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Best Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao, A ‘Food of the Gods’ Rankings, Benefits & More

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Shrub-like trees, 12 to 26 feet in height known as the Theobroma cacao, produces a hard-shelled outer casing to protect the precious and sacred bean. A tree produces the cacao seed or bean, that is used to make chocolate, cocoa butter, and several other foods and health-related products.

The cacao tree is native to Central and South America, and it is one of the stronger trees I have observed, able to withstand and live in harmony with several plant species in close proximity.

When Christopher Colombus, or Christopher Colon, first discovered the Americas in 1502 he shared a cacao beverage with Montezuma, who reportedly drank a lot of the chocolate drink.

Wild cacao today still grows in the foothills of the Andes, in the Amazon, and Orinoco basins of South America, and in Colombia and Venezuela.

Evidence suggests that cacao had been consumed largely by every civilization in those regions from Aztecs to Mayans to Incas and all the way back to the Olmec civilization.

According to legend, Quetzacoatl (ket za koh AH tul), the Aztec God of Vegetation, came to our world with a cocoa tree and taught the mortals how to cultivate cocoa and make a drink out of its beans. Legend has it that this made the other Gods furious, and cast him out of paradise for sharing the sacred drink with humans. When he left our world, he vowed he would return, and it is thought that the promise would bring with it tremendous consequences for the Aztecs, or our world.

Some accounts tell that Montezuma and his circle drank 60 beverages a day and an extra one for when a lady friend was to come to visit. Certain accounts indicate that women were prohibited from drinking the elixir. This Food of the Gods, in this time, was mixed with chili peppers.

Cacao trees grow in a limited geographical zone, of about 20° to the north and south of the Equator. Nearly 70% of the world crop today is grown in West Africa. The cacao plant was first given its botanical name by Swedish natural scientist Carl Linnaeus in his original classification of the plant kingdom, where he called it Theobroma (“food of the gods”) cacao. [1]

To live in these times you had to be tough, your ad to be strong, you had to have strong foods.

XOCOLATL: (SHOW-CO-LA-TIL)

The word for Chocolate. The word ‘chocolate’ is said to come from the Mayan word ‘xocolatl’ which means ‘bitter water.’

This substance was a legend to be taught and given by God. The most exact version XOCOLATL of as I can tell:

  1. Remove beans from cocoa pods.
  2. Ferment and dry them.
  3. Roast them on a griddle until done.
  4. Remove the shells and grind the seeds into a fine paste.
  5. Mix paste with water, chili peppers, and cornmeal.
  6. Pour the resulting concoction back and forth from pot to cup until frothy foam develops on top.
  7. Serve with pride in finely decorated earthenware cups.

This food gets its name ‘of the Gods,’ in English by way of Carl Linnaeus’ translation whom the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau sent by way of a messenger, “tell him I know no greater man on earth.”

The German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote about Carl Linnaeus, “with the exception of Shakespeare and Spinoza, I know no one among the no longer living who has influenced me more strongly.” Swedish author August Strindberg wrote that “Linnaeus was, in reality, a poet who happened to become a naturalist”.

Among other compliments, Linnaeus has been called Princeps botanicorum (Prince of Botanists), “The Pliny of the North,” and “The Second Adam”. He is also considered to be one of the founders of modern ecology.

When the Aztecs conquered the Mayans, they were forced to pay taxes to the Aztecs. These taxes were called “tributes” and they were paid in cocoa, so the Aztecs, who couldn’t grow their own cocoa, would always have a supply.

Cocoa beans were kept in lockboxes in homes and in businesses, and some enterprising Aztecs actually made counterfeit cocoa beans.

I should mention the previous and neighboring Incan Empire may have very well operated on and expanded with, the participles of charity and giving back to the land, and helping thy neighbor as thy self. It is told that Patchacutec grew this Empire by teaching new things and bestowing great charities, a true leader. We could use one like him today. Montezuma was also documented to be a good man, honorable, and martyred.

Not far from where I write this to you nowhere in Panama, a Harvard University study found, that the Kuna Yalla people living on the islands suffered fewer cancers, or heart disease cases than those not living on the San Blas islands and taking a cocoa-based drink regularly.

Theobromine and caffeine are the stimulant chemicals in cacao. The beans contain between 0.1% and 0.7% caffeine, whereas dry coffee beans are about 1.2% caffeine. Generally, cocoa is considered to be a rich source of antioxidants such as procyanidins and flavanoids, which may impart anti-aging and anti-cancer properties. [2, A]

Chocolate and cacao are so important to my diet I must have the absolute best chocolate.

CHOCOLATE RANKINGS

1. Wild Cocoa Powder

 

Wild Cocoa is a well-made bag of extra fine cocoa granules packaged in a perfect backpacking pouch that boasts all the features I am interested in with a cacao chocolate product, such as Non-GMO, USDA Organic, Non-dutched, Natural cold process, Vegan and Paleo-friendly.

We found out from the company that in cacao there is about ~10-12mg caffeine per 1 TBSP.

Here is the Mayan Powder if that is what you are going for, I personally have found it very helpful to coffee addicts and hard workers alike and a great modern supplement and alternative.

Rated highly by over 400 customers on Amazon this choice product from where the cacao crop originates (Peru) won our best chocolate rating due to market popularity, price, and company information. This company produces a wide range of healthy products I would not mind having in the medicine cabinet.

 

 

2. Wicked Dark Chocolate Bar

 

Having a ready to go bar that someone put a lot of time into and made sure to create purely is a valuable commodity. For this reason, I have ranked this well-made product among the best chocolate sources.

 

 

3. TRU VIBE Do it Now Cacao

 

The creating tribe has gained a great reputation with this product, one of the boasts intrinsic impregnating of positive energy through symbolism and intent which is actually real science that most companies don-t dare to mention. For this bold statement towards dynamic understanding and the price and high Amazon rating, I rank this cart-worthy product.

 

 

4. El Ceibo Bolivian Chocolate

 

 

While supplies are not as abundant with this Bolivian product, when in stock it is a great option to source 100% pure cacao from Bolivia. I like this bulk buy option, that is a fair price in the end to get a great product from a great ancient chocolate location rarely offering products to the U.S. This company has done a quality job in putting together a quality export and we all know the economy is in need of as much support as possible there, not to mention I like to go for the bulk buy with all my athletic clients and all.

 

 

5. Kiva Ecuadorian Cacao

 

 

 

This “Amazon’s Choice” product is well priced, and a good solid source from Ecuador. I am always after a diversity of nutritional sources, and these ‘criollo’ beans featured here represent a rare 1% of the world’s production. For those who like to give a good history and sound top shelf as they serve hot or cold morning cups to the clan, this is the choice for you.

Priced within normal cacao pricing, the 16oz / 454 grams of powder in this travel-ready pouch will work out great for enhanced energy and heart health during the next month or so.

 

 

6. Best Naturals

 

 

 

This Best Naturals bag has some of the highest reviews in the game. The two-pound bag makes it desirable for an extended trip or an extended stay for a couple or family. The money-back-guarantee, and price drop for the extra pound make this chocolate choice a ranked one.

 

 

7. Freedom Superfoods

 

 

This order in the morning get it in the afternoon cacao product by Freedom Superfoods, has excellent reviews, is low in cadmium (a cadmium a score of 0.66 ppm which is a A+++ rating), and is sourced from the Dominican Republic. Being Sourced from this island has the likely hood guarantee of being far from mining operations that could leech heavy metals and other discernable ingredients found present in certain cacao beans, into soils.

