Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie

Although I love to share my own recipes and the recipes of others, I must confess that I do not follow recipes myself. That’s because I have way too much fun just throwing random ingredients together for a new taste and texture at every meal.

Today my fridge is nowhere near full, so I figured this would be a good day to show you that miracles can happen with very few available ingredients. This experiment came out even more beautiful than I had planned. And by the way, I am pleasantly surprised quite frequently, so I would encourage you to live a bit “dangerously” too.

You can try my very own pink frothy smoothie du jour, or make any substitution that you want:

  • 1/2 pineapple (or some other sweet fruit… maybe mango or peach)
  • 1/4 head of purple cabbage (or I suppose any other cabbage or lettuce, but the purple fills this recipe with antioxidants and makes it look amazing!)
  • one thumb-sized piece of ginger (or maybe fresh curcumin, ginger’s cousin)
  • the liquid from one young coconut (or coconut milk or just regular spring water)
  • a squirt of pure vanilla essence (preferably not processed with alcohol)

Toss all the ingredients in your Blendtec or Vitamix blender, and hit the “smoothie” button, or otherwise just blend it until the mixture is so frothy that you can’t wait another second before drinking it.

Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie glass and blender
Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie

Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie ingredients: Pineapple, Purple Cabbage, Ginger, Young Coconut
Pineapple, Purple Cabbage, Ginger, Young Coconut
Aqui esta una receta facil para un batido rosado delicioso:

 

  • 1/2 piña
  • 1/4 cabeza repollo morado
  • un pedazo de gingibre (del tamaño del pulgar)
  • el agua de una pipa

Tira todos los ingredientes en su licuadora (recomiendo Blendtec o Vitamix), y presiona el boton para hacer licuados.  El licuado esta listo cuando tiene una textura ligera e irresistible!

Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie glass and blender
Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie

Pink Pineapple Ginger Smoothie ingredients: Pineapple, Purple Cabbage, Ginger, Young Coconut
Pineapple, Purple Cabbage, Ginger, Young Coconut

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Nelson Mandela

Mandela on perseverance:

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

“After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.”

“Difficulties break some men but make others.”

“Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.”

“Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

 

Mandela on faith and optimism:

“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to despair. That way lays defeat and death.”

 

Mandela on freedom:

“For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.”

 

Mandela on love and hate: 

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

 

Mandela on self-examination:

“There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.”

“If I had my time over I would do the same again. So would any man who dares call himself a man.”

It is never my custom to use words lightly. If twenty-seven years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are and how real speech is in its impact on the way people live and die.

 

Mandela on peace and forgiveness:

“If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.”

“Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.”

 

Mandela on conquering fear:

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

 

Mandela on friends:

 “I like friends who have independent minds because they tend to make you see problems from all angles.”

 

Mandela on leadership:

“Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.”
“Lead from the back — and let others believe they are in front.”

“A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.”

Mandela on changing the world:

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

“A fundamental concern for others in our individual and community lives would go a long way in making the world the better place we so passionately dreamt of.”

“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

When the history of our times is written, will we be remembered as the generation that turned our backs in a moment of global crisis or will it be recorded that we did the right thing?

 

Mandela on death:

“Death is something inevitable. When a man has done what he considers to be his duty to his people and his country, he can rest in peace. I believe I have made that effort and that is, therefore, why I will sleep for the eternity.”

 

 


Mandela sobre la perseverancia:

“Siempre parece imposible hasta que se hace.”

“La mayor gloria en la vida no consiste en no caer nunca, sino en levantarnos cada vez que caemos.”

“Después de escalar una gran colina, uno sólo encuentra que hay muchas más colinas que subir.”

“Las dificultades rompen algunos hombres, pero hacen los demás.”

“Todo el mundo puede elevarse por encima de sus circunstancias y alcanzar el éxito si están dedicados y apasionados por lo que hacen.”

“No me juzgues por mi éxito, me juzgue por la cantidad de veces que me caí y volvi de nuevo.”

Mandela sobre la fe y el optimismo:

“Yo soy fundamentalmente optimista. Ya sea que viene de la naturaleza o la crianza, no puedo decir. Parte de ser optimista es mantener la cabeza apuntando hacia el sol, los pies hacia adelante. Hubieron muchos momentos oscuros cuando mi fe en la humanidad fue puesta a prueba, pero no podía entregarme a la desesperación. Aquella es la via hacia la derrota y la muerte. “

Mandela sobre la libertad:

“Para ser libre no es suficiente deshacerse de sus cadenas, sino de vivir de una manera que respeta y aumenta la libertad de los demás.”

