Honey -- The perfect food

Honey The perfect food..

Honey, oh honey...


besides being so sweet, honey, has quite a few interesting properties you should know....



Did you know?, honey is the only food that doesn´t rot or goes to waste, recent findings on Egyptian pharaoh tombs have found vases of this awesome-like ambosia, intact and ready to be consumed....

properly stored and due to its low-water content honey can be preserved indefinetly, the samples found are about 5000 years old.

it was a common custom that people that died in ancient egypt were buried with everything they needed to take care of themselves in the afterlife... servants included, of course....

If it can last onto the afterlife I´ll bet it can surely keep itself safe and sound onto your shelf....

But, before this turns onto the history channel, let´s move on to the interesting part......











As a food, honey contains a LOT, of aminoacids, minerals and vitamins which supply your daily needs easily

It was called Ambrosia, the food of the gods, by the greeks; And with good reason...

I invite you to take a look at 100g of honey´s worth....

Click on the picture to enlarge if you can´t read the specs....

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Neat, huh?

However the cool thing about honey it is the anti-aging, rejuvenating properties...

As you may already know, aging is a mechanism composed by several factors, one of them being "Metabolic Cellular Junk"
when a cell uses food, to make energy, it generates waste.

yup,yup, so what?


The amazing fact about honey is that is "eco-friendly", meaning that it burns within the cell cleanly, without generating any waste whatsoever.

And when you stop generating garbage AND you add some potent antioxidants and rebuilding aminoacids to the mix,,,

you´re ready to go....

Health, Rejuvenation, Good Mood, Performance, Life extension....

But wait, there´s still more...

YOUR VERY OWN NITRO BOOST

People who use high amounts of energy, ie. people who train intensively, mentally and physically, or those who have to perform at a peak level, you guys can benefit from this formula.


HONEY = SIMPLE SUGAR = QUICK ENERGY = PERFOMANCE = KICKING BUTT= "HAPPY FACES AND BUTTERFLIES"

by taking a full spoon of honey (tops or it will backfire severely by insulin response) you will get an instant boost of energy ready, avaiable to be released quickly.

the trick is to take it on an empty stomach, and with enough liquid to absorb it quickly.
this is for nitro-purposes only, quick use, if you want long-haul energy consider eating an apple or banana, that would do the trick as your body would produce glucose(sugar) as it needs to.


Extremely good for detox

if you go on a fast or detox program and you are haunted by headaches, try taking a tablespoon of honey every two hours or so, and it will exorsice them for good.
have you noticed that you can clean honey with hot water and it leaves NO TRACE at all?
being so water-soluble, it dissapears from the digestive tract unnoticed...

Some Benefits of honey include

• Quick energy (Nitro)
  

• No waste(Health!, Life extension)

• Antioxidant
  

• Supernutrient (functional food)
  

• Antisceptic
  

• Antibacterial
  

• Brain & Muscle Tonic.
  

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As if this were not enough, in ancient times, people used this beauty to heal wounds and burns due to its antisceptic properties.
There´s a lot of resources on the net that deal with the subject of "Honey as a medicine for healing" or "apitherapy"

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On the dark side of the coin, diabetics should abstain from messing out with glycemic levels.... you are warned...
also if you take too much sugar your body will create insulin to counter it, leaving you feeling like a pothead.

That´s all folks....

Silver Tounge, Golden Mind

and why verbalization and high abstract reasoning do not match.

I´ve found out that inner speech lowers "intelligence" greatly.
speech is for communication with another sentient being,, when you have the matter already sorted out yourself.

it is well known that when learning a forein language people will tend to mentally translate that language onto their mother tounge, in order to "better" understand it.


however, this unnecesary process interferes with effective language learning. it makes it hard and slow.



CLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTER
CLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTERCLUTTER

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burdens the mind;

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Intelligent people learn to weed out what´s useless.

craft your mental processes.

cut out non-task-related processes that zap your mind power.

if you speak to yourself you disperse your mental energy and focus.

never believe anything until you ..................

try it for yourself,

grab a highly challenging activity that you do regularly. execute it, and... measure your time of completion. call it a day.




next, let´s try it again, but this time prior to the activity do this:

1- Walk to the kitchen and drink 2 glasses of water.
Come back, sit comfortably...
2- Close your eyes, focus on your forehead, and count 20 deep breaths
[if you succeeded counting to 20 without any intruding thought, proceed. otherwise, repeat 2]
3- Perform the task while maintaining focused mental silence

4- finally, measure your time and be amazed.



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Benefits

1- Increased Mathematical/Logical/Spatial Intelligence

[Brain noise is reduced]

2- Increased Focus [without clutter you see things clearly]
3- Promptness to action.
4- Heightened reflexes.
5- Ability to think without words [Blows out the boundaries of the mind, A key to true genius]
6- Increased determination and pain tolerance. [pain is highly subjective]
7- Heightened awareness. [as you can focus on sensorial imput, without the mental clutter]

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The Dark side of the force

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as the vey well known Yin-Yang simbol tells us, there is a dark seed on the light side, and viceversa.

The adverse effects of inner silece

> Your begin to talk too fast, your voice becomes non-resonant, forced or tense.
> Verbal articulation, becomes..... rehumatic.
> Auditory based humor is lessened.

in a nutshell, it´s harder to express yourself with ease in oral form .


however, as our decorative friend, Yin-Yang says, there is a seed of light on the most abyssmal darkness
meaning that.. there is a workaround.


Principle:


It has been proven over time that reading out loud activates several brain areas leading to an intense brain workout.


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Application:

1- Get ready,
Set up a recording device, grab a piece of interesting literature , something heavily packed with

emotion.

as always variety is good.

2- Get comfortable, place your right hand on your solar plexus
(if your voice projects out properly your hand will vibrate accordingly)

3- Read out loud for 10 minutes, focus on how you sound, hear yourself.

4- stop and listen to the recording. notice where you need to improve.

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Why:

By reading out loud you activate speech areas, increasing articulation of words, voice quality and tone,

expression of emotions and proper breathing, while mantaining your inner silence.

The TAO of the brain

As neuroscience knows nowadays, you must use a specified skill in order to improve the neural network in your brain that handles that task.


it seems simple right?, two steps,

1) design a functional neural network (by modelling or by trial and error it doesn´t matter much) and 2) strenghten the network by repeated use.

"too much of a good thing is not always better"

it all seems too easy, however there are things to be considered in order to get the max out of your practice.



These are:
1) Moderation/Overtraining : As you know your brain needs a downtime in which it rebuilds and improves what you have practiced.

Have you ever been suck in some issue that you could not solve, you left it alone, took a nap perhaps, or did something else and when you came back, *PRESTO* you solved it on the spot.

if you keep on exerting and using a certain circuit on your brain, it will cause, over a period of time, brain fatigue on that specific circuit, which leads to our dear friend STRESS, an enemy of the mind and overall health, as you may know.

"too much of a good thing is not always better"

2) The Protoss Syndrome : The Protoss are an old race in the starcraft universe, a civilization that is very old and heavily set on its ways.

how, this relates to brain practice, you ask? Simple, once you´ve reached a high point on your practice that you´ve mastered something to a degree, you´ve reached what is called a plateau of improvement, at this point practice will have little effect,it is advised that you lessen the LENGTH of your practice gradually , and begin a new practice, by doing this you will allow novel experiences to build new networks while maintaining the old.

when a circuit its set strong on your brain it only needs maintenance, heavy practice is only to install a new circuit or enhance the pattern by lowering firing threshold.


remember that the brain tends to ignore redundant information, and habitual tasks become automated.
you can progress anyway if you keep hammering on a plateau, BUT it will take *MUCH* more time and energy, and you make your mistakes harder to refine if you hammer too much.



so in order to maximize your results, it is recommendable that you cycle your trainings when you have achieved a level and are STUCK there. switch to mainenance mode AND do something else, start a new discipline, THEN when the scenario repeats itself, refocus on your previous training, switch back to practice mode and let the new networks aid you on the task.
you´ll see yourself making steady progress again.

remember Einsteins´ wise words " A problem cannot be solved with the same level of conciousness that arose " .


and by all means, NEVER QUIT ON A PLATEAU!
be sure to go back to your training after you fed up your brain.