 

 

8. KOS Cacao Powder

 

 

 

While a little pricey, those who are rough with their packs like I am or prefer a harder container, this company has a good reputation.

 

 

9. Lili’s Chips

 

If your looking for those little chocolate chips you remember as a kid from the cookies, for snaking and baking elegantly sweetened with stevia, and no sugar, this is the product for you.

 

 

10. Lily’s Bars

 

 

If you want some bars to stick in the freezer or the rucksack, these are them. Stevia sweetened no sugar dark chocolate bars, at a very affordable price. Shipped in a twelve-pack this product is well worth adding to the cart.

 

 

CHOCOLATE BENEFITS

Strong species, of super fruit, the tree’s and the nutrients are robust and powerful. Many revere the cacao fruit to be a superfood. The highs in magnesium, calcium, zinc, and iron make it a perfect strong man’s food. [3,A]

Chocolate helps the consumer digest other foods, and this is a key benefit to those adhering to principles of the Nutritional Diversity diet [4].

The prevalence of hypertension among the San Blas islanders population is a very low 2.2% and blood pressure does not increase with age there. The population there also experiences lower rates of diabetes mellitus, myocardial infarction, stroke, and cancer than mainland Panamanians. [2a]

Improves heart health; researchers globally who studied cocoa flavanols mechanistic pathways have agreed that cocoa flavonoids—in vitro and through animal models—upregulate enzymes that act as a vasodilator of the coronary arteries. [5]

Chocolate proves to be a healthy medium for probiotic bacteria. [6]

A special study with elite football players determined that diets strategically containing cocoa phenols could relieve oxidative stress and muscle injury. The antioxidative effects induced by cocoa-derived polyphenols were also confirmed on skeletal muscle cells in vitro. [7]

Anticancer compounds [.]

 

CHOCOLATE SIDE EFFECTS

Too much, or too late in the day and you could up for a while. You could experience nausea, and headache, dizziness, and an intense buzz. This being said many, especially in this region, partake of the chocolate cleanse ceremony, an experience where mass chocolate consumption is meant to help away from the unneeded and become purer.

 

CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE

They like the shade, they produce more shaded you can grow them in the sun; just grow a vine on top of them. I grow it from seed all over the farm, several varieties, one of which was planted by my Dear Uncle Bo who started our farm, Rest in Peace.

Total muscle food. I can feel it opening up my flow channels inside the muscle, a small pump can come just from eating chocolate. I eat chocolate throughout the first half of my day on a regular, as it has a kick and has caffeine and so if you eat it too late in the day it can make it hard to sleep. I like to sleep early so I can get up early – this is the main power move of my nutritional arsenal, and all action is nutrition, so is the sunrise.

 

CHOCOLATE DISCUSSION

I am blessed to have a lot of access to great, raw chocolate, here in Panama. It comes in chunks, ready to be mixed down with whatever else into whatever blend more palatable for whatever consumer, si se quere.

It is a stimulant, on one farm in Central America that I learned at, the guy had well-replaced coffee each morning with hot chocolate. I thought that was smart, and now the idea of switching is becoming more and more popular, especially because of the added heart benefits. When I was there he was working on a way to get the chocolate into a fine enough powder to assimilate. The electric heavy duty coffee grinder I brought back is what we successfully used in this case. I have it on my to-do list to recreate the Mayan cornmeal, chili pepper concoction, and maybe visit the San Blas Islands to see how the drink is made today.

I have often included the papery leaves (red, young) in Nutritional Diversity blends and cooked dishes. I reason in part, lots of cocoa plant consumption in how much the plant was appreciated by pre- Colombian culture.

Where I grew up in Albuquerque New Mexico, we ate “Green Chile” on everything. Fast food chains had to adopt the specific genus of chili pepper preserved in Hatch, a Pueblo town whose entire economy is based on the supply of this food to all New Mexican residents. Could this be a lineage of the same pepper seen in Mayan art?

 

CHOCOLATE FAQ

Q. Where is the cacao tree originating from?

A. The cacao tree is native to the deep tropical regions of Mesoamerica.

 

Q. What form of the cacao tree is it?

A. The cacao tree is a small, 4–8 m (13–26 ft) tall evergreen tree in the Malvaceae family

 

Q. What well known nutritional contents does cacao possess?

A. Cacao has copious varied content of minerals, such as calcium, copper, sodium, magnesium, iron, zinc, potassium, and phosphorus.

 

Q. How are fruits of cacao trees normally used?

A. The cacao fruit pod contains seeds and are referred to as beans enveloped in a white pulp. The seeds are the main ingredient of chocolate. The pulp can be used to prepare juice, smoothies, jelly, and cream, etc.

 

Q. How does a cacao tree look?

A. Leaves of cacao plants are alternate, entire, unlobed and the flowers cluster directly on the trunk and older branches. The fruit (pod) is ovoid.

 

Q. When does the cacao tree plant blossom?

A. The flowers grow in clusters all year round on the leafless trunk.

 

Q. Which countries yield the most production of cacao?

A. In 2018, global production of cocoa beans was 5.3 million tons, topped by the Ivory Coast with 37% of the total and trailed behind by Ghana and Indonesia.

 

Q. Does cacao provide antioxidants?

A. Cacao is very rich in cocoa flavanols which is a plant-based antioxidant. Scientific studies have shown that it supports some health benefits ranging from reducing tiredness and fatigue to improving heart health, cognitive function, and regulating blood pressure.

 

Q. Does cacao help in digestion?

A. Certainly, cacao contains fiber which is tantamount to helping gastrointestinal action.

 

Q. How does cacao contribute to body growth?

A. Cacao is a source of protein that encourages muscle growth.

 

Q. How does cacao benefit muscular and neurological function?

A. Cacao consists of potassium which is essential to maintain good muscular and neurological function.

 

Q. How does cacao aid in energy metabolism and healthy psychological function, bones, and teeth?

A. Through magnesium that is an ingredient in the composition of its nutrients, cacao provides that particular benefit.

 

Q. Is cacao anti-inflammatory?

A. Cacao contains polyphenols which is another source of antioxidants that are believed to reduce inflammation.

 

Q. Does cacao regulate blood pressure?

A. Due to the presence of polyphenols, cacao reduces blood pressure and regulates cholesterol and blood sugar levels.

 

Q. How does flavanols in cocoa help in reducing blood pressure?

A. The flavanols in cocoa are believed to ameliorate nitric oxide levels in the blood, which can improve the function of the blood vessels and reduce blood pressure as a result.

 

Q. Does the consumption of cacao lower the risk of heart failure?

A. Two studies have shown that chocolate consumption is correlated to a lower rate of heart failure at the correct dosage of one serving of 0.7–1.1 ounces (19–30 grams) of chocolate per day.

 

Q. Does cacao play a role in good brain functioning?

A. Various studies have found that polyphenols, contained in cocoa, may lower the risk of neurodegenerative diseases by enhancing brain function and blood flow. Moreover, flavanols in cocoa can buttress neuron production to provide good brain function.

 

Q. How does cacao regulate mood swings and depression?

A. A study on chocolate intake and stress levels in pregnant women found that more frequent consumption of chocolate was related to reduced stress and improved mood in babies.

