鲁文澜

Dear all,

Congratulations! You made it. As I mentioned before, it’s not hard at all, right? I have met many of you today at Chinese school and I got all positive results back which made me feel very happy for you.

It’s my husband second day. He is feeling very well. Went bathroom 3 times. Very important thing is drink plenty of water while you taking the fiber.

I hope half year later, you’ll do the body detox again with me. We take shower every day, I hope we shower inside at least once every half year.

Today I want to share 2 Myths with you and hope it can help your future choices.

Fact: Bottled water are mostly from tap water, some get purified or distilled again. Some not. Also almost all bottled water PH is acidic and has very little or non mineral which is not good for our health. Please see this news:

So what do we do? I suggest use dual-filter system which include Carbon filtration, ion exchange and sub-micron filtration. This is what I am using for many years, it gets rid of sediment, tiny microscopic particles, and chlorine taste and odor. In the mean time, the complex ion exchange process that enhances the mineral balance of water while reducing the lead and water taste so good.

Fact: Milk has high protein in it, it makes our body PH acidic and make our bodies lose calcium. Also it has high antibiotics and hormone in it.  So if you have to let your kids drink milk, please at least drink organic milk. 

Self made soy milk is better in my opinion.

That’s it for tonight and I hope you got something in these 7 days.

Have a wonderful Holidays!

鲁老师

Dear all,

Sorry for not sending Day 5 email yesterday due to a busy schedule. So today I combined day 5 and 6 together.

We almost finish, only 1 day to go. How do you feel by now? Now if I ask you to do it another week, will you be able to do it again? Some of you may say, “No Problem!”, hope that’s the way. After eating mainly vegetable and fruit for a whole week, many of you may like it already. Every half year I do one time 7-Day Nutriclean. After that I always feel very good.

Today I’d like to share with you regarding how to read labels on the food package.

1. Five areas of a label you should always refer to:

6. What are the minimum gram of fiber you should look on a carbohydrate food label?

7. What are the MINIMUM grams of fiber per day recommended for most Adults?

With this little knowledge, hope in the future, when you do grocery shopping, you know what to look and how to read them.

That’s it for tonight. I hope I didn’t bore you to death yet in this week.

Best,

鲁老师

Dear all,

Today is the day 4 of detox. We are half way through the 7 detox day already. Great job to all of you!

Today I will share with you is some Educational facts, you may already knew them.

Fact 1: Sugar is Poison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8ezchj4wO8&feature=related – 7 Minutes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM – 1:29

I read an article that sugar consumption per person in the UK in the 1600′s was about 7 lbs./yr. and that by the 1850′s in the USA it was about 52 lbs/yr and that in the USA 2003 it is some where around 150 lbs/yr and that in 2010 it’s about 180lbs/yr. In other words: 
1600′s =   7 lb/52 wk = 0.135 lb/wk; = 17.46 tsp/wk; =  2.50 tsp/day
1850′s =  52 lb/52wk = 1.0 lb/wk.;  = 129.7 tsp/wk ; = 18.53 tsp/day
2003  = 150 lb/52wk = 3.0 lb/wk. ; = 389.1 tsp/wk ; =  55.59 tsp/day

鲁老师

Dear all,

It rained for whole day, felt a little bit depressed. But after Yoga class, energy comes back again.

Usually after 3 days of detox, you will feel it’s easier and easier to go through the rest of week. Tomorrow you may feel more energy and fresh.

Be smart to choose our food, these are the worst holiday food types:

1.The Deceptively Healthy Sounding Snack – Spinach and Artichoke Dip

2. Lifestyles of the Rich and Creamy- Crab Cakes

You know it’s bad when you can eat three dozen shrimp for fewer calories than one crab cake.  It’s not the crab that gets the bad reputation but what is added to it.  By mixing the crab with mayo, rolling it in bread crumbs and flash frying it in a boiling vat of grease – you end up with 400 calories and 19 grams of fat for one small crab cake.  Who knew something so small could have such a big impact on your figure!

3. The Fork-Size Version of a Brunch Favorite – Mini-Quiches

4.  Don’t Go Nuts – Pecan Pie

We always think once in a while, we eat some of these are OK. I kind of agree with it. Hopefully not once in a while this, once in a while that and then once in a while the others. Hehe…, that’s not once in a while any more.

BTW, if you have not cooked your garden vegetable soup yet, please do it now, it will last several days for you.

Tomorrow I am going to talk about the sugar and starch food.

Good Night!

鲁老师

Dear all,

Good news, I’ve put all the information into Newton Chinese Teacher’s blog. Here is the link, Please let me know if you can NOT see it there:

http://blog.newtonchineseschool.org/luwenlan/

How is everyone doing today? Today is the second day of detox. If you passed today easily, the rest of the week will be OK. I have tried to call most of the people and I know some of you are doing detox this week, the others will start next week. It’s ok as long as you save my email or have the access to my blog. Whenever you start doing detox, you can have these as reference.

Tips of Today: Don’t let yourself feel hungry. Bring food or veg shake mix with you to work. You can use sea weed (海带）to cook soup, so that you feel some kind of full. 

The liver is one of the most important organs in the body. It is the way the body eliminates many unnatural, detrimental substances that enter the body on a consistent basis. Maintaining optimal liver health is a must in modern times, where free radicals, toxins and harmful chemicals bombard the body daily. The liver’s function is to sort out and eliminate all of these harmful substances, removing them from the body. Internally, the liver must break down compounds, such as excess hormones and other byproducts of a healthy metabolism. Externally, the liver must filter and eliminate foods, food preservatives and added chemicals, pollutants, toxins and excessive alcohol. Lifestyle factors that we may or may not be able to control, such as genetics, diet, environment and stress can influence the functioning of the liver.

