What to eat and do during holidays?

Just came back from holiday. Had a relaxing trip, ate some good foods, get some tan under the sun, did some shopping and had an awesome massage session. While on holiday, most people tend to eat, drink and did things which are 'harmful' to their health and body. For instance, excessive alcohol consumption, overdose of sugary foods and drinks, fast foods, junk foods, late night sleep, being a 2nd hand smoker while clubbing, ingestion of fluoride by using typical hotel toothpaste, etc. 

Today, I just thought of writing a quick post about some stuff which you could consume and also avoid while on holidays. Well, of course we can't be too strict on ourselves while on vacation, (don't be stressed out but have awareness), and if we could filter and moderately control some of the harmful foods, drinks and substances we ingest, that would be really good while we can still enjoy our holiday trip. Well, that's my point of view, but other people might think otherwise and disagree with me. 

Anyhow, I hereby provide you some of the DO's and DON'Ts while on vacation. Make your own judgement and decide wisely, enjoy your holidays. 

DO'S

1) Eat as much organic whole foods as possible. (Please see below pic)

2) Incorporate fermented foods in your 'holiday' diet. (Please see below pic)

3) Drink as much clean water as possible, too much of exploring and walking under the sun will dehydrate your body, reduces your body ability to detoxify and increase constipation. Look out for artesian water such as Volvic or EVIAN. 

4) Sleep with 'pitchblack' room. After whole day of touring and exploring, your body needs a good rest and sleep. Interrupted sleep or sleeping in brightly decorated room will reduce/prevent quality sleep. Even a small lamp or toilet light can increase your body's cortisol production, and suppresses your melatonin hormones. 

5) Do some simple stretching and 'work in' type of 

6) Floss your teeth after every meal of before you go to bed! Also, bring your own toothpaste that does not contain fluoride and other harmful chemicals of course.

DONT's

1) Avoid being 'overdosed' 2nd hand smoker. Nightly clubbing packed with heavy smokers in pubs and discos generally intoxicate your body with loads of cancerous substances. Free radicals damage!

2) Eating too much of refined flour, sugar and trans fat.

3) Using hotel provided toothpaste loaded with neurotoxin fluoride and other harmful chemicals such as SLS and even saccharin!

4) Drink tap water!

5) Don't soaked too long in the swimming pool. Chlorinated water! 

6) Drink too much of alcohol. Minimal consumption of wines during the trip is 'acceptable'. Well...

Fermented tapioca

 Instead of cereals and breads, why not organic free range eggs for breakfast? 

Toxic toothpaste! Typical hotel toothpaste loaded with fluoride, SLS, sorbitol and saccharin.

Fluoride: The Hard to Swallow Truth Documentary

Folks, look out for this new documentary about fluroride. The water we drink, the toothpaste we use, and other substances and products which are laden with this dangerous neurotoxin. Question is, why the government and the health industry not letting us know? Is the government protecting the population? It is time more people should realize about the danger of fluoride in our water supply and other products we use and consume on daily basis. Fluoride is a poison! 

Video URL: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7aTfyo0Xz_c

Tulsi Tea

Just received my order purchased from overseas. I've been trying for quite some time to get Tulsi tea whenever my friends went to India, but unsuccessful. I was excited to try out this tea, of course it is organically grown, and some of them are caffeine free. Tulsi tea is high in adaptogens, a powerful antioxidant, and depending on the types of Tulsi teas which you purchase, with some of their different beneficial functions such as stress relieving, immune system boosters, liver and kidney detox, mood enhancers, aid digestion, etc. 

I've been to many countries in South East Asia to find this tea, I don't think it is available on the market except India and United States. For tea lovers, I highly recommend this tea, try it out, let me know if you like it. It's tea time! 

Vitamin Drink? What a joke!