Mandela sobre el amor y el odio:

“Nadie nace odiando a otra persona por el color de su piel o su origen, o su religión. La gente aprende a odiar, y si ellos pueden aprender a odiar, se les puede enseñar a amar, porque el amor viene más naturalmente al corazón humano que su contrario”.

Mandela sobre el auto-examen:

“No hay nada como volver a un lugar que se mantiene sin cambios para encontrar las formas en que usted mismo ha cambiado.”

“Si yo pudiera recomenzar mi vida, yo haría lo mismo otra vez. Así haria cualquiera que se atreve a llamarse hombre.”

Nunca es mi costumbre de usar las palabras a la ligera. Si veintisiete años en prisión han hecho algo para mi, fue de utilizar el silencio de la soledad para entender que tan preciosas son las palabras y cómo impactan en la manera de vivir y morir.

Mandela sobre la paz y el perdón:

“Si usted quiere hacer las paces con su enemigo, tienes que trabajar con su enemigo. Entonces se convierte en su socio.”

“El resentimiento es como tomar veneno y luego esperar que va a morir el enemigo.”

Mandela sobre conquistar el miedo:

“Aprendí que el coraje no es la ausencia de miedo, sino el triunfo sobre él. El hombre valiente no es aquel que no siente miedo, sino el que conquista ese miedo”.

Mandela sobre sus amigos:

“Me gustan los amigos que tienen mentes independientes, ya que tienden a hacerte ver los problemas desde todos los ángulos.”

Mandela sobre el liderazgo:

“Los verdaderos líderes deben estar dispuestos a sacrificar todo por la libertad de su pueblo.”

“Liderizar desde la parte posterior – y dejar que otros creen que están en el frente.”

“Una buena cabeza y un buen corazón son siempre una combinación formidable.”

Mandela sobre cambiar el mundo:

“La educación es el arma más poderosa que puedes usar para cambiar el mundo.”

“Una preocupación fundamental para los demás en nuestras vidas individuales y comunitarios recorren un largo camino para hacer el mundo un mejor lugar en el que tan apasionadamente he soñado.”

“Lo que cuenta en la vida no es el simple hecho de que hemos vivido. Es la diferencia que hemos hecho en la vida de los demas que determina el significado de la vida que llevamos”.

¿Cuando se escriba la historia de nuestro tiempo, seremos recordados como la generación que dio la espalda en un momento de crisis global o será grabado que hicimos lo correcto?

Mandela sobre la muerte:

“La muerte es algo inevitable. Cuando un hombre ha hecho lo que él considera que es su deber para con su pueblo y su país, se puede descansar en paz. Creo que he hecho ese esfuerzo y, por lo tanto, dormire para la eternidad”.

Campana

Campana National Park

https://www.michaelducharme.com/video/campana-retorno.mp4

https://www.michaelducharme.com/video/campana-retorno.mp4




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Ducharme Brothers

Stephen Ducharme
Stephen Ducharme

This is my much older and much wiser brother. He is also my best friend and perhaps the only person alive that truly has my back, 100%. He’s the most loyal man on Earth, and the fairest man the business world has ever seen. He wouldn’t cheat you out of a nickel if his life depended on it. Not only have I improved myself in countless ways trying to be a little more like him, but he is definitely the main inspiration behind my (borderline obsessive) quest for wellness, and hence the number one reason for creating this Web site.

As a young boy, I always wanted to rid the world of migraines so that my big bro would never again have to suffer the worst pain known to man. The migraine was my nemesis, and I’ve spent a good number of years searching for and eventually developing a solution for this awful condition.

More recently, it was my brother that inspired me to drink more water… a LOT more water, which is useful for ridding the body of the toxins that we are bombarded with every day. And again it is he that inspires me to conduct exhaustive research on every health topic, then crystallize the knowledge down to a short, concise text. As I learned from my bro, sometimes those that write too much are hiding the fact that they can’t separate the essential facts from the fluff. Those that truly know are usually willing to give it to you straight, with no BS, such that the advice can withstand the scrutiny of a scientist with no departure from common sense.

Stephen is the President of American Health Inc., which specializes in helping the world to detoxify using saunas and steambaths.

Stephen Ducharme
Stephen Ducharme

Este es mi hermano mayor y más sabio. Él es también mi mejor amigo y tal vez la única persona viva que realmente tiene mi espalda, 100 %. Él es el hombre más leal en la Tierra, y el hombre más justo del mundo de los negocios. No sólo he mejorado mi mismo en innumerables formas tratando de ser un poco más como él, pero es sin duda el principal inspirador de mi búsqueda (media obsesiva) para la salud, y por lo tanto la razón número uno para la creación de este sitio web.

