They are Bogus
Hi Lionel,
What I'm about to tell you, you may find disturbing. If you're eating breakfast in a restaurant right now, you may want
to stop eating, until you finish this email. Especially if you're eating an "omelette."
Last weekend while at a Marriott resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, I ordered an omelette. The chef then proceeded to grab a
white carton that you would think contained milk or something. Then he poured a yellow solution into the skillet. The
next person in line ordered an egg white omelette. He grabbed a different carton and poured a white solution into the
skillet.
At this point I decided not to have the omelette. After all, when I ask for eggs I assume I'm getting cracked eggs, not
a solution of "eggs."
Upon returning to my booth, the waiter overheard me telling other customers that the chef was not using real eggs. He
came over to me and said, "We have real eggs. You just have to request them."
"So that's how it works now," I said.
Now if you think the above only happens in giant hotel chains, think again. This morning, after finishing my Combat Chi
Kung workout, I drove to a local breakfast joint who prides itself on serving healthy breakfasts. Nutritious breakfasts.
Not the crap other restaurants serve.
Before I ordered, a little whisper from the ethers conveyed the following: "Furey, this place isn't using real eggs
either. Ask 'em."
When the waiter approached my table I said, "I have a question. When you make an omelette here, do you use real eggs or
a solution from a carton?"
He replied "We use the carton. If you want real eggs you have to ask for them. You just say you want cracked eggs."
"What's in the carton," I asked. "I assume MSG and a bunch of other food additives. Am I right?"
His answer: "Oh, hell yeah. It's loaded with MSG, nitrates and all sorts of other stuff that you don't want in your
body. And I have to tell you this if you ask."
Is it any wonder that Americans are getting fatter and fatter by the day, even when they think they're eating healthy?
I don't know about you, but this sort of thing really pisses me off. The media wants you scared of getting salmonella
poisoning from real eggs. HA. Meanwhile you're being poisoned with something far worse.
I suggest you eat at home - or insist on cracked eggs when you eat out. Make no assumptions. Ask.
If eating at home, get some organic eggs. Preferably cage-free. And cook them in coconut oil or butter, not margarine or
vegetable oil.
Doing this one thing will help rid your body of tension that keeps you from being flexible. If your brain and body is
swimming in MSG, and almost all Americans' brains and bodies are, it has to negatively affect everything.
It's sad that we can't trust a restaurant to give us real cracked eggs unless we ask for them. But I'll tell you this,
if you ask me for something, I'm giving you the real deal.
People who get my Combat Stretching program, get more flexible.
And quickly.
I help you crack open the real you hiding behind tight muscles and inflexible joints.
The real you doesn't come out of a carton, but because of the way so many of us have been programmed, you may at times
feel like you are trapped.
You don't have to be.
Throw out the fake and associate with the real and everything about you will take a dramatic leap forward.
Order Combat Stretching today and rapidly double your flexibility. mattfurey.com/combat_stretching.html
Best,
Matt Furey
the daily grind
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Friday, October 29, 2010
the daily grind: why breath through the nose and out mouth......Dr....
the daily grind: why breath through the nose and out mouth......Dr....: "'Inhale through your nose... ' The breath, nasal inhalation and NO So why do breath masters in not only Systema, but..."
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
why breath through the nose and out mouth......Dr. Nacif
"Inhale through your nose... "
The breath, nasal inhalation and NO
So why do breath masters in not only Systema, but some Asian martial arts tell us to inhale through the nose? The benefits are numerous. Inhaling through the nose forces air into the sinuses which do a more efficient job of filtering and moisturizing air than the mouth. In addition, the sinuses have recently been discovered to make a gas called Nitric Oxide from the lining of the blood vessels that so richly line our sinuses. Nitric Oxide, or NO for short (which should not be confused with Nitric Acid or Nitrogen dioxide) is a gas that is produced by the endothelium, or lining, of these very small blood vessels in the mucous membranes of the sinuses and is also called Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor. NO is a short lived gas that has an elimination life of 4-6 seconds, thus is present for the duration of a typical breath, then breaks down only to be reformed by a variety of enzymes and substrates including the amino acid arginine in the endothelial lining. NO is toxic to living things, so thankfully it is made in minute quantities, and lasts a very short time in the body, but in those brief seconds, it helps to kill bacteria and viruses very quickly to keep the sinuses from getting infected.
