Water: The source of all life.
About 70% of the earth’s surface is covered with water and 97% of this is salt water. Although the salt can be removed (desalination), it is a difficult and expensive process. 2% of the water on earth is glacier ice at the North and South Poles while less than 1% of all the water on earth is fresh water that we can actually use.
Embedded water, a hidden ecological problem
Various forecasts predict that the worlds population will exceed 8 billion in 20 years time, increasing global demand for food and energy with the need for fresh water rising by 30 percent. This will place an unsustainable stress on the worlds eco-systems. This could lead to a perfect storm, a term used by the UK governments chief scientist, Professor John Beddington, to describe future shortages of energy, food and water.
What many people fail to appreciate is that consumption goes beyond simple use of water in everyday life. There is the more important embedded water - the water used to grow food.
- Happiness is the road
Wednesday, 19 January 2011
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Monday, 17 January 2011
You are what you drink
Water is the fountain of youth, and the elixir of life.
When you were born you were about 90% water. Think about it, that is allot of water. and when you are born, you are fully alive.
At the moment you are around 70% water.
When your body reaches 50% water, you are clinically dead.
We lose about 2.5 litres of water every day, through normal functioning, we need to get that back through our food, our skin and through drinking water.
Most people don't drink enough water, and water is life.
To make it easy, water is involved in most bodily functions, and if you want them to function well you want your body to stay hydrated with new fresh water.
Most people are chronically dehydrated, this shows up in various ways, everything from asthma and IBS to headaches and dry skin.
If you are overweight you can usually lose easy kilos by just starting drinking the right amount of water.
Your body needs about 1,5 - 2 litres per day to function normally, if you loose allot of liquid due to exercise or hot weather, more might be good. the more you weigh the more you need. and depending on your state of dehdration, and how dry your food is you might need, much more.
Before you leave bed in the morning, drink a large glass of water (the larger the better) first thing in the morning...
Drinking warm water in the morning is also very helpful and cleansing for the system.
When you were born you were about 90% water. Think about it, that is allot of water. and when you are born, you are fully alive.
At the moment you are around 70% water.
When your body reaches 50% water, you are clinically dead.
We lose about 2.5 litres of water every day, through normal functioning, we need to get that back through our food, our skin and through drinking water.
Most people don't drink enough water, and water is life.
To make it easy, water is involved in most bodily functions, and if you want them to function well you want your body to stay hydrated with new fresh water.
Most people are chronically dehydrated, this shows up in various ways, everything from asthma and IBS to headaches and dry skin.
If you are overweight you can usually lose easy kilos by just starting drinking the right amount of water.
Your body needs about 1,5 - 2 litres per day to function normally, if you loose allot of liquid due to exercise or hot weather, more might be good. the more you weigh the more you need. and depending on your state of dehdration, and how dry your food is you might need, much more.
Start your day with plenty of water
Before you leave bed in the morning, drink a large glass of water (the larger the better) first thing in the morning...
Drinking warm water in the morning is also very helpful and cleansing for the system.
Friday, 14 January 2011
Recipe to health
Poliana is happy to live on green smoothies, fruits, nuts and more smoothies, flax crackers and veggies. she likes to have things as they are, without processing.
So do I, but I also like to eat more elaborate things... meals "foody stuff" like a cocked diet offers... So every so often I make something.
I don't use recipes, and I don't usually write them down.
so this time I thought I would write down a recipe for you. I am making it as I write, and as I find ingredients to put in.
I am making a "Spicy Thai Coconut Curry" with "noodles"
Noodles:
2 Carrots
1 cucumber
use a peeler to make strips of the carrot and the cucumber. then toss together in a bowl, and put to the side. if you have a mandolin you can use it, the smaller and thinner strips you make the better it will be.
Dice the cucumber seed house (the centre) and any cucumber bits you get over and put to the side, we'll add them to the curry later for a bit of exciting texture.
The Curry:
1 whole coconut
open the nut and put the coconut water and coconut meat in a blender. add perhaps 3 glasses of water and start blending (for a good 3 minutes, until it is liquid, and smooth). pour your mixture through a sieve to separate the pulp from the liquid.
you will use the liquid. put the pulp to the side (we'll use it for a simple desert).
So do I, but I also like to eat more elaborate things... meals "foody stuff" like a cocked diet offers... So every so often I make something.
I don't use recipes, and I don't usually write them down.
so this time I thought I would write down a recipe for you. I am making it as I write, and as I find ingredients to put in.
I am making a "Spicy Thai Coconut Curry" with "noodles"
Noodles:
2 Carrots
1 cucumber
use a peeler to make strips of the carrot and the cucumber. then toss together in a bowl, and put to the side. if you have a mandolin you can use it, the smaller and thinner strips you make the better it will be.
Dice the cucumber seed house (the centre) and any cucumber bits you get over and put to the side, we'll add them to the curry later for a bit of exciting texture.
The Curry:
1 whole coconut
open the nut and put the coconut water and coconut meat in a blender. add perhaps 3 glasses of water and start blending (for a good 3 minutes, until it is liquid, and smooth). pour your mixture through a sieve to separate the pulp from the liquid.
you will use the liquid. put the pulp to the side (we'll use it for a simple desert).
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
quick green smoothie!
Sitting drinking a green smoothie!
what is that?
a smoothie, which is green.
any dark leafy green of your choice, water and fruit of your choice.
Banana, peach, apple, pear... well you get the drift.
at the moment I am drinking a smoothie made from
Couve (like kale) (16 - 20 big leaves)
pint of water
4 small bananas
one avocado
juice from a small lime...
Blend all ingredients - except avocado which you blend in just in the end.
it isn't one for the beginners as it is tasting very green... however just put more bananas in there and maybe a bit less green and you will love it... The avo makes it nice thick and creamy.
