small calamansi, HUGE benefits!

Calamondin or Calamansi (scientific name: Citrus ×microcarpa) is a fruit tree in the family Rutaceae

Rutaceae

Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family, is a family of flowering plants, usually placed in the order Sapindales.Species of the family generally have flowers that divide into four or five parts, usually with strong scents...

 that was developed in and is very popular throughout Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India and north of Australia...

, especially the Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

, where it is most commonly used for cooking. In the west it is variously known as acid orange, calamondin orange, Chinese Orange or Panama orange. In the Philippines it is called calamansi/kalamansî in Tagalog or the Filipino

Filipino language

Filipino is a register of the Tagalog language used as the national language of the Philippines and, along with English, is one of two official languages designated in the 1987 Philippine Constitution. A large number of Spanish, Kapampangan, and English loanwords exist in the vocabulary...

 lingua franca, and limonsito in Cebuano.

It is a shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants can be either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

 or small tree

Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

 growing to 3–6 m, and bears small citrus fruit used to flavor foods and drinks.


To us filipinos, it is staple in our kitchen.
I would like to give credit on this to my Doctor, Dr. Tam Mateo the Philippines first Naturapathic Doctor and a Cancer Specialist.(I'll give the address and contact number of Dr. Tam, for those who are interested to try and be healed through holistic medicine techniques).

As part of my daily protocol, he then advice me to drink 1 glass of lukewarm water with 10-15 calamansi every morning (6:30 am) then another 1 glass of lukewarm water. (  I hear you guys murmuring...^^)
A CALAMANSI IN THE MORING? BIG YES!
HOW ABOUT THE ACID? I'll explain it to you...Aside from many uses of calamansi, from food condiments,stain removal, for the skin, etc....this is the main reason I religiously drink it early in the morning...

- It helps, detoxify the liver

-Promotes weight loss! 

-Flush out the remaining residue from intestine(especially those from our unhealthy years!)

- Prevents diabetes

- Also helps better blood circulation

-Good for those who have IBM (makes you popo! ^^)

-Gives and leave to our body the alkaline effect (not acid) that's why its good for those who have cancer

-Why lukewarm water?( it's good to our blood circulation in the morning, from sleep the blood form "LATAK".)

There were endless benefits from our little friend calamansi, sorry I cant post it all..hehehe

TIP: If you want some extra flavor and some extra health benefits of your water(actually heard it from Donita Rose). Put one calamansi on your one glass of drinking water, voila! alkalized water already.

I must say, very dutiful but,  as they say " The road to a Healthy Body is not that easy"

HAPPY VEGAN DAY!

 As I promised, here's the address and contact No. of Dr. Tam:

Metrowalk Commercial Complex

Outlet 20 Bldg. A

Meralco Ave., Pasig City

Metro Manila, Philippines

Telephone

+63 2 470-5553

+63 2 470-1418

+63 2 401-1608

+63 2 401-1609

Mobile Nos.

+63 921 592-0908

+63 917 846-0546

+63 917 951-8529

E-mail.

drtam_mateo@yahoo.com

Main Office

Living Food Phils., Inc.

433 F. Legaspi St.,

Maybunga, Pasig City

Metro Manila, Philippines

Telephone

+63 2 900-0547 to 49

+63 2 643-3309 to 10

Mobile Nos.

+63 917 951-8529

+63 921 592-0908

Dr. Tam’s Health Products

(House of Cleansing)

Tiendesitas

Delicasies Village

J. Vargas Corner C-5

Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City

Metro Manila, Philippines

Telephone

+63 2 633-9877

Mobile Nos.

+63 921-592-0908

+63 917-846-0546

  

types of vegetarian

Why Vegan? and not vegetarian? hmmmmmmm... my friend asked....
One thing that people dont understand is that there are different types of vegetarians. Each has has its own reason for choosing their diet and the reasons exactly determine what foods they want to eliminate. Here's a brief definition of each type of vegetarian..Which type are you? ^^

• Total Vegetarians eat only plant food. They do not eat any animal foods, including fish, eggs, dairy products, and honey.
• Vegans not only omit all animal products from their diets, but they also eliminate them from the rest of their life. Vegans use nothing from animals, such as leather, wool, and silk. 
• Lacto-Vegetarians will include dairy products into their diet of plant food.
• Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarians eat both eggs and dairy products.  
• Pesco-Vegetarians include fish into their diets. 
• Pollo-Vegetarians eat poultry, such as chicken, turkey, and duck.  

So the next time you sit next to a self proclaimed vegetarian , you can identify which type are they base on what they eat.

HAPPY VEGAN DAY!

the kind life

So this is it! my first post on my first blog!
One reason why i created this blog, is to share my simple thoughts and some of my inspiration on being a vegan.
If you want to inspire a bit about cruelty -free lifestyle, better check out alicia silverstone www.thekindlife.com
she open my mind about what life and nature can offer to all of us. That you can be vegan in your own simple way.
I'm challenging you all to atleast give it a try, a week without a meat, hmmmmm....why not?

And please check out alicia's garden too.

Me myself wants to start a garden soon, so better check it out here.
Here's some of alicia's photo and her garden.

I'll post simple local finds ingredients (Manila) recipes, so that we beginners can share some great tasting recipes.
 I may share some tips and rules of healthy eating, juice recipes and raw recipes.
Thanks for dropping by! Happy vegan day to all!