went out a few times, but T was busy and had to work the weekends, so we only had limited week nights to come out and hang.  I even lost my phone on one of the nights out.  It worried my mother sick, cause I hadn’t returned home.  But that didn’t stop me from going out some more.

One year later I came to Hong Kong with two friends of mine, and T really showed us hot to party.  We visited the all known hot spot Dragon Eye, which in 2004 was a hot spot.  My friends sat in our VIP area drank jack and coke all night, and got our mac on with the HK models.  It was at this phase of my life I realized how vital T was to my Hong Kong experience.  T knew and I knew, that any time I came to HK, we was getting a call.  This became routine for the next five years and even still today it is.

My mother would say something about T that I felt held a significant value.  “Marsha Terence is like a brother, to Chi Terence is like a co-start and cousin, and to Harry Terence is an Idol.”  Now I wouldn’t say that T is my idol, but I would say that he is my shi fu.  T was my connector shi fu.  Everyone has one.  In Malcome Gladpoint’s The Tipping point, T would be called a connector.  His word started a word of mouth epidemic that would spread.  Hell, I’m guessing that is why he started www.alivenotdead.com.  Now I don’t want people to get the idea that T was only good for partying, because he was great at giving advice as well.  Any networking issue that I came upon I would run it by him.  He had a good influence on my website www.iheartorganic.com. I wasn’t the only one that looked up to T for advice.

My youngest sister, Marsha, isn’t much of a marketer; she was what you would call an introvert.  T would help her connect and socialize and for publicity.  Even today, like all of us, she learns more and more on this topic.  T gave Marsh the guidance or “big brother advice” that our family was lacking.

My oldest sister, Chi, on the other had, experienced T through a more professional basis.  T always said that Chi was an amazing actress, and they worked on a professional level with one another.  Both of them have been in the film industry for quite sometime, and acted as one another’s support group.  If there was a male version of T, it would be  Chi.  She socialized just as much as T, but partied less.  Both had similar philosophies on life, love, and work, but yet they were also distinctly different.

So, in a way my mother was right, we were all highly dependent on T.  We considered him a part of the family, a cousin.  If I was in town he knew I was calling.  If T was in HK while you were in HK he would always include you in the fun that he did.  He is and was always hospitable, courteous and welcoming, but never on time.  That is why one can depend on him, and that is why I write this, as a personal thank you to one of my primary connectors in my life.  We all have a connector in life, and when you realize who that is, keep them in your life because they are the ones who keep your world ticking.

T trained me to be my own connector, I didn’t know it at the time, I’m not sure if he knew it, but that is what he did.  So, Terence if you are reading this, Thank You! and Thank You to all connectors out there.

Video: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1131942400352901009&q=Esoteric+Agenda&pr=goog-sl

Wow it's been a while since I've had a post about something important.  Guess it's easy to get caught up in a bunch of fluff.  For those of you with a open mind I highly suggest watching the documentary posted above.  But, again, it takes an open mind to watch this post.  Also it takes patience; much like a chess game, or ruling a country.

Since a most people don't have two hours to kill watching a documentary on what is really happening to our civilization, I will sum up.

We have had the same blood line running and ruling all major countries since the dawn of time.  Hell even Obama is blood related to Dick Cheny.  GW senior was knighted by the queen of England.  Can anyone else tell me another president that has been knighted.  The behinds the scene history is quite interesting in this video.  It basically says that pagans are our leaders.  The skull and bones association, and other "secret missions"  These are all tied to the Pagan religion.  Hell most if not all statues have pagan symbolism.  Even the word Natsi had a Pagan meaning.  In a movie, or book the symbology is what makes some stories more unique the others.  Our historical symbology is uniquely tied to Paganism

On to the health stuff.  fluoride.  For those of you who know dentists, are dentists, or go to a dentist.  You will know why I haven't seen one in over 5 years.  I don't want chemicals such as floride to be put into my body.  And they are fluoridating water! You have got to  be kidding me! 
This is the shit in Prozac.  It takes the aggression in people.  Why oh why would we want to do this?  Population control.  But fluoride is good for your teeth right?  Absolutely erroneous.  How in gods name did we survive before we had fluoride.  In fact we had better teeth before we had fluoride.  And even if it was good for our teeth, why in gods name would we ingest it?  I'm going to say this one more time Fluoride is the primary ingredient in Prozac.  We are all getting doses of Prozac in our water.  This toxic substance causes bone and liver cancer in rats and cows.  What do we think we are super human and indestructible that we can consume the same substance?