Cuando era niño, siempre quise para librar al mundo de las migrañas, para que mi hermano mayor no tuviera que sufrir el peor dolor conocido por el hombre. La migraña era mi enemigo, y he pasado mad de dos decadas buscando y, finalmente, encontrando una solución para esta condición horrible.

Más recien, mi hermano me inspiró a beber más agua… muchisimo más agua, lo cual es útil para librar el cuerpo de las toxinas que nos bombardean todos los días. Ademas, es el que me inspira para llevar a cabo una investigación exhaustiva sobre todos los temas de salud, para poder cristalizar el conocimiento a un texto breve y conciso. Aprendí de mi hermano, que a veces los que escriben demasiado esconden el hecho de que no pueden separar los hechos esenciales de la pelusa. Aquellos que verdaderamente conocen suelen estar dispuestos a darle un consejo claro que puede resistir el escrutinio de un científico sin salir del sentido común.

Stephen es el Presidente de American Health Inc., que se especializa en ayudar al mundo para desintoxicar usando saunas y baños de vapor.

Russell Brand

http://youtu.be/_bKQXmvdr8o

My uncle Luke just sent me a clip of a man I had never before heard of. For a second, I thought it was a British comedian and that I might require subtitles to understand his humour. As he rambled several poignant thoughts consecutively, I realized that this was no comedy bit, and–I must confess–I briefly suspected that he had been reading some of my own writings. But his voice echoed even the words from my new book, which is not yet published. So instantly I realized that this is no copycat. Quite simply he speaks aloud the very same thoughts and feelings that are inside all of us. It just so happens that he speaks these words with a very cool English accent. (Brilliant!!)

I fully expect that you will agree with Russell on every single point. If any part of Russell’s message seems strange, it is only because the media and society have together caused your inner voice to compete with zillions of superfluous messages.

 

Russell speaks of yoga and transcendental meditation as his two main tools for feeling a brief connection with God and with the universe. And he is exactly right: these are extremely powerful tools. But let me add that these tools are much simpler to use than most people believe.

In the case of yoga, there are millions of students being told erroneously that the word “yoga” means “to join”, a verb, implying that you must do something to connect yourself to the Universe. And one fallacy becomes two, because the students are then led to believe that the “connection” that they “achieved” during the yoga class is but a temporary one, requiring many visits to the yoga school, effectively selling yoga as an addictive drug.

So let me clarify that yoga means oneness or unity and it is your very essence. There is absolutely no action required to connect yourself to the divine Universe. Your only task is to become fully aware of your connectedness.

That brings us to transcendental meditation. Again, this is commonly “sold” by some “masters” that would prefer to have many students coming back to them for more and more. But in reality, nothing could be simpler than meditation, because to meditate simply means to observe, as intently and profoundly as possible. Intently is the opposite of accidentally, and profoundly is the opposite of superficially, so the only kind of observation that doesn’t qualify as meditation is the kind of observation that we typically do throughout most of the day using the five notorious senses. (I’ve written an article on these already, so I’ll dig it up and post it here shortly.)

Russell calls these same famous senses “the limited senses” and again, he is right. The eyes see but a tiny fraction of the total light energy that surrounds us, while the vast majority usually goes unnoticed.  Ditto for the other four commonly-exploited senses that keep us chasing our proverbial tail… if we continue to focus on just that which is being sold, we will continue to miss the majority of reality, and we will perpetually feel empty, desiring more stimulation.

Profound observation elegantly solves this problem! By diverting one’s attention away from the noise of the media and society (as simple as turning off all electronics) one is left with only  the sound of one’s inner voice plus the zillions of messages previously recorded in our minds by the media and society.  And even though this may initially seem overwhelming, I assure you that before long you will have no trouble distinguishing your innermost thoughts from the outermost, and thus the massive housekeeping chore gets lighter and lighter, and this lightening is where the transcendence comes in. All meditation, when done correctly, is transcendental. Your consciousness will expand irreversibly. You do not need a more complicated strategy to achieve transcendence. Simply stick with the profound observation for as long as possible and do it frequently.