The digestive tract is of utmost importance, although many of us fail to notice this fact. The main function of the digestive system is, of course, to process and eliminate food and food by-products. It is an active organ that is also involved in immunity, acting as a barrier between you and the outside world with 60 percent of the lympathic system interwoven into the intestines. It is the home for healthy flora that helps to maintain proper balance. The digestive system actively transports nutrients into the body and helps to maintain the water/electrolyte balance. It serves to aid in the elimination of wastes through daily bowel movements, urination, perspiration and the breath. The consequence of second-rate digestive functioning may actually result in separate health concerns that may seemingly have nothing to do with the digestive system itself, yet flow from the system’s large involvement in a plethora of other processes. Various health issues can stem back to poor digestive health. One huge health concern related to digestive system health is constipation. Sixteen percent of all Americans experience occasional constipation. More women are affected in a ratio or 2 to 1. Elderly Americans experience over twice the rate and poor diet, poor hydration and lack of exercise all contribute to suboptimal bowel performance. With a prudent cleansing with NutriClean, one can be sure they are doing the most for their digestive system health – crucial in overall good health.

That’s for today!

Thanks,

鲁老师

Dear all,

Since all of the people in the email list can read English, I’ll write next several days in English. Thanks for saving my typing time.

Today is the first day of Detox for many people in the list. Please write back to me if you see something abnormal. First day or two is not so easy, since we restricted ourselves to vegetables and fruits. Several people ask me whether we can add protein, rice, noodle and other starch food. The answer is that if that’s the only reason stop you to do 7 day detox, you can add some in it during the 7 days. It will not harm you. But I’d like you try your best to stay on vegetables and fruits, but you can add some tofu and beans into your diet to get some protein. The #5 in my list is helping you easily to get more vegetables and fruit without bored with them. 

In order to cleanse our colon and liver better, we want to eliminate following thing this week:

First day or two, you may see light headache, fatigue. So please sleep earlier and with less exercises.

Here is today’s cooking tip:

1. You can eat as much vegetables as you can this week, raw, cooked, soup, etc… Always bring some prepared vegetable with you when you go to work, like carrots, tomato, broccoli, celery, ….

2. Limit to 3 serving of fruit a day. (e.g. A medium apple or a banana is one serving, half grapefruit is one serving)

3. If you still have Thanksgiving turkey bones at home, you can add carrots, celery, 白萝卜， then add 黄豆芽，tomato to cook soup. When you eat it, take out the meat, grease on the top, just drink the soup and eat vegetables.

Please call me with any concern that you have.

Have a nice day!

鲁老师

大家好！

上次我跟大家提过一周排毒，我们会在下个星期一正式开始。排毒是生活中非常重要的一个环节. 人体解毒、排毒通过大小便、汗液、呼吸、喷嚏等方式排出体外。

人体的疾病都是细胞代谢障碍引起的.

1,营养不足.

2毒素超载.

若不排,毒素会侵染细胞,攻击细胞.长期下去,细胞中的基因会变异,不能很好的控制它的性状!会有癌症的可能!另外这样下去,细胞就不能很好地从外界摄取营养素,又加深了细胞的恶化.

从现代医学的角度看，消化系统与神经、内分泌、循环、呼吸等系统相互联系，相互影响。大肠形成粪便，排便，是人体向外排出毒素的主要通道之一。食物残渣一般在大肠内停留10多个小时以上，在此过程中，食物残渣经细菌的发酵和腐败作用，形成粪便，粪便中还包括脱落的肠上皮细胞、大量细菌、肝排出的胆色素衍生物，以及由肠壁排出的某些重金属；如钙、镁、汞等盐类。大肠内的细菌能分解蛋白质，产生肽类、胺类、氨、少量硫化氢和有特臭的吲哚等有毒物质。在正常情况下，它们被吸收入血，可在肝内转化、解毒，因而不损害健康。当这些有毒物质产生过多，蓄积日久，不能及时排出时，就可能产生自身中毒，危害人体，不仅使我们的皮肤看上去不健康，还会影响其它器官

所以我们排毒的主要对象是大肠和肝脏。 我会使用7天清肠排毒系统。主要是由可溶及不可溶的纤维加上益生菌，还有一些中草药，象奶蓟草，蒲公英根，蒜头，山楂果，五味子，迷迭香，绿茶叶，姜黄根及菜心，菜花，芥兰花等等以帮助大肠的蠕动及肝脏排毒。

七天中，少吃或尽量不吃高蛋白及油腻的食物。大量使用蔬菜，水果。 我会指导大家如何做。

七天后，如果你从来没有排过毒，你可能会掉几磅。同时也会提高免疫力及减少 口臭。

如果你有兴趣参加7天排毒活动，请告诉我。

祝好！

鲁老师

For the stuffing, I usually cook a pot of rice with equal amount of sticky rice and normal rice.  Chop organs from the turkey, make some 肉丝，香菇丝，葱， 姜， and whatever you’d like to put in, stir fry first. Mix with rice well, make it more saltier than you’d like it to be, since the salty taste will diffuse to turkey and get diluted during baking.  Then stuff the mix into the belly of the turkey.  De-greased neck is another place you could stuff.  Seal the stuffed belly and neck with clips or threads.  This stuffing has been very popular among my family and friends.

We also save the bones to make the soup, just add some 白菜和粉丝。

That’s it.  Enjoy the turkey dinner and the holiday!  Gobble, gobble!