Well well. When I walk along the valley of one of the supermarkets in Kuala Lumpur, I came across a beverage product, so called 'Vitamin Water'. What a joke! Vitamins in water? It sounded so convenient, never have to eat organic whole foods such as vegetables and fruits. Just pop open a bottle of that beverage product and you get all the vitamins needed. Sounds easy right?

I can tell you what's in that beverage product. Certainly you are not getting real vitamins derived from organic fruits and vegetables and other natural sources. Come on folks, let's be realistic here. You think you can get real vitamins in a bottle of water? Heard of synthetic vitamins? If you read properly the ingredients in the beverage product, you will notice primarily you are ingesting fructose, cane sugar and even artificial sweetener sorbitol! So, sugar, sugar and 'bad' artificial sweetener and synthetic vitamins. More and more people find easy solutions to their daily diet and nutrition by going for 'packaged and bottled' products. No money to eat whole foods? No time to prepare your own foods? It's mainly excuses and more excuses. 

Well, if you want to store more fat and further suppress your immune system and cause more problems to your health and body, then feel free do drink lots of 'VitaminWater'. Decision is yours, i've provided you a brief review for this beverage product. Till then...

Endurance exercise: Damage the heart (latest study)

A friend of mine sent me this piece of article from dailymail. This is another study conducted in the USA, which shows that excessive endurance exercise can hurt and damage the heart, which turns out to be harmful. Well, I'm posted a few times before about endurance exercise or training, but this would be a new study and article about how these excessive exercises could hurt the heart. I won't write much this time, just go ahead and read the news and listen to the video interview below by Dr James O'Keefe. There are some really useful information which you would appreciate, especially if you are into marathon/triathlon training or any endurance types of exercises. 

Article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2154267/Excess-exercise-hurts-heart-cause-dangerous-long-term-harm-say-scientists.html
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authored_newsitem.cws_home/companynews05_02348
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604093108.htm

Video interview: Dr James O'Keefe
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1648108/Videos/Author%20interviews/87_6/8706okeefevideofinal.wmv

Dinner Meal : Don't know what to eat? Come on guys...

Till today, I still have people asking me what to eat for dinner when they reach home after a long day at work. Darn. Sometimes I feel abit annoyed telling some of you that THERE ARE TONS OF REAL FOODS you can still eat! I can't eat this and that.  Really? Whoever gotten my '30 Days Eating Real Foods Challenge' plan, you surely know that there are long list of whole foods to choose and eat, and best of all, most of them are moderately tasty too. 

Anyway, this is the 3rd sample dinner meal I posted, which anyone can prepare when you are at home. It won't take you more then 30 minutes to prepare and having a nutritious healthier meal, rather then hitting on McDonalds, KFC, Pizza, or nasi kandar dishes. Most people also concluded that home cooked foods are healthy. I disagree, it depends on the ingredients and way of cooking and preparation. Question is, how much organically grown whole foods are included? How much raw foods is part of that meal? Any table salt, table sugar or MSG is added? Is vegetable oil being used to stir fry or deep fried? Anyway, who says  you can't survive without rice or noodles? No time to prepare your own or family meal? That's just lame excuse! 

Meanwhile, the foods in the meal plan are as below. Remember, you are what you eat. Your abdominal belly size tells the whole story of what you have been eating all these years. Sexy round potbelly don't lie! 

Ingredients:

- Organic sweet potato (medium)

- One papaya (small)

- Half bowl of organic baby tomatoes

- Serving of organic purple cabbage

- One large avocado

- 3 organic free range chicken eggs (scrambled with organic coconut oil)

AFC 2012

ASIA Fitness Convention, asia's biggest and most popular fitness event. Who is going to this awesome event? I've been waiting for this convention for quite some time now, all pumped up, so excited, and ready for this event. Oh yeah! Steve Cotter is back! But this year, kettlebell training with combat undulation ropes. It's going to be one hell of a fitness convention and Parkour team is coming too, as well as Fraser Quelch (TRX Head Coach and Director of training). See you guys at the convention.