The pigment which gives leaves their green color, chlorophyll, helps to remove heavy metals and chemical toxins from the body.

Because of this action, matcha is an ideal superfood to ingest during any type of fast or detoxifying program. The amount of caffeine is so minute in matcha that it is fine to use during detox programs.

Because the entire tea leaf is ground into a powder to make matcha, much chlorophyll and fiber is consumed. The shade growing process also drives up the cholorphyll content in the tea leaves used to make matcha.

Concentrated natural compounds derived from matcha green tea also dramatically boost production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of these beneficial enzymes, according to researchers at the Arizona Cancer Center.

These findings, published in a recent issue of Cancer Epidemiology: Biomarkers & Prevention; a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggest that matcha might help some people strengthen their defenses against toxins that could cause cancer.

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In fact, they found that consuming matcha green tea can increase thermogenesis (the body’s own rate of burning calories) from a normal 8%-10% of daily energy expenditure, to between 35% and 43% of daily energy expediture.

Another study showed that after drinking matcha test subjects burned 25% more fat during exercise. Both studies suggest that matcha green tea can greatly assist both resting metabolic rate and fat burning. Indeed matcha can be used in any weight loss program.

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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) could play a role in attenuating low density lipoprotein (LDL) and glycation in high-glucose, diabetes-like conditions, if the results of an in vitro trial hold true in vivo.

Polyphenols such as the catechin EGCG are understood to make up around 30 per cent of the dry leaf weight for green team; EGCG is thought to be one of the most beneficial catechins. Recent research on its benefits has looked as such diverse indications as arthritis, mental distress, oral health and weight loss.

A body of research has already investigated a possible link between green tea consumption and diabetes risk, and tea-drinking may bring modest benefits for glucose homeostasis and help keep the cardiovascular system healthy.

For a new study in the journal Food Chemistry, researchers from Taiwan set out to determine the anti-oxidant and antiglycation effects of EGCG under high glucose conditions that diabetes.

To mimic the in vivo situation, the human plasma was preincubated with EGCG. The LDL was then isolated and its resistance to oxidation was challenged.

The researchers observed an effective increase in LDL resistance to oxidation; a dose-dependent inhibition of HG-mediated long-term glycation of LDL to oxidation was also observed in the LDL-bound ECGC.

“This study suggests that loading plasma with EGCG is an efficient way to increase the content of this phytochemical in LDL, which may imply favourable in vivo activity of EGCG in diabetes,” they wrote in Food Chemistry.

They observed a different mechanism at work from conventional biological activities shown by polyphenols (free radical scavenging and chelating action for metal ions). It seemed to possess a “rather specific and somewhat different degree of antiglycative action and lipoprotein binding activity.”

They believe more investigation is required, and the next stage would be in vivo experiments in an animal model.

Comment by James Whittle: This study is lends more support to the usage of matcha green tea for weight loss, diabetes and pre-diabetes.

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Food Chemistry

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2010.02.008

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) binds to low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and protects them from oxidation and glycation under high-glucose conditions mimicking diabetes

Authors: Chi-Hao Wu, Chi-Tai Yey, Gow-Chin Yen

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Surely we have met people that come across as sure of themselves, but are they bluffing? What is underneath the exterior that creates a real sense of confidence.

When I examine these questions I think first about what the word means: con=with and fidence=fidelity, faithful, loyal. Another definition of confidence could be “one who is loyal or faithful.” But faithful to what?

I like to define “self confidence” as one who is faithful and true to themselves. Someone who can listen to their own unique inner voice and be true to it is confident. Someone who learns to be their own best friend and to be their own best coach is confident.

To practice confidence imagine being your own best friend or coach for the day. How would you treat yourself? What would you do? How would you treat your own thoughts? Surely if you noticed some negative thoughts you would not beat yourself up! But you might gently ask yourself if you could change the negative patterns and focus on the positive.

For today try practicing real confidence by listening to and trusting yourself. By being true to yourself and loving yourself your confidence becomes authentic.