Remember to refine and change your practice methods now and then.


Above all,
Remember to keep your balance allways while evolving at the same time.
refresh your mental inventory,
Dinosaurs are bound to be exctinct. and Paleontology proves me right.
Bye for now.

Summary - Brain Training II

G In a Nutshell

• solve situational puzzles.
• Roleplay.
• Fix things on your own house without ANY help.
• Take classes on a miscelaneous interest.
  
• Create a painting, story or piece of music.
• figure out something without relying on the instructions.
• produce humor.
• be stress-free. :)
  

Bye for now.

Brain Training II - Part B

now that you have eliminated stress you can begin considering working on your fluid intelligence.


There are two ways to the G spot ---> NOVELTY and CREATIVITY


Novelty, novel, new, unfamiliar, strange... that which can make you feel insecure, excited and shakes your ground, THESE situations are the of kind that you want.

by facing novel challenges you gain experience and new valuable neurodes. if you feel confused it is usually a good sign, it means that your brain will have to do some work to make sense of the dynamic that you´re involved in. you will have to make a creative effort to bring about a new understanding. wich implies creating a new neu-ral network to handle the situation, the brain will have to rewire itself.

+ CONNECTIONS = + VERSATITLIY = + INTELLIGENCE


You can learn a new language, or master a random, yet useful, skill.
It´s gotta be something NEW, and something MEANINGFUL to you.
the main idea is challenging your gray matter with something unexpected, regularly.

conquering challenges is the spice of life.

But this is half of the equation.... You still need


TO USE WHAT YOU KNOW TO PRODUCE WHAT YOU DON´T



Create, Create, Create

You are a MasterMind, you were meant to create, your brain works by association, and this is core the principle of creativity. Unleash a creative thunderstorm which will crystalize something BRAND NEW onto reality, mix unrelated things and cook on your head something marvelous. just for the kick of it.


by creating you are using the ultimate brain training. you are stepping out of the habitual patterns of thinking. you use all your crystalized-database arsenal in your mind oven using the fire of your creative flame.

Write a Fictional story, Draw a portait, Program an applet or game, Become a mangaka, Sort out your knowlegde and ideas by blogging.

when you produce you take your technical and theoretical knowledge to another level.

Try it. you will see that without mastery, you cannot materialize creation nor transmit the knowlege to other beings properly.


All intellectual work must be productive, otherwise is useless

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Bottomline:

Creation is the ultimate brain training.

Brain Training II - Part A

To recap.

Fluid intelligence reflects the efficient online functioning of the central nervous system, solving new abstract reasoning problems

Crystallized intelligence reflects individually acquired knowledge/skills and culture-specific content

So let´s focus on fluid intelligence.


This type of intelligence is very desirable, it is involved and heavily interwined with creativity, you can access this beauty when you are stress-free, relaxed. otherwise it is immediately shut down, reverting the brain to a more primitive reflex-based reaction machine.
Before you curse Charles Darwing´s mama, remember that this WAS useful when life or death situations were every day´s history. However, in these days it works against us.

The first key to developing and harnessing this power is to RELAX.

to do this consider the following:

1 - avoiding stressful situations. duh.

identify the situations that bug you, actually sit down with pen and paper, list them one by one.
then if it is possible eliminate them, if not, reduce them, if you cannot do that either, elaborate an ideal response (this will get your creative juices flowing) and rehearse it on your mind until it becomes automatic. if you can perform in an honorable manner, preserving your status much of your stress will be cut down considerably.

it is very important that you create this list on paper, doing this you OBJECTIFY IT, remember that you strip a demon of its power by identyfing and analizing it.

Summary: List -> Avoid -> Reduce -> Prepare (win the frame)
Keyword: LARP

2 - Exercise

This is almost like a mantra today. "Cardiovascular excercise is good for you"

Why:

A) It Releases Endorphins
B) Increases Bloodflow to your brain
C) It promotes the growth of new brain cells.
D) Eliminates Toxins from your bloodstream
E) Fights Aging, increases bone density.
F) Increases sexual appeal, desire and stamina.
G) Rises metabolic rate.


