Glycemic Index
Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load tables The table provided herein is a compilation of various sources for most common foods. Sustained elevated blood sugar levels are known to trigger a plethora of health problems like diabetes type two, hearth disease and inflammation.
Nutritional calculators
Nutritional calculators Find out what is your daily required caloric intake based on your basal metabolic rate (BMR), your body mass index (BMI) or your body fat and the health risks associated with it using the specific nutritional calculators.
Depression test
Zung depression self assessment test , based on the Zung Self-Rating Scale, is a widely used depression screening tool that is recognized by physicians worldwide. Although designed as a screening tool, this depression test has been adapted to track also your score over time.
Jung personality types
Find out your personality type - your likes and dislikes, your likely career choices, your compatibility with others.Jung personality types assessment test.
Metabolic type self test
Metabolic type self test A proper, "customized" diet has many benefits: painless weight loss, increased energy and improved health. The metabolic typing diet does just that. To find the right balance specifically for you between proteins and carbohydrates take the metabolic type self test.
Nutritional content tables
Nutritional content tables Find out how many calories, proteins, carbohydrates, cholesterol, vitamins and minerals your food contains. Either you are dieting to loose weight or cleanse your body, or you figured out what is your metabolic type and you need to know specific foods for your type, well, the nutritional content tables will provide you with the answer you need. Ref. USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory, SR20 / 2008 database.
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Za-Zen
For westerners, Zen meditation (Za-Zen) used to be hard to digest before an American, Genpo Roshi (Dennis Merzel) – the highest ranked Zen master outside Japan, tweaked it to suit the different Western mentality. Combining Za-Zen with insights from Western psychological pioneers such as Carl Jung, Fritz Perls and Hal Stone, Genpo Roshi created the Big Mind process that gives the practitioner a glimpse into the enlightenment, the serene feeling of divine. This glimpse can be subsequently repeated and prolonged by sustained meditation.
In Section: Meditation - This article belongs to category: Zen meditation
Mind quotes
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.Buddha