Start your day with a green smoothie, and you will notice an improvment, no matter what dietary habits you follow...
oh and you make it in under 5 minutes, fast, simple and oh so yummy...
much love
what is that?
a smoothie, which is green.
any dark leafy green of your choice, water and fruit of your choice.
Banana, peach, apple, pear... well you get the drift.
at the moment I am drinking a smoothie made from
Couve (like kale) (16 - 20 big leaves)
pint of water
4 small bananas
one avocado
juice from a small lime...
Blend all ingredients - except avocado which you blend in just in the end.
it isn't one for the beginners as it is tasting very green... however just put more bananas in there and maybe a bit less green and you will love it... The avo makes it nice thick and creamy.
Start your day with a green smoothie, and you will notice an improvment, no matter what dietary habits you follow...
oh and you make it in under 5 minutes, fast, simple and oh so yummy...
much love
lets see where I take it this time!
This blog is built around the Buddhist saying:
`there is no road to happiness, happiness is the road´
Which is the way I live my life, and the way I strive to live my life.
There is no end destination, the end destination is always where you are...
The now is your only time, but the now doesn´t exist. Just like time doesn´t exist.
Time is man made, we have created it to get power over nature, and also over ourselves. It is a creation of and for society
There is a constant flow, and there is a movement of the earth and the moon, (and to a larger degree of the sun and the galaxy), so I am not disputing that there is a time continuum, or as I like to see it, a never ending change.
However there is no calendar, showing the time for the earth, or hours and seconds, these are all made up equations to try to capture a moment: past, future or present. Time is created to try to freeze moments, but moments can´t be frozen, they can only change... And as you change, the moments change, the past, which doesn´t exist (any-more) can be changed, depending on how we look upon the past in the present...
witness reports from crime scenes are good examples. There are usually as many different realities of the same ´past´event as there are witnesses. This is because the past event no longer exist, only a person in the present looking back at the past.
`there is no road to happiness, happiness is the road´
Which is the way I live my life, and the way I strive to live my life.
There is no end destination, the end destination is always where you are...
The now is your only time, but the now doesn´t exist. Just like time doesn´t exist.
Time is man made, we have created it to get power over nature, and also over ourselves. It is a creation of and for society
There is a constant flow, and there is a movement of the earth and the moon, (and to a larger degree of the sun and the galaxy), so I am not disputing that there is a time continuum, or as I like to see it, a never ending change.
However there is no calendar, showing the time for the earth, or hours and seconds, these are all made up equations to try to capture a moment: past, future or present. Time is created to try to freeze moments, but moments can´t be frozen, they can only change... And as you change, the moments change, the past, which doesn´t exist (any-more) can be changed, depending on how we look upon the past in the present...
witness reports from crime scenes are good examples. There are usually as many different realities of the same ´past´event as there are witnesses. This is because the past event no longer exist, only a person in the present looking back at the past.
Monday, 3 January 2011
MY MORNING ROUTINE
My mornings are started with the drinking of around a litre of water upon wakening... a big glass before I leave the bed, and then I fill the glass and drink it again, during the waking process... I go to the bathroom and I empty, making my day start with a nicely clean and empty intestine each day...
I eat a raw vegetarian diet, rich in fibres and water.
I avoid eating 2 hours before I go to bed, and I avoid eating late at nights, so that my body can have time to do both the digestive process and general body maintenance while I sleep.
After I have been to the toilet, and I have finished my water, I flush my teeth with olive oil (cold pressed).
I flush and chew a table spoon of oil for 3-4 minutes, this helps my body to release toxins from the blood stream, through my mouth. I spit, then rinse with mineral salt and water, or bicarbonate soda and water; then I repeat the process. This is called oil pulling.
After this I brush my tongue a bit, and my teeth, then it is time for food. Depending on how much time I have available I either have a fruit to start me off, or I go for a green smoothie right away.
Today will be some melon, with a green smoothie following after about 30 - 45 minutes.
I always start my day with a green smoothie, which is a mixture of any dark leafy green, fruit (I usually use banana) and water, it's delicious and it sets me off for the best start of the day ever, full of energy and health.
- The water helps hydrate me and helps flush my kidney and liver in the morning.
- The oil helps me have whiter and cleaner teeth, a less toxic body and better health.
- The green smoothie helps me get a good helping of healthy greens in my stomach when my digestive fires are high, which sets for good assimilation and good energy to last.
habits create results, if you have good habits you will get good results!
Much love!
I eat a raw vegetarian diet, rich in fibres and water.
I avoid eating 2 hours before I go to bed, and I avoid eating late at nights, so that my body can have time to do both the digestive process and general body maintenance while I sleep.
After I have been to the toilet, and I have finished my water, I flush my teeth with olive oil (cold pressed).
I flush and chew a table spoon of oil for 3-4 minutes, this helps my body to release toxins from the blood stream, through my mouth. I spit, then rinse with mineral salt and water, or bicarbonate soda and water; then I repeat the process. This is called oil pulling.
After this I brush my tongue a bit, and my teeth, then it is time for food. Depending on how much time I have available I either have a fruit to start me off, or I go for a green smoothie right away.
Today will be some melon, with a green smoothie following after about 30 - 45 minutes.
I always start my day with a green smoothie, which is a mixture of any dark leafy green, fruit (I usually use banana) and water, it's delicious and it sets me off for the best start of the day ever, full of energy and health.
- The water helps hydrate me and helps flush my kidney and liver in the morning.
- The oil helps me have whiter and cleaner teeth, a less toxic body and better health.
- The green smoothie helps me get a good helping of healthy greens in my stomach when my digestive fires are high, which sets for good assimilation and good energy to last.
habits create results, if you have good habits you will get good results!
Much love!
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