superfood is super

Directions:
   1.   Watch Food Matters (featured above is the movie trailer) and visit their website at http://www.foodmatters.tv/_webapp/Superfoods for inspiration on what/where to purchase life saving nutrition.

   2.   Fill your fridge with Odwalla Superfood green sludge and water. Spirulina is your friend! Holler at some goji berries, son!

        Are you a chocolate fiend? Get chocolate covered cacao nibs,
they'll get you goin'.

   3.   Get to juicin' (disclaimer--this is not in reference to steroids) delicious veggies and fruits and, if possible, produce that is NAHT covered in pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

      ~*~Note: Purchase of a juicer is required, though the blender can be a barrel of fun, as well. If you lack the creativity or testicles to juice on a whim without knowing just how delicious it will taste, there are recipes available in assorted places {online (it's googleable) and books}. ~*~

   4.   Cut the shit...out that is. 'Shit,' is in reference to absolutely everything involving a Drive-Thru, and basically anything that you have to cook. However, don't hurt yourself or believe this to be impossible. Increasing the amount of raw foods in your diet from nothinggg to a nice even 51%, so even half of your day, will work wonders.

   5.   Start feeling amazing. Here's what David Wolfe has to say:

"By eating superfoods you have more energy, you're more alert, your brain works better, you're more innovative, ideas come quicker, your wit is sharper."

"Boom. Things flow out. My cousin lost 150 pounds in about an 18 month period on our program--raw, organic, natural foods--and he actually moved all that toxicity out through his bowels."

"The subtle energy of your food becomes your mind [which he quoted from the Upanishads] and that's been my experience...Wow. How deep that is, how important it is to realize that the subtle energies that we're expose to day to day can have deep impact on our health and well-being."

 Addendum: I will still be eating pizza whenever the occasion occurs. It's the original superfood.

these are Ada's origins

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This promiscuous combination of four different breeds resulted in the exceptional mix that is active, affectionate, easily-trainable, friendly, intelligent, loyal, responsive, protective...a.k.a. perfect, though at times clumsy and super goofy. The baby shown above grew to be this gorgeous hairy, beach loving bitch.

I wouldn't want any other dog and I regret getting her fixed.

stress is a mess

The research on stress is so ridiculously interesting.

I like to think of stress as comparable to ice cream:

     -necessary in our lives

     -helpful in moderate quantities

     -dangerous in excessive amounts and over long periods of time, especially for your health

Aside from my sweet analogy...a little stress—like right before an exam—can boost your performance; the 'fight or flight' response—which allows us to lift cars when babies are stuck beneath them—is hardwired into our bodies; chronic stress is slowly murdering millions, and get this—the stress you encounter also affects your unborn child! The following summary speaks to how hardships throughout life can ultimately change our genetic activity: not for the better and not just during pregnancy. 

Unzipped chromosomes pass on parental stress

by Andy Coghlan Mutant fruit flies have helped solve one of the biggest puzzles in genetics: how the stress of starvation or drug addiction can pass on its ill effects to the sufferer's children and grandchildren. Stress is thought to cause "epigenetic" changes that do not alter the sequence of DNA but leave chemical marks on genes that dictate how active they are. Previous studies have shown that if mice are stressed for two weeks after birth, their offspring will show signs of depression and anxiety, despite enjoying the usual levels of maternal care. And there is mounting evidence that common health problems including diabetes, obesity, mental illness and even fear could be the result of stress on parents and grandparents. However, until now attempts to identify changes in inherited DNA that might explain how these effects are passed on have failed. Now, Shunsuke Ishii at the Riken Tsukuba Institute in Ibaraki, Japan, and colleagues have identified a molecular mechanism by which the effects of stress can be handed down without altering genes or DNA. "We believe we can convince many sceptics by clarifying the mechanism," says Ishii. His team have shown that chemical or environmental stress detaches a protein called activating transcription factor 2 (ATF-2) from chromatin, the densely packed DNA that makes up chromosomes. © Copyright Reed Business Information Ltd.

 

I suggest you read Robert Sapolsky's Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers.

Plus, he is a bearded beauty.

Hope everyone can find a way to lead a mostly stress-free life! And if you do, let me know your secrets!

men do not think with their penis

Men actually think with their testicles.