 

Q. Does cacao help in diabetes?

A. Some studies have indicated that higher consumption of flavanols, such as those from cocoa, can result in a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

 

Q. Consumption of cacao can help asthma as well?

A. Extract from cocoa has shown definitive anti-asthmatic properties in animal studies but human trials have yet to be conducted before being suggested as a treatment.

 

 

CHOCOLATE RECAP

SUPERFOOD. Helps energy levels, brain activity, muscle growth, getting away from coffee, helps the heart and even the mood of babies is helped by the maternal consumption of the superpowerful creation.

This seed-based creation we do eat.

 

Just give me the best cocoa.

 

RELATED MATERIAL

These related materials would good in a chocolate cacao concoction!

  1. Hot Pepper
  2. Damiana
  3. Ambrosia
  4. Cannabis

 

Published Originally April 27, 2017, Updated October 4, 2017, Sep 7, 2019

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Best Cordyceps Mushrooms, Benefits & Experience

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Best cordyceps mushrooms are a genus of parasitic fungi that grows on the larvae of insects that have been mentioned since the days of old Ancient Chinese herbal literature and used over Centuries as the cure to 21 different ailments in total. [1]

They work as fungi that attack their insect host body and as the larvae grow the slender stems that grow inside and outside the being take control of the caterpillar or other host and guide the creature into a dark damp place where it can go into a spore production cycle fulfilling the final biological destiny of procreation.

Here at our study center in Panama, we call it “Zombie Powder,” and only effective stuff earns nicknames around this place. It is a Zombie stamina increase too; the substance will definitely help keep you going, in our experience.

Since we started incorporating these fungi in our routine we clearly incorporated an output multiplier as several performance markers really went up across the board for testers, namely stamina for non-endurance athletes. This is in our own research and testing and only this way can one really come up with accurate consumption guidelines.

“If you want to put it out, you have to put it in.”

The remains of the insect and fungi are then hand-collected, dried, and used to treat fatigue, sickness, kidney disease, and low sex drive.

The best cordyceps mushroom supplements on the market today usually do not include the insects and are grown using alternative mediums.

Ophiocordyceps sinensis (renamed 2007), Sphaeria sinensis grows on the larvae of the caterpillar Hepialus armoricanus Oberthur. Traditionally the caterpillar and the fungi are consumed together.

best cordyceps

There could be several different versions of the particular species, such as those collected in Bhutan. [2]

I often wonder in the garden if extreme strength or ability can be made from the foundation of extreme nutrition – of course, it does.

Nutritional Biodiversity Diet Model Basic: Our entire idea here is to form a minimum of 60 species, highly diverse, strategicly designed nutrition plans derived from non-monoculture cropping systems, and measure up dramatic increases in performance

Okay, let’s get into the best cordyceps mushroom supplements available.

 

BENEFITS

Lab tests and Centuries of use suggest the best cordyceps promote anti-aging and sustained youthfulness, exercise performance enhancements, and heart health.

Several great athletic tests have gone on with this fungi species and the clear result of performance enhancement is there! It’s great also because we get to see a model for our own athletic nutrition testing of the NDdiet. (x)

Best cordyceps athletic test findings support the belief held in China that Cs-4 could improve oxygen uptake or aerobic capacity and ventilation function and resistance to fatigue of elderly people in exercise. [3] This is a great supplement for older people.

Cordyceps have effects on both innate body immunity and adaptive immunity, furthermore, cordyceps also feature a modulatory effect on the stomach’s overall immune system, which may further influence systemic immune function. These same scientific examinations and studies show cordyceps fungi types to be anti-tumor acting medicine, as well as protective effects to the kidneys and anti-hypoglycemic effects.  [4]

Swimming tests confirm fatigue resistance and I am a big long-distance ocean swimmer, so this is important to me. [5]

 

SIDE EFFECTS

There is a wealth of testimony out there now to the great effects that these best cordyceps are having on people. There are not too many side effects reported and the amount of existing documentation for studying use is immense. [9]

You may not want to take the best cordyceps if you have a myelogenous type of cancer such as AML or CML. Cordyceps mushrooms have been shown to increase the proliferation of red blood precursor cells, who arise from the same lineage as the cells that cause myelogenous cancers.

Or, if you are taking insulin or other blood-glucose-lowering medications as cordyceps may have an additive hypoglycemic effect and so blood glucose should be monitored.

If a drug is taken that has a “blood-thinning” activity, cordyceps may further increase the risk of heavy bleeding. [6]

Likely recognized initially for the appearance of animal transformation into a plant, this fungi-insect relationship as a food has been thoroughly investigated and used in ancient Asian cultures. [7]

Learning and memory improvements were dynamically shown through supplementation animal testing describes as

This is an interesting study where model, where learning and memory impairment was established via injection of scopolamine hydrobromide and the effects of different doses of Cordyceps polypeptide, delivered intra-gastrically were investigated physical tests such as a maze, the measurement of several biological indexes in the serum, and brain tissue of the mice, and the identification of differentially expressed genes and the related cellular signaling pathways. The results showed that Cordyceps polypeptide could improve learning and memory. [8]

Drink more water while taking a cordyceps supplement.

 

EXPERIENCE

There are some indications that cordyceps fermentation could produce a much more stunning set of results. Possibly cordyceps kombucha is a worthwhile experiment for the team. [x]

Abstractly, when I think of how the next generation spores would find new caterpillars, it must be a combination of intelligently chasing new colonies of the caterpillars with the zombie caterpillar body and maybe even intelligent flight of the spore to the new larvae? It’s hard to imagine a species of fungi that survives this way. Such an incredible species it’s no doubt the two possess together such marvelous medical miracles.

Our cordyceps experience is just beginning, but we will be sure to update this section as that experience grows in knowledge, scientific confirmations, and new discoveries.

Powdered cordyceps should not be mixed with oils, and should be mixed with dense fiber foods that can bind to the powder. Blend thoroughly.

A dose too heavy can cause intestinal pains and constipation.

I had some candy-coated cashews the other day that tasted just like them. Someone gave them to me, as I haven’t not been doing seed foods for a few years now.

It has been noticed that one week to 30-day intensive consumption has great benefit, and it has been felt that 30days could be the best end of the cycle for this consumable.

We find the substance most favorable for running and swimming.

 

DISCUSSION

With the best cordyceps product ranking, we were very pleased to find great availability for this lesser-known and lesser emphasized age-old superfood.

Bulk Supplements Company is a great supplier of pure well-made and authentic supplements and they offer a cordyceps product that we tried and it was amazing! Very effective athletic performance supplement we are very thankful to have in the “go box.”

General user satisfaction is exceptionally high with this product among all manufacturers we ranked.

Update! Today November 17, 2019, as an ode to Paul Stamens and hearty thanks for his new book to include the shared discovery of the mycelial brain networks on the Joe Rogan Experience (#1385); we talk benefits, the best cordyceps available and possible benefits and side effects that come with their use.

 

FAQ

 

Q. What is cordyceps?

A. Cordyceps is a type of fungi that comprises 400 species.

 

Q. Where are cordyceps mostly distributed geographically?

A. The cordyceps species are abundant and diverse in humid temperate and tropical forests.

 

Q. Has cordyceps fungi long been a part of Chinese and Tibetan medicinal recipes?

A. Cordyceps has long been used in traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicine for treating diarrhea, headache, cough, rheumatism, liver disease, kidney disease.

