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How to Build a Beach Body For a Hardgainer

As a hardgainer, I like to share my personal experience on how to build a beach body naturally without the use of drugs or expensive supplements. A hardgainer is someone who has a very difficult time gaining weight no matter what that person does. I remember losing weight while eating fast-food almost every single day even when I was around 135 pounds at 5’7″. The biggest problem with some of the hardgainers is that they are afraid to eat TOO much. They think they will get fat, but the funny thing is that they can’t even gain a pound! Continue reading “How to Build a Beach Body For a Hardgainer”

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Avoid The Next Financial Storm That Will Affect Most American People Very Soon

My greatest fear along with most Americans would be if we will outlive our money during retirement or if we will have enough money to retire on at all. As long as our government lives on separate terms than the people they govern I foresee millions of Americans suffering from financial strife later on down the road. Most Americans truly think that Social Security is going to be enough to get them through their twilight years. I personally think that Social Security will not be around from most of us and if you are depending on Social Security to support you during your twilight years, you will find out that it will not be enough. Social Security was only created to subsidize your investments, retirement plans, and/or savings. It was not created to act as a retirement plan.

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Bodybuilding Issue – Staying Consistent

The truth is, being consistent can be very difficult. It takes a lot of determination and will power. See consistency isn’t just about having consistent workouts. It’s about consistently balancing the fundamentals. It means consistently going to the gym to train, consistently sticking to your diet, and consistently getting enough rest. I completely understand the big issue with this because I go through the same exact things.

First, I want to talk about consistency for rest and training. If you’re having issues with getting consistent rest, simply try to maintain a similar sleep schedule. It may be tempting to stay up very late on weekends if you have nothing to do, but if you wear your body down enough during the day, you’ll be crashing early and allow yourself to get enough rest. Continue reading “Bodybuilding Issue – Staying Consistent”

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Staying Healthy Prevents Sickness: Are You Really Staying Healthy?

Hello everyone, my name is Kyle and I am going to share with you what I have learned about the misperception that you are living fit as opposed to actually living fit.

A year ago, living fit to me was going to the gym 3 days a week and working on arms, legs, chest, the usual. I just went to the gym because it was the masculine thing to do and lots of people did it. It also “kept me in shape”, at least I thought. I started to question if I was actually living a “healthy” lifestyle during the winter time. For the 3rd year in a row I got very sick and ended up being hospitalized. Some of you may experience the same conditions. All I thought was that I got sick from the cold weather. Little did I know that there were many more reasons as to why I was hospitalized. For days I would sit in my bed with troubled breathing which I thought was all due to asthma. This turned out to be wrong. Continue reading “Staying Healthy Prevents Sickness: Are You Really Staying Healthy?”

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How To Cook Different Rices; From Indian To Italian Or Thai

There are many different sorts of rice; among them, the parboiled one that I do not recommend, regardless of the brand. Some people may like it but for me this is something other than rice. The taste is awful and it seems to never be cooked. To have good rice, use Indian, Thai or Asian rice; or any other rice that is not parboiled. Italian rice is very good as well. According to the rice you buy, you will need to use a specific cooking method; for example, Asian rice is not good for making risotto, Italian rice is not good for serving with Chinese cooking.

Boiled rice: The simplest way to cook rice. Continue reading “How To Cook Different Rices; From Indian To Italian Or Thai”

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My First Overseas Trip Was to Singapore

Many people around the world have travelled either within their country or travelled overseas, but there are some who never, ever leave home! I actually feel sorry for these people because they never get to experience life outside of their cocoon.

Whether you travel to the next state or somewhere not far from home, you always find out information about that place which will be different to where you live. We get to see how others live their lives and maybe we can learn something from our experience.

Travelling overseas to a different country and culture will really broaden your horizons. I’ll never forget my first trip overseas and it was to live in Singapore for a year! What a shock to the system! The first thing to hit me was the heat and the smells of food at the airport. It was like nothing I’d ever experienced before and it still has the same effect on me whenever I go back there. Continue reading “My First Overseas Trip Was to Singapore”

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Ningxia Wolfberry (Goji Berry) Highest Known Antioxidant Food

What is the Ningxia Wolfberry? Ningxia is a provence on the West Elbow Plateau of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia where people live to be over 100 years old-10-20 years longer than the average person in the region. Some 17 different varieties of wolfberry have been identified. However, the Ningxia wolfberry has been shown to possess the extraordinary nutrient and anti-oxidant content to support greater longevity. The Chinese have claimed it protects liver function, replenishes vital essences, improves visual acuity, and lowers blood pressure and cholesterol. It is also known to work as an aid to treat diabetes and impotence.

According to the ORAC test the Ningxia Wolfberry (lycium barbarum, also known as Goji Berry) is the highest known antioxidant food, possessing an unmatched ability to absorb free radicals that attack the body and contribute to cancer and aging.

The Ningxia wolfberry has an ORAC of 25,300. Continue reading “Ningxia Wolfberry (Goji Berry) Highest Known Antioxidant Food”

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What is Issan?

The simple answer is that Issan is the Northeast area of Thailand bordered by Laos and the Mekong in the North and East, Cambodia in the Southeast, the Pratchinburi mountains in the South and Phetchabun mountain range to the North and Central plains. The word Issan comes from the Sanskrit language meaning Northeast.

The harder answer is just why the Northeast region of Thailand is called Issan. You will find many arguments across the internet about royal Lao, Khmer, Chinese, Mon and Thai bloodlines that will leave you even more confused than when you started. The simple version is that a long time ago before Thailand ( Siam ) existed many people inhabited this region from Laos and Cambodia and their descendants are still there to this day. Continue reading “What is Issan?”

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Chinese Cultural Lack of Empathy in Development – Counselling Practice

Abstract

In this paper I intend to explore the phenomenon of empathy or the lack there-of amongst the Chinese population. The evidence is mostly through observational techniques and interviews with Chinese commentaries about the findings. Empathy is the ability to understand the feelings of others by recognising their emotions, behavioural action and situation. This method of cognitive ability is lacking in Chinese thinking styles and causes social impairment and behavioural problems in not recognising or understanding another person’s perspective when they interact socially. The findings show two possible conclusions, the first, the one-child policy of China causing interference with normal sibling learning experience and secondly, over-population, parenting advice and social learning situations.

Introduction

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Lao Tzu – & Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"

Back in ancient Chinese times, sometime between the 4th and 6th century BC, Lao Tzu was the founder of taoism, the mystical ‘way’ or ‘path’ that many have followed since.

And with him came the many sayings for which he is renowned.

One of the best known is the one quoted above, “Give a man a fish; feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish; feed him for a lifetime”, which has a wonderful analogy with the modern world of management today.

The metaphor of feeding someone and that sufficing to get them through one day, and one day alone shows that people can only be helped so far. If we help them and do things for them all the time, then they rely on us, which is not only unhealthy for their development of skills, but also potentially dangerous, if we are not there to help them one day, their very future is at risk. Continue reading “Lao Tzu – & Give a Man a Fish, Feed Him For a Day. Teach a Man to Fish, Feed Him For a Lifetime"”