Change the season with this awesome juice

Because if you drink this juice enough, the season will change. It's only a matter of time, and a lot more juice.

Starting the day with a killer vegetable-based juice is not what tickles my fancy. I prefer this one. In fact, it's my favourite. I call it:

The Juice I Prefer To Have In The Mornings Rather Than Vegetable Juice

Rolls right off the tongue.

It's green, it's astringent and sweet. It amps your life force energy into over-drive, so you'll have no choice but to sart the day feeling cool and on fire!

This makes enough for one person. You're going to need: 

4 green apples

2 lemons

1 heaped tablespoon spirulina powder

Handful of ice

What you have to do next is a little tricky, so make sure you do it in order, otherwise you might have to go to jail.

Juice and blend baby!

Vanquishing life before death

Because, muppet.We fear death so much we’d very much like to not speak about it please. We fear the sickness which leads to death, to the point where at least one person insanely boxed himself inside an oxygen chamber between moonwalks - anything but to die.

Because to die is to fail at life? Hmmm.

Many people’s unquestioned goal in life is to live as long as they can, until they imagine themselves living out those long, endless years incapacitated. The goal is then amended, to include something about quality of life. Adopting health principles suddenly makes sense. Unfortunately, health is still no guarantee that you’ll coast to a century in white tennis shoes.

And if you don’t, it’s not a fail.

A Punk-Ass Example

I am honoured to have this friend who is (funny, caring, intelligent and) healthier than anyone I have ever met. She eats so much chlorophyll, her indoor plants prostrate themselves when she passes by. She’s a walking health encyclopaedia who’s inspired thousands of people with her eating, cooking, yogic and meditative ways. Then she gets cancer, she’s given a handful of days to live.

The first thought that will come into some people’s mind is, why did she fail?

Because we have this idea that it's our human right to live the full 100, as long as our desire for bacon and sloths don't get in the way.

Is that your goal? Personally, I don’t care. Life is way too chaotic to think I’ll live long and peacefully without some weird and unexpected plot twist ending my life abruptly. Longevity is not the reason I'm obsessed with health.

Why I feel so passionate about diet, exercise and the development of my consciousness is because of today. Each of the todays I’m allowed to live, I can sit here and authentically tell you how amazing life feels. It pulses through my body so powerfully, I have to tell yer, I'm walking around a little juiced that the world is as incredible as it is! It's not a cerebral thing; it's a body-and-soul-connected-with-the-million-layers-of-existence thing.

I'm gifted with this amazing feeling because of the way I eat, practice yoga, run, meditate, and love my fellow human beings; if I’m given an insane diagnosis for some strange disease where I have but moments more to live, did I fail?

Closing the Story Triumphant

If we feel an enormous passion for life, for fellow surfers on our favourite celestial point break, did everything we could to raise the ceiling of love and awareness around us, what else are we supposed to achieve?

I embrace my death as I embrace my life. None of it is in my hands, and while I’m here I feel acutely aware and grateful for my amazing beating heart, to breathe sweet breaths (less sweet on Fridays, city traffic being what it is), and to serve my fellow human travellers.

Who knows how long any of us have. Are you on autopilot? There’s no time for that.  

AÇAI – The Clark Kent of Superfoods

Açai in my house is otherwise known as dinner. We go through one and a half kilos of it every day, blended (not stirred), with banana and a dash of guarana concentrate. Açai (pron: Ah-sah-ee) is one of the healthiest foods on the planet.

On the outside, it’s just a humble berry from an Amazonian palm tree (Euterpe Oleracea) in Brazil. But in reality, Açai is the Clark Kent of the Superfood universe.

It tastes rather astringent and neutral. Locals joke that it tastes like dirt. Indigenous Indians add it to savoury dishes, while southerners enjoy it sweetened. In this respect, Açai follows the same historical footsteps as cacao.

Only Good News Comes From Açai

Traditionally it was used to treat digestive disorders, stimulate the immune system and was a source of quick energy. Of course Indiginous Brazilians didn’t have cardiovascular disease, premature ageing or potency issues, but if they did, they would have treated that with Açai too.

But Wait, There’s More

Acai is low GI and high fiber. Athletes love the stuff, as do people looking to lose weight.  

Açai is high in calcium and iron.

It’s super high in Vitamin A and improves vision. Clark Kent will have to lose the glasses now that I made him the face of this stuff.

Finally, it nourishes the nervous system. Do you need to de-stress and relax? Açai is the answer.  

For the how’s and why’s, see here and here.

From the Amazon to You

The Amazon is so far from anywhere, and the fruit is delicate. Acai pulp is frozen on site then shipped internationally.  Look for the frozen pulp at your local health food store.

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