 

Q. Which species are commonly used?

A. Two in particular are commonly used as ingredients in the medicine. They are cordyceps sinesis and Cordyceps militaris.

 

Q. What is a typical cordyceps life cycle?

A. Typical cordyceps life cycle initiates with its spores falling on the insect and then the spore will germinate and small thread-like filaments called hyphae will begin to grow inside the insect and turn into mycelium. Subsequently, the host is completely consumed and a blade-like mushroom will protrude from the insect’s head. The mushroom will then release spores and the life cycle will restart.

 

Q. Does each species of cordyceps adapt only to a specific host type?

A. Every species of cordyceps normally target a specific type of insect.

 

Q. What is cordyceps sinensis?

A. Cordyceps Sinensis targets the host of caterpillars of the Hepialus moth.

 

Q. What properties does cordyceps sinensis possess?

A. Cordyceps is a type of medicinal mushroom said to offer antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits

 

Q. What distinct effect does cordyceps have on our body?

A. Cordyceps serves to boost energy in our body naturally. It has been demonstrated by many high-performance athletes who consume cordyceps.

 

Q. Is cordyceps good for diabetes?

A. Cordyceps has long been used as a Chinese traditional treatment for diabetes.

 

Q. Does consumption of cordyceps helps to regulate blood pressure?

A. Cordyceps has potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, which may help prevent or treat high blood pressure.

 

Q. Does cordyceps play a role in improving respiratory function?

A. Cordyceps extract can relax airway constriction and help sufferers alleviate moderate to severe asthma.

 

Q. Does cordyceps possess anti-cancer properties?

A. A particular scientific research study has claimed that cordyceps extract was able to cause cell death in breast cancer cells in test tube studies.

 

Q. Is cordyceps safe for short-term use?

A. Though there may exist some mild signs of side effects, consumption for short-term use is generally regarded as safe.

 

Q. Are there other precautions for using cordyceps?

A. People on diabetes medications may steer clear of cordyceps as the combined use may cause blood sugar to drop too much.

 

Q. What about patients who suffer from bleeding disorders? Should they heed its use?

A. People who are taking blood anticoagulants or anti-clotting drugs may avoid taking cordyceps.

 

Q. What forms are typically available for cordyceps?

A. Cordyceps is available in capsule, tablet, or powder forms. Dried whole mushrooms can also be found online for purchase.

 

Q. How are different forms being used?

A. Tinctures and extracts are made out of whole cordyceps and powdered cordyceps can be mixed into smoothies and protein shakes, or brewed as a tea infusion.

 

Q. What should we look out for when purchasing cordyceps?

A. Cordyceps supplements labeled as yeast-free are good since they are unlikely to be contaminated with molds.

 

Q. Are the best cordyceps lab-grown copies?

A. The great thing about fungi is it is really easy to be procreational because fungi spores grow well with calculated nutrition and a good environment it could even be argued that a cordyceps growing environment enhanced by humans would produce even better more powerful strains and more potent fungi.

 

RECAP

Joe Rogan likes them.

Go slow and in small increments. Drink lots of water.

Try messing around with a ferment. 💎

 

Hey just give me the best stuff.

 

RELATED MATERIAL

The related material below is a natural performance stack for use with the best cordyceps.

  1. Best Water
  2. Best Serrapeptase
  3. Best Damiana
  4. Best Honey
  5. Best Ashwagandha

 

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Ultimate Fighters Are Considered Ultimate Athletes : What is the Ultimate MMA Diet!?

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As the sport of Ultimate Fighting, otherwise known as Mixed Martial Arts or MMA for short, grows in popularity, many sports enthusiasts have described the fighters as ultimate athletes. A sport where players take more risks and get put to more demanding tests than other athletes in other sports. This kind of ultimate performance should have a more robust diet then too. Let’s check out what could be some of the best MMA diet information ever constructed.

Just so happens we can tell you the ultimate diet, that no one quite has sited in yet. Also, the ultimate fitness & nutrition coaching that you need.

Here is a fun one for you, we asked the A.I. to build us the ultimate diet for a UFC fighter.

Here is what it gave us:

Designing a diet plan for a UFC fighter requires careful consideration of their training intensity, weight class goals, and individual needs. Here’s a sample diet plan that can serve as a starting point. However, it’s important for the fighter to consult with a sports nutritionist or dietitian to tailor the plan to their specific requirements.

Note: This sample diet plan assumes the fighter is in a training camp and has a moderate to high training volume.

 

Meal 1 – Breakfast:

  • Oatmeal with mixed berries, nuts, and a scoop of protein powder.
  • Whole-grain toast with avocado.
  • Scrambled eggs with spinach and bell peppers.
  • Freshly squeezed orange juice or water.

Meal 2 – Mid-Morning Snack:

  • Greek yogurt with honey and sliced bananas.
  • Handful of almonds or mixed nuts.

Meal 3 – Lunch:

  • Grilled chicken breast or lean turkey.
  • Quinoa or brown rice.
  • Steamed vegetables (broccoli, carrots, asparagus).
  • Side salad with mixed greens and olive oil vinaigrette.

Meal 4 – Afternoon Snack:

  • Rice cakes with almond butter.
  • Carrot and celery sticks with hummus.

Meal 5 – Pre-Training:

  • Grilled fish (salmon, tuna) or lean beef.
  • Sweet potatoes or whole-grain pasta.
  • Steamed or grilled mixed vegetables.
  • A small serving of fruit (apple, pear).

Meal 6 – Post-Training:

  • Whey protein shake with water.
  • Banana or other easily digestible carbohydrate source.

Meal 7 – Dinner:

  • Lean protein source (chicken, turkey, fish) or plant-based protein.
  • Quinoa or brown rice.
  • Steamed or sautéed vegetables.
  • Mixed salad with a variety of colorful veggies.

Meal 8 – Evening Snack:

  • Cottage cheese with mixed berries.
  • Herbal tea or water.

Important Nutritional Considerations:

  • Hydration: Stay hydrated throughout the day by drinking water regularly.
  • Protein: Ensure sufficient protein intake to support muscle recovery and growth.
  • Carbohydrates: Include complex carbohydrates to fuel training sessions and replenish glycogen stores.
  • Fats: Incorporate healthy fats from sources like avocados, nuts, seeds, and olive oil.
  • Vitamins and Minerals: Eat a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables for essential vitamins and minerals.
  • Timing: Consume a balanced meal containing protein and carbohydrates before and after training.
  • Weight Management: If cutting weight for a specific class, consult with a nutritionist to create a safe and effective weight-cutting strategy.

Remember, every fighter’s body is different, so it’s crucial to adjust the plan based on individual preferences, training intensity, and dietary requirements. Regular monitoring and adjustments, preferably with the guidance of a professional, are essential for optimal performance and health.

 

The extreme performance and extreme nutritional need make it very interesting for a nutritional botanist concerned with athletics such as myself to look at these fighters’ diets. Over the course of this year, I have taken an in-depth look at two of the ‘ultimate, MMA guys,’ their diets, and their hired nutritionists. I have also discussed how the Nutritional Diversity diet can help establish a baseline guarantee of nutritional coverage for any athlete and any fighter.

I can talk about MMA cause I have done it my whole life, on the pavement too many times for free!  I am born and raised in Albuquerque – to the bone -, and I am personally coming out of the most victorious MMA camp in the world.