How do you get a population controlled.  You make them stupid and this is best done by giving them shit like prozac, and taking out nutrients from their diet.  In the US we have an epidemic of malnourished fat people.  How did we get this way.  It's more then processed foods, but yet the way we farm them.  The government wants us to eat GMO foods, bovine hormones, etc.  They wouldn't bloody exist if they didn't want us to.  They created it.  And they created it to control the population.

Is global warming a question in anyones mind?  I had to question this, because I love making the earth a better place.  But why would someone in a political standpoint like Al Gore really want to prevent something like global warming.  Then I realized that global warming was exactly what this video was talking about.  It is another means of brainwashing the population.  Don't get me wrong I do believe that sustainability and doing things locally is the best way to go.  But having the government want this is a bit of an oxymoron.  They want us to believe that we are the biggest problem and thus most of us need to be sacrificed.  A quarter of you guys out there said the biggest problem in Global Warming is population.  Guess who's going to go?  The middle and lower classes.  The big wigs at the top want to reduce the population to 500 million.  That's one hell of a decrease.

Why have us even live?  My theory is that they had the population this large to reduce their work, and then survive again and repeat the cycle.

I could go on forever, but lets open this to comments.  Who dares to watch this Doc?  Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.  But as the movie said 87% of the population formulates their information from someone else's opinion.  My question to you is, do you listen to all forms of opinions, or just different versions of the same opinion?

In reality there are only two emotions that humans have, fear and love.  It is these emotions that can take over the evils of our government and society.  What people fail to realize is that Love is much more powerful then Fear.  Both are our own creations.  If one goes into a dark room of fear only a small light of Love will take over the whole room.  However, the opposite is not equal.  A room of light can overcome a whole planet of fear.  It's up to you to decide, where and what you want to be.  Spread Love, spread real knowledge, spread real wisdom.

Enjoy

H

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBEYyHGbwto

My mother always told me that bad things come in three's.  Unfortunately no matter what we do, we always experience bad things in life, but hey lets make the best of them.

My last trip to HK I had a strain of great luck! I feel larger then life, and a bit euphoric.  My karma could only be so good!  Since I've returned to SF, I've had a strain of bad luck :(

At the beginning of last week my computer finally decided to crash.  I knew it was coming, cause it was acting funny for the last two months.  I had recently serviced the computer and gotten a new motherboard.  You'd think that everything would work fine in that case, but it didn't.  On Monday my beautiful black macbook decided to give me the most annoying beeping sound.  I immediatly went to the mac store.  Yet another motherboard needed to be replaced.  The downfall was that this time I had lost all of my hard drive information for the last month.  Apparently the Time Capsule I had recently purchased had some problems w/ the Mac Book.  This catestrophic event put me out of date for my Case study that was due on the 30th.  I had lost my whole updates on the case study and now, I may or may not make my level 3 exercise class in August.

When I was in HK I had stopped to see my father, who needed me to transport some money.  Funny enough is that this somehow came to bite me in the ass.  My father is a very business like man, and isn't exactly lenient.  I got back and e billed my dad so the check would clear faster.  Perhaps I should have written a check, but I had none left so the e bill was the fastest course of action.  Somehow the universe lost this check in the mail, which didn't go well w/ the pops.  Water under the bridge for me, it would just take an extra week to void and resend the check.  I had to use my own savings to assure my banks sincerity.

This past Saturday, I had planned to hang out w/ a friend, it was apparently one of his friends b-day parties.  The problem that arose here was that he mistook the name.  He thought the place they were going was Rohan, but in reality it was Rohn.  Rohan was close to my house which enabled me to take a little motorcycle pleasure cruse.  Rohn is clear cut across town, and I wouldn't consider it wise to ride a motorcycle @ 1 or 2 am w/ a bunch of drunk drivers.  Alas I find out last minute that we have to go to Rohn not Rohan.  My only choice is to hop onto the motorcycle and head down town.  I arrived in a timely fashion, but somehow I later found that I had lost my motorcycle key in my spastic rush.  So I had no choice but to leave my motorcycle on the street.  I left it for a day, because it was impossible to get a lock smith to my bike on Sunday.  On Monday more bad news had taken place.  The bike was towed.  Now not only did I have the key as an expense, but also a nice fat check to the SF Parking and traffic.  The icing on the cake is of course that I still got a ticket, as if the tow wasn't enough.

My three exciting and very dumb events keep me humble, and tell me that I'm an idiot for not backing myself up.  All of these things could have easily been avoided had I backed up my stuff every day, made a spare key for my motorcycle, and had a check handy.  So, my $500 lesson today was to teach me to prevent not prepare for the terrible three's.