3 - Laugh.

Humor releases stress. if nothing else, laugh a lot. it will lessen a HUGE burden out of your shoulders. be lighthearted, you will feel better, and smarter.

being grumpy is old-fashioned.


4 - Drink

no, not booze, mind you. Lots of water is what you need in order to keep your head clean and flush the toxins out of your body. your urine must be clear, NEVER yellow.

minium 3 Liters of pure-water,infutions and soft drinks do not count, daily , distributed trough the day.

5 - Sex

As if you needed extra encouragement, sex releases endorphins and releases stress.

6 - Brain-Wave entrainment.

Theta is the frequency related to creativity, whereas Alpha is relaxed yet firm awareness.
Hook up your PC headphones to this program and spend at least 20 minutes daily on these frequencies.

if you´re heavily depleted try delta frequencies.


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Get this if nothing else

STRESS turns you into a MACHINE, machines do NOT think, they follow orders.

In a nutshell, use your BLADES, to cut out stress for good.
Brain Wave Training
Laughing a Lot
Avoid Shitty situations
Drink Lots of water
Exercise
Sex

Keyword : BLADES

Brain Trainings - Part I

Training your brain is like training a muscle, you will develop its power to the extent it is challenged.

The most crucial factor on human existence is intelligence, if you think deeply enough; it sets a baseline for practically everything you do. Even feelings are learned emotional responses to simuli.


I´ve been studying Howard Gardener´s Model, which is more appealing to me
he claims that intelligence is not unidimentional. rather, he says that there are 7 sets of skills, called "intelligences". you can read these here. i´ve been thinking about his model and made it my own, Here it is.

Skills that compound my version of crystalized intelligence:

*Logical (Math, Sequences, What comes next?)
*Recognition of patterns (deals with categorization)
*Discrimination of non-equals.(being sensory input, or differeneces between concepts)
*Working memory (Ability to hold taks relevant data on memory while thinking/performing)
*Encoding (The Skill to process, learn and Understand)
*Behavioural (Interpretation/Execution)
*Social/Emotional T(The ability to perform a behaviour to get a specific response from other people; or to identify and respond to behavioural patterns)
*Spiritual (Ability to interact with the quantum field)


I´ve been browsing. and i´ve found some interesting sites, worth to check out to develop and gain some extra crystalized intelligence




http://www.lumosity.com (Trains Attention, Memory, Pattern Recognition, Cognitive Control) *Requires registration (free)

http://cognitivelabs.com/alltests.htm (Trains Attention, Advanced decition making, working memory, spatial awareness)


http://www.brainarena.com/league.jsp (This is a ranked time-based set of simple drills, gradually builds difficulty) [Trains:speedy accuracy, cognitive control] However, these are way too easy, its only worth to try if you´re willing to wait until you classify for a more advanced set of exercises.

http://www.tetris1d.org/zigah/twinoo/twinoo.php (A very addictive gizmo, solve left brain and right brain exercises before the time runs out, [Trains: multitasking, focus, speedy accuracy]

http://militantplatypus.com/games/gamepage.php?game=crossword (Teases your linguistic intelligence, builds up gradually)

http://www.planarity.net/# [Spatial Intelligence puzzle]

http://www.memorise.org/memoryGym.htm [General Memory: Working Memory, Auditory, Visual, you name it; several applets]

http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/game.php?id=88 [Ilation and your ability to plan beforehand]

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/spanish/counterfeit/ [Train the infamous O- Powers + Visual Acuity ]

http://www.zanorg.com/prodperso/jeuxchiants/doublejeu.htm [Kinesthetic Coordination + Active Planning]

http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/game.php?id=16 [Heavy Mathematical workout + Pattern Recognition]

http://www.novelgames.com/flashgames/game.php?id=45 [Working Memory + Auditory Pattern Recognition]

This is it for now.
next post: G or fluid intelligence


Pump up that brain
Have fun.