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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:50 pm Post subject: |
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ChopChaeJoe wrote: |
Vegetarianism is pretty cool. I've tried it, but never stuck to it. |
I can't get through a morning without meat. |
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luvnpeas
Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Location: somewhere i have never travelled
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Is there any vegetarian stamina food?
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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the_beaver wrote: |
ChopChaeJoe wrote: |
Vegetarianism is pretty cool. I've tried it, but never stuck to it. |
I can't get through a morning without meat. |
I can go days without food, and I rarely if ever eat breakfast. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject: |
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Herbal viagra? ... Korean ginseng is a good natural stimulant - Back in the U.S. I found that I could drive very long distances without getting sleepy by taking various ginseng pills...
I usually can't get started in the morning (and last till lunch...) without eating something kind of heavy like whole grain bagels, cream cheese, and orange juice...
In Korea, grilled tofu sandwiches (whole grain bread) with sprouts and hot sauce and/or mustard and tomato slice is very filling ...
My favorite lacto-vegetarian meal (prepared in about five minutes...) is pita-bread pizzas using those Korean iron grill things that look like rectangular waffle irons. Just place a pita bread, on grill over medium-high heat, place thick slices of Tillamook Pepper Jack cheese on it, close cover for a minute or so till cheese is mostly melted, then add a few tablespoons of Classico Tomato Basil sauce (best price at Lotte supermarket) sprinkle on some oregano leaves, close cover and cook for another minute or so - then turn off heat, but don't open the grill for another couple minutes - then eat (and repeat the process till you're stuffed...)
The Ayurveda recommends drinkng water before eating - and eating only half the amount you want to eat to fill up - so that your stomach will be filled with aproximately one-quarter liquid, one-quarter air, and one-half solid food...
(Personally, I just double those amounts - so my stomach gets twice as big ...) |
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ChopChaeJoe
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Location: Seoul
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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Yohimbe(sp?) is a vegetarian stamina herb, in the sexual sense of stamina. Or just get viagra, how much meat could possibly be in that little blue pill? |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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hey, rteach where can I read up on the ayruveda. I'm not ready to make the vegan plunge, but I recognize their influence on medicine and would like to study it. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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I don't have any books on it (nor have I ever had any ...) Actually, from browsing the Internet, I've seen a couple references to avurveda being introduced into Korea via Buddhist monks in the 6th century. Possibly, some of the herbal medicines they make up at traditional Oriental clinics in Korea (like Jaseng...) has assimilated some of that knowledge (or maybe not...)
My advice is to avoid any "ayurvedic" treatment or consultation that's high priced. Apparently the field is rife with quacks, con artists, and shady business enterprises trying to capitalize on westerners needing and/or seeking alternative therapies.
A New York ayurvedic clinic is charging $325.00 for an initial consutation.
http://niam.com/corp-web/AVMedConsult.htm ...
This other website with pretty pictures and some useful information offers an on-line "personal" consultation for $29.95. http://www.ayurveda-herbs.com/ayurveda-nutshell.htm but I'd be wary of that one also. In India you can probably get a consultation for free and intensive treatments at avurvedic retreats are relatively cheap.
Probably the best one (out of the ten or so I've checked...) on-line is this one - http://www.holisticonline.com/ayurveda/ayv_home.htm - unless there are hidden charges that I haven't noticed...
Of course, try Kyobo, Youngpoon, and What the Book - you can at least look over what they've got - if anything. Thailand book stores have much more - plus they have some ayurvedic clinics...
The foreign food store in Itaewon usually carries an ayurvedic elixir - or supplement of some sort - called Chyawanprash ... It's made by the Dabur company which claims over 100 years of experience of "authentic Ayurveda" ... It contains over 49 natural ingredients, including Amla - one of the highest sources of Vitamin C - and a kg. of it costs 14,000 won. Recommended dosage is one-to-two teaspoons a day, depending on age... |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Location: Suwon
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Do you mean the grocers by wolfhounds or the red door, or the one up by what the book? |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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The one near "What's the Book?" - with the large black and white sign, FOREIGN FOOD MARKET ... |
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Czarjorge
Joined: 01 May 2007 Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:46 am Post subject: |
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I'm sorry, but I need to take a moment to take a piss...
Great thinkers may have been veggies, but...
Great Artists have often been syphilitic. Should I get syphilis to be a better writer? |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Well, it might be best to become a better thinker first ... |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003 Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:02 am Post subject: |
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luvnpeas wrote: |
Is there any vegetarian stamina food?
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Who needs it? |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Location: Land of Morning Clam
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Rteacher wrote: |
I don't accept that portrayal of Jesus as authentic. It doesn't ring true at all. It is very difficult, I think, to find authentic versions of the Bible not adulterated by.... self-serving religionists. |
lol |
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Location: Korea
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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You left out Billy Idol. |
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Bramble
Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Location: National treasures need homes
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:56 pm Post subject: |
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Draz wrote: |
Rteacher wrote: |
I don't accept that portrayal of Jesus as authentic. It doesn't ring true at all. It is very difficult, I think, to find authentic versions of the Bible not adulterated by.... self-serving religionists. |
lol |
Where does this quote come from? Which portrayal of Jesus? |
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