Flip Flops & Yerba

There's nothing like a summertime with fresh fruits, good music and nice people around you..well maybe there is something better, however I haven't experienced such a thing yet. As the philosopher Reggae Watts said once "I've seen, as much as I've seen" :))

That's why all the things I'm thankful for, in today's list would be somehow related to summer and/or holidays.

Today I came up with these three things I am greatful for  :

1. Yerba Mate :)) Getting up at 6, staying awake for 18 hours each day and being effective throughout the day in every single task seemed impossible and insurmountable task for me without coffee.....I had to have this nice cup of espresso every single morning until the day I discovered this amazing thing called Yerba Mate :) As I've mentioned earlier, I really love all sorts of teas, from Black Ceylon Oolongs to Green Chinese and even Peruvian herbs. But there's always been this issue with the small amount of caffeine in tea and not being able to stay fully energised and awake even after a few cups of tea. Coffee on the other hand made me dehydrated and exhausted after longer period of time. And that's when I started looking for an alternative, which to my amazement smelled good, had a great taste and didn't have as many side effects as coffee. Of course that was Yerba Mate. Appart from great taste and fatigue reduction, Mate tea is known to reduce appetite and blood pressure, break the fat cells to some extend, increase libido, contain anti-oxidants and more than 50 amino-acids, deliver more oxygen to the heart and lungs while working out and many many other beneficial things.

A big credit to all those who sell Yerba Mate, give instructions on how to prepare it properly and generally speaking to all Yerba Mate lovers!

2. Flip flops :) Probably no need to write an entire story about how/when/where I discovered how comfortable and nice these are :) All I can say, is that if I had to choose between regular slippers, sandals, boat shoes and flip flops, I would without a doubt choose filp flops :)

 I don't even know who the guy on the picture is, but I really love the combination of jeans, shirt and flip flops ;D

3. Diets and Fasts
Now before anyone could start thinking about weightloss and getting a "hollywood-beach-jason-statham-halle-berry-blablabla" body, that's definately not the point I want to make here. This third thing I'm thankful for - diets and fasts is more about taking care of your body and health, a holistic approach and principle behind short-term goals. For me it all started many years ago, when I tried "apple 3 day detox diet", that made me realise a couple of things. Firstly, I found out that our bodies are not just getting older and starting to look "older" as the time passes, but they're accumulating a big proportion of what we actually think is absorbed. In other words, the energy you need is absorbed and the rest is accumulated by the body, not only in form of fat, but also in different types of kidney stones and other unpleasant stuff. It's like brushing your teeth - you do it constantly, on regular basis, but it doesn't automatically mean that you don't need to visit your dentist from time to time. Same goes for body and eating habbits.

So I'm really happy that nowadays people are getting more educated on this subject whilst the healthy lifestyle along with eating healthy food is promoted all over the world. Personally, I've tried the mentioned above "3 days detox" , and a "WaiDiet", that requires you to eat mainly fruits and raw fish. I'm also aiming to try Paleo Diet someday. Mainly I do it out of curiosity, buy who knows, maybe one day, as famous author and athlete Dan Millman I will turn to vegan lifestyle.

That's all for today, as usual I add a quote to start a good Monday tomorrow :

“The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.” 
― Dan Millman,

Take care everybody, and of course,
Have some fun :P

Bryvus