I can talk about diet cause I work currently in Panama on the cutting edge diet today in the world.

Remember that without enough water, your performance, your results, and your technique will not improve!

Us real people we like to hear from people who do it and not just say it. I prefer someone who says nothing and does their work dependably over all other types. Speaking of too much gab – let’s get to it.

Finding the Ultimate MMA Diet is not so easy…

What is the best MMA diet to have behind you to support killer MMA training? What would it take diet-wise to step training to a new level?

MMA fighters suffer serious injuries regularly, and they need to have all the bases covered. If what they say about your nutrition being the largest part of your success and performance is true, what exact nutrition plan will I employ?

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. -Muhhamed Ali

Whether or not you are an MMA fan, you have to admit a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter is a tested athlete who must be dexterous, and well rounded on stamina and strength, well engaged in mindful focus, that must be fast and able to switch gears and rhythms on the flash.

His or her joints and bones need lots of support both nutritionally and conditionally to take that kind of beating they take in the ring or octagon.

A fighters mind needs to be firing on all pins to see and defend the diverse set of attacks that could be coming at them.

Fighter Diet

Clearly, when it comes to the pro’s and doing things right in this MMA sport, the MMA diet nutrition has to be a science. Many nutritionists, trainers, and athletes claim food is the biggest part of the equation contributing to the final performance.

This science of biology and food conversion is ultimately a science of love, and of how to take optimal care of ourselves. To start,  I want to take a look at what I can find out about what these top MMA guys out there today eat for their MMA diet, and see about getting together the beginnings of an Ultimate MMA Diet plan that could even improve existing performance all on its own. This is what the ND biodiverse food study is all about.

John Jones & Loutrition Diet

John Jones, two-time undefeated Light Heavyweight Champion of the UFC with 22 wins, 9 by knockout, 6 by submission, and one loss by disqualification, has been considered by many the greatest MMA fighter of all time (GOAT). John Jones trains at the Greg Jackson-Wink Academy in Albuquerque now and since 2012, and is originally from New York.

I am big Jones fan cause he is the best and he is the smartest and he knows to train on my team. 😉

According to Play it on Point, this is a diet example for Johnny ‘Bones’ Jones. He mentions the use of black rice in his interview, and other ingredients on occasion, of course, not listed below.

Breakfast: 2.5 fl. oz low-fat, plain kefir 0.5 oz (medium) banana 1/2 tbsp peanut butter 1.5 oz oatmeal

Lunch: 21.4 oz water 2.5 oz ground turkey breast – no skin 4.5 eggs – egg whites 2.5 cups spinach 9.5 oz pineapple (9.5 oz) 1/2 tbsp olive oil

Snack Meal: 21 oz water 2.5 oz low-fat, plain Greek yogurt 1/2 cup grapes 3 Brazil nuts

Dinner: 21 oz water 5.5 oz tilapia 1/2 medium lemon 2.5 cups collard greens 2 medium tomatoes 1/2 tbsp olive oil

In one quick video for MMA TV in November of 2015, John sat down to eat a “5x, in 2 weeks meal” of, oatmeal, whole-grain toast, potatoes, blueberries, an omelet, and 2 grilled chicken breasts from the Albuquerque restaurant Flying Star. Interesting to me that three starch and grain foods are eaten together in this portion of his MMA diet.

I don’t know how credible a source or how current the information is above but John Jones told USA Today in April 2016 that he now adheres to the tutelage of nutritionist Louis Giordano, in a highly intelligent well-informed system, a carbohydrate-based diet, where even cake can be eaten, if it is in the correct balance with other foods. He mentions in the article that he realized how wrong he had been eating, and made lots of corrections.

I myself have lost respect, and become disappointed in the UFC, and the U.S. sports commissions being that the king in the game was obviously set up, and a deserved career and deserving fans are all robbed such incredible possibilities. I know being a guy from Jackson’s camp, the likely hood of him knowingly being involved with illegal enhancement substances is so very close to, if not is; no chance.

Good to see Jones back in the cage now, putting down his opponents like the tune never skipped a beat.

Lou Giordano, also known as ‘Loutrition,’ who has worked with several Legendary Fighters such as Dan Henderson, BJ Penn, and Andrei Arlovski, is a major proponent against the dreaded ‘weight cut,’ where a fighter will dehydrate himself to lose ten pounds(or more), and then eat like a goat to try to come back to 100% for the fight. Johnny Hendrix fell places from the title shot he could almost smell, taken out before entering the ring ever, to the hospital from his weight cut, and then hired Giordano also.

Titan FC Fighter Jose Torres, another client of Giordano’s tells Cage Pages that he photographs each meal, and sends notes on his weight and workout, how he felt and other data to the nutrition guru, who would work out his next day that night, keeping a daily balance managed so the fighter stays on point. The guru seems to be a fan of 5 to 6 meals a day.

GSP & Dr. Berardi

George Saint Pierre or GSP for short is another one who is arguably the pound-for-pound greatest of all time. The French-speaking Quebecer, pioneered his MMA career from loved developed from martial arts movies, in a place where not many martial arts were available in the school setting.

GSP holds a mixed martial arts record of 26 wins with 8 knockouts, and 6 submissions, two losses and is the former Welterweight and Middleweight Champion of the UFC.

In 2009 just after defending his title against BJ Penn, GSP hired Dr. John Berardi who is the creator of the Surge recovery product, and the Precision Nutrition team, a fitness software creator and coaching program, which caters heavily to nutritionists and coaches. Dr. Berardi found and recruited two chefs in the area to the team, preparing stuff that looks like this:

– 1 lower carb anytime meal to be eaten whenever you like: 650 calories – 60g protein, 40g carbs, 30g fat
– 1 lower carb anytime meal o be eaten whenever you like: 650 calories – 60g protein, 40g carbs, 30g fat
– 1 high-carb post-exercise meal to be eaten immediately after training (a recipe that can be eaten cold):  700 calories – 60g protein, 100g carbs, 10g fat

“Georges’ baseline menu is about 3200-3500kcal per day, with around 250 grams of protein, 350 grams of carbs, and 100 grams of fat. Post-workout meals are higher in protein and carbs, while being lower in fat, and eaten right after workouts. Evening meals are higher in protein and fat while being low in carbs.”

In the Case of GSP research was easy, and these guys have been very forthcoming with their diet supplements planning. Traditional meal ingredients that are organic are employed to achieve the baseline goals, and are supplemented by 2 Shakes (per day): 1 shake at a time, between meals, mixed with almond milk or water 4 fish oil capsules 1 scoop milk-based protein powder 1 scoop greens supplement 1 cup frozen mixed berries; (282 calories – 18g protein, 25g carbs, 12g fa)t. Before training: ½ protein bar Immediately after training: 1 Surge Recovery drink (330 calories – 25g protein, 44g carbs, 1g fa)t. Followed by a post-workout meal 1 hour later.

Brands are Muscle Milk protein powder from CytoSport, Greens+ from Genuine Health, Flameout fish oil capsules from Biotest. Finbar from Biotest: 125 calories – 7g protein, 20g carbs, 4g fat, Surge Workout Fuel from Biotest: 85 calories – 8g protein, 21g carbs, 0 fat

Approximate Total Baseline Intake: 3104 calories – 256g protein (30%), 315 carbs (40%), 99g fat (30%), and GSP is my size (170-200) so this was cool to see.