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I am thrilled to announce that we are offering an amazingly inexpensive massage special here at the clinic on Tuesday afternoons.

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Since my regular price per acupuncture treatment is $75, this basically means you are getting a massage for only $10!

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1. The caffeine in coffee spikes your adrenaline and cortisol levels causing a crash afterwards. There is much less caffeine in matcha and it is released slowly into the bloodstream so that adrenaline and cortisol are not spiked. So we say that matcha has the “healthy” caffeine: which means caffeine in an easy to break down form. I can sleep after I drink matcha.

2. Coffee does not help people lose weight while matcha has been shown to increase fat burning by 17%.

3. Coffee has not been shown to affect cancer, while green tea is one of the most well researched herbs in the world for cancer prevention.

4. Coffee usually gives people the coffee jitters, while matcha has a calming and relaxing affect.

5. Coffee is highly addictive because of the adrenaline and cortisol spike while matcha is not.

6. Coffee has not been shown to detoxify the liver while matcha is a powerful liver detoxificant.

7. Coffee has not been shown to help skin conditions, while matcha is helpful for acne and can clear skin conditions.

8. Coffee has never been used anywhere in the world to benefit meditation and relaxation while matcha has been used for 800 years by Zen Buddhist monks to deepen meditation and increase focus and concentration.

So why wait to make the ultimate coffee substitute and begin drinking the beverage that has all these amazing health benefits. After I found matcha 2 years ago, it is all I drink every day.

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But homeopathy was not using the individual active constituents from the cinchona bark. Hahnemann discovered that he could take a substance and dilute it until there were no molecules of the substance in the dilution. These highly diluted substances were then used to trigger the healing process in sick individuals. For example, someone suffering from an insomnia pattern that has symptoms that resemble a healthy person who cannot sleep because they drank too much coffee, might be prescribed coffee as a remedy to treat their insomnia.

Though the Chinese people have a long history of energetic medicine in the from of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine), acupuncture and energy cultivation exercises like tai chi and qigong, homeopathy is not currently practiced in China. However, in the early 1900s there was an American missionary, Dr. Emma J. Betow, who ran a homeopathic hospital in Shanghai, China. Dr. Betow apparently reported that the Chinese people loved homeopathy. I suspect that homeopathy was loved by the Chinese because most Chinese of the time were aware of the energetic theories of their own medicine. In the 1930s and during World War II, four more homeopathic hospitals were set up in China and a German Jewish refugee and homeopath, Dr. Galitzer, spent the World War II years in Shanghai treating Chinese with homeopathy.

It makes sense that a cheap, effective medicine like homeopathy would be embraced in China, but it is up to the SFDA, which is the Chinese version of the FDA to regulate the medicine. It is likely that a University in China would have to set up clinical trials and then seeek approval of the medicines with the SFDA. It is my contention that if Chinese SFDA authorities could see the German and American regulation and approval of homeopathy, then this would be a bis step towards granting access to the Chinese.

Homeopathy may indeed have a bright future in China, but much work needs to be done to find out how this energetic medicine might be regulated. it makes good sense to teach homeopathy alongside TCM, because both TCM and homeopathy share an energetic theoretical basis.

Our company, Living Qi, is planning on launching our homeopathic remedy line this year and we are seeking distributors in China. If you are interested in helping to get homeopathy into China, you can contact me here:

http://living-qi.com/contact/

©James Whittle, All Rights Reserved, 2009.

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Over the years, I have kept many dream journals and consider recording and journaling dreams to be a potent way to connect with the unconscious mind. Another way to say “unconscious mind” is to say “body.” I like to say: the mind is subtle body and the body is denser mind.

Dreaming, active imagination and visualization are activities associated with the right brain, while language and analyses are associated with the left brain.

I personally don’t like to “analyze” dreams, or equate dream symbols with specific, definite interpretations. Analyzing dreams often reduces powerful archetypes and psychic forces and relegates them to left brain reason.

Another option for working with dreams is to consider them poems or paintings…works of psychic art if you will.

I will often journal my dreams in the form of haiku poetry so that I remember the images.