By living a life of meditation or prayer,  you will effectively distill the mental mayhem down to just the core truths, the same ones that Russell and I speak of… about love being the most important part of life, about kindness being the surest way to feel good, about focusing on abundance and cooperation instead of scarcity and competition… I’ve “known” Russell for a total of ten minutes, but I am absolutely sure that neither of us will ever claim a patent on these ideas, because they are the very same thoughts and feelings that persist in the heart and soul of every single human being.

 

 

Loren Lockman on the body's reaction to eating cooked food

Gourmet Meals

In this video, Loren Lockman of the Tanglewood Wellness Center answers the question “what happens to the human body on eating cooked food?”

Does eating cooked food affect the body’s temperature?

It does. Normal body temperature is 98.6 Fahrenheight or 37 Celsius. But normal means, not healthy, but average. Is this the healthy temperature?
Not necessarily.

Every time that you put cooked food in your body, your body says “something is wrong” and there is an immune response.

This was proven in an experiment about 80 years ago, where the same group of people were fed at different times both raw and cooked food. The result was that, each time a person ate cooked foods, the scientists observed the condition known as leucocytosis, the process by which the body sends white blood cells to the site of an injury.

Prior to this study, scientists were not aware that this process occured during digestion, so a new term was coined: “digestive leucocytosis”. But this condition did NOT occur when the same people ate raw food.

In a later study, scientists in Sweden showed that when we cook anything, we create acrylamide, a known carcinogen. The scientists were actually trying to understand why people that work with this chemical did not have any increased propensity to cancer. The researchers found that the reason for the lack of increased risk is due to the fact that nearly everyone exposes themselves to this chemical on a daily basis!

If you are consuming cooked carbohydrates, you are consuming (according to the U.S. goverment) up to 100 times the “safe” quantity of acrylamide.

Although the government claims that there is in fact a “safe” amount of a toxic carcinogen, Loren and I beg to differ: there is no safe quantity.

Loren asks “might this be the reason that cancer has been growing so rapidly?… Well [the constant exposure to carcinogens] certainly plays a major role”.

Every time you eat cooked food, your intelligent body says “oh this is toxic!”, and responds as though it has been poisoned… but only because it has!

To contact Loren, please visit www.tanglewoodwellnesscenter.com

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Raisa Mar Iridescent Water

This brilliant Panamanian artist never ceases to amaze with her photographic and culinary creations. Raisa is self-taught, and has expressed her artistic inclination from a young age. She is passionate about many things, but in particular, her love of water has led her to create stunning images that will inspire in may others a love affair with this most vital and precious resource. Raisa is the chef and designer of the Terrae Organic Restaurant in Panama City. By design, the restaurant is as sustainable as possible: water used to wash vegetables, and even the water left behind by customers, is given to plants rather than wasted.

Water, by Raisa Mar
Water, by Raisa Mar

 

Esta brillante artistas panameña nunca deja de asombrar con sus creaciones fotograficas y culinarias. Raisa es autodidacta, ya ha expresado su inclinacion artistica desde una temprana edad. Ellas se apasiona por muchas cosas, pero en particular, su amor por el agua le ha guiado a crear impresionantes imágenes que inspiren en muchos un enamoramiento con este recurso tan vital y precioso. Raisa es el chef y creador del restaurante Orgánico Terrae de la Ciudad de Panamá. Por diseño, el restaurante es lo más sostenible posible: el agua utilizada para lavar las verduras, e incluso el agua dejado por los clientes, se da a las plantas en lugar de desperdiciar.

Water, by Raisa Mar
Agua, por Raisa Mar

 

Water, by Raisa Mar
Eau, par Raisa Mar

 

Water, by Raisa Mar
Agua, por Raisa Mar

 

Sr. Jane Ducharme

Mother Teresa

Sister Jane Ducharme
Sister Jane Ducharme

 

Like a second mother, my Aunt Jane was always present as a role model, teacher and friend. She lives by the example of Jesus, as a servant to the poor, and lovingly passes on the wisdom of Mother Teresa and of her own mother, Theresa, my grandmother.

Jane is a devoted Catholic Nun, a committed sister to her siblings, and a loving aunt, and a compassionate teacher to thousands of students, whom she loves as her own children. She does everything with love. She promotes good health, using good food and laughter as medicine.

Aunt Jane inspired me to pursue wellness and healing at a very early age. She taught me that physical ailments can be cured with natural, non-toxic methods such as strategic body manipulation. This inspired me to search for more ways to eliminate suffering. Jane is also the inventor of what is now called “the Emotional Freedom Technique” or “tapping”. But her system is better than tapping. Jane lovingly “plays the piano” on the back of a person that is stressed, and the stress melts away instantly.