Stay tuned for a part two and three, of looking for the best MMA diets.

 

Just for Fun

We do Ju Jitsu so are figuring out the supportive wonder foods…Just for fun

Not knock to Loutrition, or this diet, if this is even still or ever was it (*references below_)..  I am telling ya too that I write this with your eyes and mind in the forefront, I would design a much different thing in person, but many of the names of ingredients are unknown outside of very technical references. In other words I am writing a simple “just for fun,” and for an initial abstract formulation of a serious diet plan down the road for this.

See more about the Panama study where we actually do this here.

(contains meat*)

Breakfast: 2.5 fl. oz low-fat, plain kefir 0.5 oz (medium) banana 1/2 tbsp peanut butter 1.5 oz oatmeal.

I allways wonder if athletes tell it all in interviews

. I am sure they don’t share their best secrets. This is what I might think up for a super diet EXAMPLE and slowly try to refine:

ND DIET EXAMPLE

All Central American Permaculture & wild foods: 1 plantain, 2 leaves culantro, 6 leaves wild zornia, 2 ounces of fresh jackfruit, 4 mangosteen fruit,  1/2 ounce baked vegetable state breadfruit, shredded carrot, and homegrown tomato as a salad.  1/4 ounce ambrosia Peruvianna a.k.a. American ragweed blended with : 1/2 mango fruit and 1 leaf, 1/4 avocado and 1 leaf, 3 leaves cranberry hibiscus, 3 leaves pogonia, 6 leaves mugwort, 2 leaves hogweed, 1 Eugenes Victoriana fruit, 1 starfruit, coconut water, and turkey tail mushroom.  Large mustard leaf and one large kail or turmeric leaf used to role: 1/16 ounce of each lovage leaf, parsley head, and stem, mini shoots wild, gotu kola, and wild clover.

I would alternate this with intermittent fasting sometimes. One day this big breakfast next day intermittent fast. Revving up for a big breakfast in the morning will enhance the effects of the fast.

Lunch: 21.4 oz water 2.5 oz ground turkey breast – no skin 4.5 eggs – egg whites 2.5 cups spinach 9.5 oz pineapple (9.5 oz) 1/2 tbsp olive oil

This is quite a good lunch, and since he has been on it we might as well keep it in place as there is a small adjustment and getting used to sufficient full spectrum Nutritional Diversity diet plans. A couple of things to note are, that pineapples have been worked over, and harshly augmented in many cases – its crucial to get a homegrown pineapple of a more original strain. They are almost always monoculture crops. Also, this has happened to the common “Chiquita” banana.

Snack Meal: 21 oz water 2.5 oz low-fat, plain Greek yogurt 1/2 cup grapes 3 Brazil nuts

Might consider consuming the water at a different time than the food. Might also look at goat cheese, or milk as an alternative to the cow. Or being this is snack meal, throw all that in the blender with coconut and the water from it, a few other nuts, at least 7 different greens, a

20 species of plant leaf, mango and pineapple fruit

few flowers and maybe some cacao or jackfruit.

Dinner: 21 oz water 5.5 oz tilapia 1/2 medium lemon 2.5 cups collard greens 2 medium tomatoes 1/2 tbsp olive oil

Diner pretty good too, again there is a water intake toggle that can be honed, in order to somewhat throttle digestion. It is an important tool, especially for athletes. If the tilapia had a nutritionally diverse diet it’s a better fish. Also, most are blown away at how delicious a rich mix of functionally nutritious wild and select other greens can be. Cooked greens should be at least 50% of a good diet. In a diversity of more than 60, and 10% of it all fresh as appetizer and vitality system activator you have yourself a revolutionary diet in modern times.

ND Super Smoothie

Notes on future study

It’s a sweet daydream of mine, behind the shovel when my mind wanders off, with this “food art,” to work with some pro martial artists, and I wholeheartedly believe any athlete who comes here to the tropics and fully incorporates the complete findings of this biodiverse food study, is bound to have similar results as the 300+ we have observed over the last few years.

The Ultimate MMA Fighters’ & Diet Arts

Thinking in a no-limits fashion, with no vilification of any foods, but with the goal of having a calculated and well-budgeted ingredients list, organized by time of the meal, training sessions, and rest sessions; my thoughts on the diet, and the information and diet plans I am able to find, feel too loose. I find food combinations that I know to fight with each other in my MMA diet research, I find coffee mentioned frequently, I find a lot of repeat information, and seldom anything new. I feel there is too much comfort in modern society with the diet that we called traditional and balanced.

I do feel that diet plans are based on exercise and rest plans, which for an athlete comes first, then the diet should be made up accordingly. Plus with my nutritional diversity knowledge and experience, I wonder how many of these fighters and nutritionists are really getting to know their foods, or are their minds and bodies are constrained to the textbooks, and other modern recommendations that are mostly all inadequate or non-optimal for actual use and competitive application. Some people I am sure would say I am over-complicating things, and the modern balanced diet, and simply eating clean is all you need to focus on. I would say there is a lot that guy does not know.

Clearly today in the modern age we know that humans can live off of absolute garbage almost. We are amazing creatures. That kind of eating takes its toll and has a price, and eating the right way, if we know what that is complete, would in this same completeness produce benefits.

“To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.”

― François de La Rochefoucauld

The art of eating, as a large puzzle piece to the art of fighting, has new horizons in this age of worldwide market availability.

We live in the perfect age to figure it all out. Now is the time! The ultimate mixed martial arts diet intelligence has not yet been fully painted.

I would not begin to think I could just draw it up in this article, but I do want to do is inspire and motivate, the continual formulation of it. Also, we are trying to grow a qualified team, if you have more interest in working with on this diet, enroll in a certification track.

I am working with a good team of guys here on the biodiverse food study in Panama, and we are concentrated heavily on diet study and what works best.

To give some basic questions for MMA fighters to chime in on:

  1. How many times a day do you eat and how far apart are those increments?
  2. How do you measure your calculated meal increments?
  3. Can you list what you may eat in a weak as far as a sum total foods, to include the separate species of, or sources of foods?
  4. Are you familiar with the chemical glyphosate? (honestly, before you looked it up, did you know?)
  5. Are you running on carbohydrates or fats?
  6. How many hours per day do you train heavily? Maybe even describe the workout.
  7. What bone breaks have you experienced? Other injuries?
  8. What kinds of benefits do you imagine you could get from widening the spectrum of nutrition that you ingest? What is the spectrum of species now? List them.

I myself started a log of my own MMA training and MMA diet adventures, a diet and fitness diary with pics, and all the important data, including blood-work, and basic vitals. I started training MMA again this past January (2018) motivated by finding some videos online of kiddo I care about smashing on the mat! I was so overjoyed I had to go roll it out.

Being that I am always on the road these days, I am trying to take some heavy looks at some good, new, diverse, performance supplements too.

Good luck with your training!

Your gym-mate and humble student of MMA & nutrition

The number one thing that would address with supplementation is electrolytes and hydration. Also a good oil.

So for today’s ranking we looked at the best hydrational supplements to have handy in the gym bag.

Let’s Check out the Best MMA Diet Rankings.