The most striking part about NO is that it is a very important signaling, or messenger molecule that effects smooth muscles around blood vessels, bronchioles (remember the tubules that take air to the alveoli) and neurotransmission (transmission of signals through the nervous system). Messenger molecules are molecules made in one part of the body and then act to turn on, turn off or modulate some function of the body.
So let us individually discuss the separate roles of NO on smooth muscle of blood vessels, smooth muscle of bronchioles and on nervous system activity. Blood vessels are tubular structures with 3 concentric layers of distinct tissues, each layer having a separate but complimentary role. The middle layer of these blood vessels is wrapped in smooth muscles that by relaxing and contracting control the diameter of the blood vessel, thus controlling blood pressure. NO relaxes smooth muscles in blood vessels thus LOWERING blood pressure. Likewise, bronchioles are relaxed with exposure to NO, thereby IMPROVING airflow, thus oxygen exchange into the bloodstream. NO also helps to mediate synaptic transmission, or communication between neurons (brain cells), possibly enhancing communications in key areas of the brain and brainstem. This may enhance reaction times, and decision-making during a stressful situation.
This topic and many other fundamental Systema principles will be discussed by Dr. Nacif in future publications.
The breath, nasal inhalation and NO
So why do breath masters in not only Systema, but some Asian martial arts tell us to inhale through the nose? The benefits are numerous. Inhaling through the nose forces air into the sinuses which do a more efficient job of filtering and moisturizing air than the mouth. In addition, the sinuses have recently been discovered to make a gas called Nitric Oxide from the lining of the blood vessels that so richly line our sinuses. Nitric Oxide, or NO for short (which should not be confused with Nitric Acid or Nitrogen dioxide) is a gas that is produced by the endothelium, or lining, of these very small blood vessels in the mucous membranes of the sinuses and is also called Endothelium-Derived Relaxing Factor. NO is a short lived gas that has an elimination life of 4-6 seconds, thus is present for the duration of a typical breath, then breaks down only to be reformed by a variety of enzymes and substrates including the amino acid arginine in the endothelial lining. NO is toxic to living things, so thankfully it is made in minute quantities, and lasts a very short time in the body, but in those brief seconds, it helps to kill bacteria and viruses very quickly to keep the sinuses from getting infected.
The most striking part about NO is that it is a very important signaling, or messenger molecule that effects smooth muscles around blood vessels, bronchioles (remember the tubules that take air to the alveoli) and neurotransmission (transmission of signals through the nervous system). Messenger molecules are molecules made in one part of the body and then act to turn on, turn off or modulate some function of the body.
So let us individually discuss the separate roles of NO on smooth muscle of blood vessels, smooth muscle of bronchioles and on nervous system activity. Blood vessels are tubular structures with 3 concentric layers of distinct tissues, each layer having a separate but complimentary role. The middle layer of these blood vessels is wrapped in smooth muscles that by relaxing and contracting control the diameter of the blood vessel, thus controlling blood pressure. NO relaxes smooth muscles in blood vessels thus LOWERING blood pressure. Likewise, bronchioles are relaxed with exposure to NO, thereby IMPROVING airflow, thus oxygen exchange into the bloodstream. NO also helps to mediate synaptic transmission, or communication between neurons (brain cells), possibly enhancing communications in key areas of the brain and brainstem. This may enhance reaction times, and decision-making during a stressful situation.
This topic and many other fundamental Systema principles will be discussed by Dr. Nacif in future publications.
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