Your Health is Your Number One Asset.

Dear Friends,

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They have put together this package to make it easier for those of you who don’t have the time for a full time training program get and stay healthy.

One of the really nice features about this eBook are the videos these gals put together for you. They have ten videos that show you how to exercise all the major areas of you body. Each exercise can be performed at different levels according to your present strength or fitness level, so there is something for every one.

No extra equipment is required but if you have small weights or bands you could add those if you like. Along with these videos are two training routines, an easy one and a challenging one. You can use them as is and they are easily modifiable too.
These ladies want your life to be the best it can be. They explain about working out in general, goal setting, affirmations to keep you motivated, making a fitness plan and show you an example goal sheet and plan sheet. They have included much more information that you should know to stay and keep healthy.

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Morality, Good Health, and Longevity

Is there any relation between morality, good health, and longevity? A famous Zen master from China’s Tang Dynasty, Shi Xiqian (also called “Stone Xiqian” or “Stone Monk”), told people the secrets of good health and longevity in the form of a prescription.

He wrote: “One kind heart, one part compassion, a half measure of tenderness, three-sixteenths portion of truth, a full measure of strong belief, a full measure of loyalty, and five-eighths of filial loyalty, a whole measure of honesty, all accumulated merits and virtues; of amiability and friendliness, an arbitrary amount.”

Good people are kind and considerate of others. They rarely fight for their own fame and fortune. They respect the old and care for the young. The people around them will naturally respect them, so their moods are quiet; they have good interpersonal relationships and feel happy.

In this atmosphere of life, the neuroendocrine system is calm and the physiological function is orderly. The body is operating soundly, immunity is enhanced, and the body is naturally healthy.

Immoral persons live out of selfishness. They are narrow-hearted, they always think for their own sake, their jealousy is strong, and they compete maliciously to gain a little benefit. They live too alert, harboring hostility and tension.

Such intangible psychological pressure is a burden on both the mind and the body, resulting in organ dysfunction, immune dysfunction, and other diseases. How can such a person live longer?

Stone Monk gives a metaphorical description of how to make the right pills and take the right medicine. He wrote: “All herbs should be stir-fried in a kindhearted and tolerant pan.

“Be careful to prevent charring and drying out during preparation. Hot temper should be removed. The medication is ground in an ‘equality’ pan until it is a powder, with ‘thinking twice.’

“Make a pill using Boluomi (Artocarpus heterophyllus) as big as the fruit of the Bodhi. Take the pill three times a day at any time. It should be taken with ‘peaceful-mind’ soup. If you can really follow this recipe, you will not have illness.”

He says: “Do not do bad deeds while feigning innocence on the surface, benefit oneself while harming others, hurt others with hidden slights, have venom inside and wily intentions behind your smile, or create troubles without reason. You must abstain from all of these.

“If all 10 ‘herbs’ mentioned above are used, one can achieve longevity and happiness,” he says. “If only four or five are used, one can still relinquish some karma and prolong his lifespan and avoid some bad things. If none are used, nothing can be done.”

Even if Bianque or Luyi (famous Chinese medical doctors) were alive, they could not save such a person because he is already untreatable. No matter what he does—worshipping heaven, earth, or gods—it will all be in vain.

This recipe is good for all ages, does not cost any money, and does not need to be cooked. Why doesn’t everyone take it?

Last Updated
Feb 12, 2009

By China Research Group
Epoch Times Staff Jan 29, 2009

Healing and Cleansing with Barley

High in fibre, barley is also a kidney cleanser. Better yet, regular intake of it helps prevent heart disease. BARLEY water was always a regular drink when we were still living at home. Whenever we had to go for a medical exam that included a urine test, my mum would make us drink barley water a day before it to make sure we got a positive result!

Later found out from an Australian naturopath that barley is known to be a kidney cleanser,and he happily downed glasses of it at a meal we had in a coffee-shop .

Barley is good for your intestinal health too. Try to eat the barley grains you find in your drink or sweet broth with fu chook (beancurd skin) and ginkgo nuts.

It's high in fibre which feeds the friendly bacteria in the colon and helps speed up the transit of fecal matter in it. In this way it helps prevent Haemorrhoids and Colon Cancer.

The propionic acid and beta glucan from barley's insoluble fibre also help lower cholesterol and prevent the formation of gallstones.

Eating barley regularly is a preventive step against heart disease as, besides the fibre content, it is also high in niacin, a B vitamin good for lowering cholesterol.

Diabetics should eat more barley as the fibre will prevent blood sugar levels from rising too high. It also provides relief from constipation or diarrhoea for those suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Barley is rich in selenium which prevents cancer and relieves symptoms of asthma and arthritis. It is a good source of manganese, copper and phosphorous.

Malt sugar comes from sprouted barley which, when fermented, is an ingredient in beer and other alcoholic beverages.

Barley, whose Latin name is hordeum vulgare, has been cultivated for more than 10,000 years.

Since ancient times, barley has been used for healing purposes and has been known to the Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Athletes in Greece and Rome in those days were known to eat barley bread to give them strength.

Besides the usual things we do with barley, I enjoy having it in a western soup. The larger pearl barley is used and I love the sticky bite of it.
Here's a recipe for barley soup:-

Barley soup with roasted garlic

1 cup pearl barley
5 cloves whole garlic, roasted
2 litres chicken stock, steeped from 1 chicken breast simmered in three litres water
2 tbsps vegetable oil
2 large onions, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
150g turkey ham, cut up
1 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsps sea salt or to taste
1 tbsp chopped parsley

Method
1. Wash barley and soak it in a bowl of water for three hours. Drain.

2. Heat oil in pan and fry onions. Add carrots and celery, then the barley and fry for three minutes.

3. Add chicken stock, pepper and roasted garlic and simmer over low heat for at least an hour, or until barley is soft.

4. Add salt to taste and serve the soup garnished Barley soup with roasted garlic

1 cup pearl barley
5 cloves whole garlic, roasted
2 litres chicken stock, steeped from 1 chicken breast simmered in three litres water
2 tbsps vegetable oil
2 large onions, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
150g turkey ham, cut up
1 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsps sea salt or to taste
1 tbsp chopped parsley

Method
1. Wash barley and soak it in a bowl of water for three hours. Drain.

2. Heat oil in pan and fry onions. Add carrots and celery, then the barley and fry for three minutes.

3. Add chicken stock, pepper and roasted garlic and simmer over low heat for at least an hour, or until barley is soft.

4. Add salt to taste and serve twith chopped parsley.