MMA DIET RANKINGS

 

MMA DIET BENEFITS

Implementation of a 14-week training program resulted in advantageous changes in participants’ body composition, as well as improvement in the upper limb anaerobic peak power and aerobic fitness of the MMA athletes. [1]

Mental and facial language is learned at a whole new level inside the build-to and face-off times in the ring. [2]

 

MMA DIET SIDE EFFECTS

MMA fighters experience possibly the worst of all injuries in combat sports. [x]

Weight cutting concerns have been evaluated to cause serious injury and kidney damage. [x,x,x]

Water diversity, dynamics and proper salt intake can really help with this.

 

MMA DIET EXPERIENCE

We do this.

 

MMA DIET DISCUSSION

The number one thing is hydration today. The modern diet does lack protein and calcium and al everything really but people are answering to that with the best performance supplements man has ever had.

At the end of the day NDdiet formulas are going to be the best performance diet and best MMA diet.

 

MMA DIET FAQ

 

Q. What nutrient groups should I focus on the most?

A. To start calcium, bone, and joint stuff, then move into hydrational elements, making sure you have a diverse amount of good well-sourced waters coming in, electro lights and amino acids, make sure you are getting sufficient nutrition.

I recommend next a protein and a glutamine supplement and or nutritional focus. See the proper way to take supplements.

Next, I really recommend the best focus supplement or even better all-natural permaculture-based nutritional plan.

 

Q. Where can I find this “permaculture?”

A. You may not have heard the term but its a big one. Look it up  I am sure there is one in your area, if not far away. Inherently these permanent -culture installations are some of the happiest, most balanced most willing to get their produce-to-you people ever. They likely can also grow on request.

Do you really like how this sounds? You can be the nutritional DJ for your gym, make a little money and have the best full-coverage nutrition around you. All you need is the permaculturist(s).

 

Q. What is the best grocery store stuff I can get now and make the best MMA diet with that?

A. You need to read this.

 

Q. What kinds of things would make the best MMA diet better?

A. Great question. Kombucha is one thing that would make the best MMA diet better by enhancing the nutrient uptake from the existing diet plan and maybe even allowing for the expansion of it.

The best hydrational supplements really do help, they also keep the immune system running well and hydration is vital to life, performance, and recovery. Whatever is not sufficiently hydrated will not perform, it will age, it may die and you will not get the results you want. This goes from the cellular to the whole muscle to the whole body.

MMA training is some of the hardest training which means heavy depletion.

 

MMA DIET RECAP

Expend a lot, eat a lot, rest a lot, HYDRATE.

Build your NDdiet.

 

MMA DIET RELATED MATERIAL

  1. Check Out Best Work-Out Supplements
  2. Best Water
  3. Best Joint Health
  4. Best Turmeric
  5. Best Breathwork
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Additional References,

Media References Pages:

  1. abqjournal.com/440117/duke-city-a-dominant-force-in-mma.html
  2. usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2016/04/22/jon-jones-ovince-saint-preux-ufc-197-weigh-in/83414838/
  3. piop.net/jon-jones-diet/
  4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Jones
  5. mmafighting.com/2016/1/26/9834136/johny-hendricks-hires-nutritionist-vows-to-improve-weight-cut-ive
  6. tim.blog/2013/01/27/eating-with-ufc-champion-georges-st-pierre-the-diet-he-used-to-transform-himself-2/
  7. cagepages.com/2016/03/04/titan-fc-37-jose-torres-using-loutrition-for-weight-cut/
  8. businessinsider.com/ufc-boss-dana-white-expects-jon-jones-to-fight-this-year-2018-1

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Water is one of the most important resources for all life. Without it, we don’t exist. If a once-living being loses all water, it is dead, biologically speaking at least it is in a state of decomposition. Water quality for the living is #1 for the home, so make sure to get the best water filter for you and your loved ones!

The U.S. and many other centrally distributed, large city water plants around the world, have been tested to show some alarming substances. As the word of this and the knowledge about city water contamination spreads, people become more and more interested in the very important endeavor of finding a way to clean that up.

I want to clean it up for myself too and convey the message to loved ones about how important the water we consume is, which includes a few recommended home water solutions.

The most recent article growth is rooted in the AquaTrue Countertop Water Purification Station. Well, that and..

Water is #1

Just like with the Nutritional Diversity Diet, there is a sourcing issue, and if we can get a great source there is no need for costly devices, many times great sources come by delivery in large 5-gallon plastic containers. We just hope no chemicals from the plastics are released as they get hot in the transport trucks.

Water in U.S. homes and homes around the world has turned out to be at many times contaminated, with serious contaminants such as heavy metals,  microfiber

sundown from our front dock at the Hailey Farm

plastics, harsh chemicals, even pharmaceuticals, and caustic sediment matter.

The number one thing to health is water, and there must be some things residents can do to clean it up for themselves and for their loved ones.

“Built into my world of convenience, I stand for the city water service to put a high amount of chlorine in the water for sanitary purposes which then goes into and all over my body each day.

I have to get to work and do some meaningless task, and I don’t have time to read this piece on water. I need to get ready and jump in my shower that kills my skin each day, and I go on day in and day out ignoring the fact that I drink chemicals I can smell coming from the top of my glass.

Could the chemicals themselves have something to do with the lackadaisical manner in which I let myself consume poisons both from my tap and my local grocer?”

It may seem like a far-fetched question, or an over-exaggeration of a simple sanitary function until Pharmaceutical substances were found in tests done by the United States Environmental Protection Agency that revealed in all 50 samples of the study, conducted across each of the 50 states existed positive results for several drugs.

Most of the medications discovered there lower blood pressure, except for Carbamazepine which is used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and epilepsy.

It is arguable whether high blood pressure is indicative of health risk, everyone who exercises maintains a high-pressure accepting system because of the intensely high blood pressure they experience during their times of exercise. It is also arguable that lowering blood pressure with pharmaceuticals is much like sedating people, which technically one could consider it to do.

For the number #1 resource of my family; I would like to improve the water quality in my life and in the lives of those I love. Let’s check out the top ten best water filters.

WATER FILTER RANKINGS

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WATER FILTER BENEFITS

Clean water.  No toxicity and bleach.

 

WATER FILTER SIDE EFFECTS

A little work and investment.

There have been cases where bacteria build-in filters. In a clean system, with no outside contamination, this could be a good thing. [x]

Toxic algae growth had “tap water banned” this past 2017 in Toledo Ohio. [NYT]

 

WATER FILTER EXPERIENCE

You may hear terms “reverse osmosis, multi-staged,” and things like “xxPSI, “xPVC,” but don’t worry getting someone to help you with this stuff should be easy, thanks to our world of convenience where most people don’t do anything for themselves, most fellas, who are really poor will know their way around these terms and need $20 to help fit you out with something. You know he helps you, you help him. There we go…. now we are moving….

For drinking, it is recommended as the best water filter, that the gravity fed, counter-top type be used. They are a little more in price as the other option of an in-line filter but historically they produce the cleanest filtered drinking water when it comes to dealing with the city supply as the water source. I myself use both, the inline and the gravity, why not. In fact, I also use Ozone water treatment on about 35-65% of the water I drink.

The field installs the best water filter system inline style, traditionally is not that complicated and usually a lot cheaper to purchase or create.

A series of sealed tanks can be set up one with rock, one with sand, one with charcoal even, on to the final holding tank where water draws into the final delivery system. Sometimes before the tap will put a few string filters which usually do good to pick up the micro sediment stuff if at all passes, whereas you can inspect these easily and know exactly what is coming through the main filtration set up.  If your system is spring water, or roof collected, a little bit of the sediment may even be good for you.