The image itself can be revealing and illuminating.

One summer in 1992 while living on the coast of North Carolina, I discovered a very unique method for remembering dreams quite by accident. It was my morning habit that summer to take an ocean swim before beginning my day.

One morning as I walked to the beach I tried in vain to recall a powerful dream I had the night before. I could not remember the dream and I was frustrated.

As I entered the warm ocean salt water, I began to float on my back. As I did so, once my ears were submerged, the images from last night’s dream came streaming again through my mind’s eye. I was pleasantly surprised by how easily my dream returned to my conscious mind once my ears were submerged in water.

I repeated my experiment every time I forgot a dream, and every time I floated on my back and submerged my ears in water I could remember the images.

I have since done this technique in the bath as well and it never seems to fail! So if you don’t live near the ocean, or have a pool, try using the bathtub to remember your dreams. Simply submerge your ears in water, close your eyes and breathe slowly and let the dream return.

I suspect that submerging the ears in water cuts out ambient noise and puts the brain in a relaxed state that is similar to sleeping. Matcha also puts the brain in a relaxed state, alpha state, because of the theanine. I use matcha to meditate with and I have noticed that matcha facilitates dreaming and visualization techniques.

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Potential Health Benefits of Living Qi matcha Green Tea:

1. Significantly increases energy (over 8-10 hours) without the caffeine “jitters”.
2. Improves mental alertness (theanine component).
3. Increases calmness and reduces stress (theanine component).
4. Boosts metabolic rate by 35-40% in regular drinkers, facilitating weight loss.
5. Powerful “anti-aging” activity due to super-charged antioxidants.
6. Lowers blood pressure.
7. Decreases levels of LDL or “bad” cholesterol.
8. Minimizes symptoms of PMS.
9. Super immune-boosting activity due to high levels of polyphenols and catechins.
10. Stabilizes blood sugar levels.
11. Powerful anti-biotic and anti-viral activity.
12. Strong blood cleanser/detoxifyer and alkalyzer due to high chlorophyll content.

One of my missions is to provide superior nutritional products that help the mind and body to function in an optimal state. Our matcha helps the mind to relax and remain calm. Because matcha is so calming, it is the beverage of choice for meditation and relaxation. If you have not tried it, I highly recommend you do so.

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Of course you can drink matcha to taste and add as much as you like or reduce the water content for a stronger brew.

The caffeine in matcha is not released quickly as it is in coffee, plus in addition to the slow release of caffeine, there is a high amount of theanine content so that these two effects cancel out the coffee “jitters.” Most people feel very relaxed after they drink matcha tea.

I call the caffeine in matcha “healthy caffeine” and like to point out that it is a profound meditation aid and awareness tool.

Zen Budhist monks often meditate for 3 to 6 hours at one sitting and they harnessed the power of matcha to help them stay focused and concentrated for such long periods.

While there is caffeine in matcha, we here at Living Qi call it “the healthy caffeine” because it is absorbed differently than caffeine in other substances such as coffee. Caffeine in matcha binds to the larger catechin molecules, which are also powerful antioxidants, and is released into the bloodstream slowly over time. Matcha also contains theophylline in small amounts which is similar in chemical structure to caffeine and is absorbed slowly and over time into the bloodstream.

As your body assimilates the catechin molecules, the caffeine is slowly absorbed. In this way, the catechins act as carrier molecules for caffeine and the caffeine may play a role in the healthy absorption of the catechin anti-oxidants. The caffeine in matcha therefore is ‘time-released.’

Smaller dosages of caffeine released over longer periods of time can provide sustained energy for up to 6 to 8 hours.  Though I have found the effect of the caffeine to be very subtle and I am able to sleep after drinking matcha. The caffeine in coffee can hit you like a freight train causing coffee jitters and spikes in your adrenaline and cortisol levels. After the adrenaline and cortisol spike, people often feel a low blood sugar depression.

So if you are interested in a most powerful meditation tool, a superior meditation aid to help you stay relaxed and focused at the same time, try our Living Qi organic matcha.

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