Whatever which way, it is time to stop ingesting the chemicals primarily chlorine and fluoride that seem to be present in most city water supplies. I would like to stop showering with them too.

There has been one product that has stood above the rest in the removal of the chemicals and that is the gravity-fed, Big Berkey Water Purification countertop system with fluoride filter add-on. Next in this counter-top gravity line of hot stuff I recommend is the Nikken PiWater system. I work with both of these systems, and the primary differences are Nikken’s attempt to imitate a prime water structure using handpicked elements and information from around the world in a plastic case that allows light to enter, whereas the Big Berkey is stainless steel in construction, and is the United States’ most popular solution. Depending on what divine water information you may be looking at, in wanting to work on your water more you can juggle the two or do like me and get one for home, and one for office.

Also cheaply done, is a multi-stage inline system, that filters water for the entire home, water going into toilets, showers, air coolers, will all be cleaner with one of these. I say for around $250-$850 installed go ahead and hook the house or apartment up with one. Then there is the under-the-sink inline system, which works for a few taps that people want to get cleaner water from without waiting for it to cycle through the countertop gravity filters. Some companies make a nice shower filter that installs right at the shower line, stays there in line and filters water from the shower.

Water Ionizer is what many medical patients prefer and using this device which is rather expensive the user can make both more acidic and more alkaline water adjustable to their preference and based on their supply. There is a lot of arguing about this but ionic charges likely do play some part.

Then, of course, the frontier way to know your good is to boil the water. Some say distilled is the way to do it, that is all a whole other conversation, very deeply described in the complete ND Diet text. I have seen some permaculturists throw a rock or two or a few into the pot while cooking water, believing that it helps re-mineralize it, especially when rain collects.

Spring mear a city or industry is also likely contaminated I know arsenic was present in underground desert aquifers where I am from, there have been brow-raising radiation tests there also. In a place where much of the National Weapons developments and tests are made to include the first nuclear bomb building, where the dream team of scientists operated, I guess this should not be so shocking.

All of these home water solutions are better than nothing, with your city water supply. Ultimately another source would be better here companies have started selling the large 5-gallon waters harvested from spring sites for $5.oo, and many people pay that, it is good business. The city water supply is the one that most needs home water treatment. Certain U.S. city water taps have been found from toxic to flammable and I can only imagine what the effects must be like sitting down here in pretty Panama, where I still have to go through the motions to get good clean water in my cup. Anything centrally distributed like this is inherently open to being poisoned and hurting a lot of people.

Certain individuals myself included notice, and believe in the science class idea that chemical separation and evaporation of a lesser substance will take place in an open container. Refrigeration, cold, or heat may play their part if they exist but over time in any condition, the lesser substance should move to the top, and be the first to evaporate.

We used to fill glass bottles with water and place them in the sun for a bit, then move them to the fridge hoping that this process would be quickened. Sun does clean the water. After a day of hard sun here in Bocas del Toro, Panama, the nice gulf outside our study center

Along the way, I met a man who explained to me that he would put a lemon, a lime, a leaf of mint, and a quartz crystal into a glass picture and place in the sun. He said with honesty that he found it to be more fulfilling water. Low and behold, I found a ton of research to support this idea. There is even internal UV light featuring products advertised, in the water purification market.

Distillation is a heavily debated process regarding drinking water, but it is pure water technically. Andrew Norton Webber, says distilled water has helped him retain several youthful qualities and achieve health from an episode of sickness, and many others agree. Certain schools of thought caution that the mineral-less water may help remove toxins, but help remove from the body some vital elements also. Rainwater also gets the mineral leaching criticism, and over time drinking from a rainwater tank, and not entering the sea, one could start to feel this maybe, although it could be something else.

In my humble experience, my best water days were some from mountain spring, some from rain collection, some distilled and all filtered to some degree, and many servings of water treated with many different treatments, such as adding a few orange slices.

Most water recommends in our mainstream education recommend far too little water consumption, while our military training is more correct, and that water up, never have yellow coming out.

Nutritional Diversity, key principles are my guiding light in this water respect also, and that is; diversity of the best sources and structures available is best for optimal human performance.

A Deeper Look Into Water: Intro to Water Physics & Metaphysics

Somewhere in this crazy complex journey (I fail as of now to bang out on the keys in a complete story) of mine, I found the work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, who photographed flash-frozen water crystal structures, and spawned the practice of thanking, playing music for and praying to water. Thank your water. I thank you. If you look at this research you will too. If you think about this long and hard, realizing that we ourselves are three-fourths water, and the plant’s and living essences around us all have one thing in common and that is water; you too will see from the good doctor’s very recent research, that an attitude of gratitude will overcome most of the issue.

While Maseru’s critiques are plenty-full, anyone who has been around the snow has seen these shapes before, even if their skepticism is out of balance with trying to hear about Mr. Emoto’s hippy ideas. Just listen to nature, ask God, and try it out see if it helps you to feel differently.

Mr. Emoto offers a highly duplicated on Youtube way to find the same type of results using some damp rice in three different jars treating one harshly and writing the word hate on the glass with a Sharpie marker, the next in a different area of your space write love, and treat it each morning with a hug and a kiss, the third doesn’t write anything, don’t pay it any mind, ever. This particular experiment reveals each time reflectively a terrible moldy cancer on the ignored, and slight moldy cancer on the hated and the best condition on the loved. Obviously make sure all the rice is the same, and clean and the jars are clean..

WATER FILTER DISCUSSION

Here we discuss the best water supply and the best water filter units and what matters to the best water filter consumers.

Too many harmful chemicals have been found to exist in, and likely do exist right now in water that you drink and shower with every day. Any damage caused by this stuff is going to need to be repaired and that energy is going to come off your game-time peak performance.

Chemical-free was the number one member group survey benefit from these filters, chemical-free water was also the number one desired benefit from ND information.

Performance and health upgrade number one – the best water filter that, takes out chemicals, lead, and plastic microfibers.

Lead and pharmaceuticals have no place in our bodies, and they are something to deal with physiologically, neurologically, and spiritually. To have the organic experience we were destined to have we must clean up the toxic water that dulls and detracts from our lives.

This is the starting place for upgrading health in family life, and we wanted to make sure to get products ranked families can afford. The rankings did conclude with a full spectrum of price ranges.

Pure water is priceless.

 

WATER FILTER FAQ

 

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Q. Does it make sense to use the two best water filter systems?

A. Definitely. I use my own sand filters out in the line before I receive it into the house where I have the I Spring 6 Stage and then a couple of different countertop devices. Water diversity is best. I saw a diverse set of treatments is also smart. We do a rock soup, ozone, distilled, and a “life water” process too.

 

Q. What is the best way to filter tap water?

A. The best singular way is debatable but we can be sure a diversity of great water sources is best. Distilled, carbon-filtered, or reverse osmosis are the most popular ways people purify or filter tap water. UV light boxes and O3gas treatments are other ways.

This article has covered both reverse osmosis and carbon filtered. There are links below in ‘related material’ for other purification methods.

 

Q.  Do the best water filter systems always work?

A.  No. If they are not cleaned that becomes more of a danger than a help. Clean and care for gear. Only have the gear you need. Drink water diversity.

 

 

WATER FILTER RECAP

City water is the worst. There are things we can do to clean it up for our loved ones and that is what we should do.

 

Just give me the best water filter, please.

 

 

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