Kaatsu training

i just found some article about Kaatsu training in English. Let me introduce some here. (info about Kaatsu training.)

Muscle size and strength are increased following walk training with restricted venous blood flow from the leg muscle, KAATSU-walk training

Low-intensity resistance training with restricted muscular venous blood flow (KAATSU) causes muscle hypertrophy and strength gain. To investigate the effects of daily physical activity combined with KAATSU, we examined the acute and chronic effects of walk training with and without KAATSU on MRI-measured muscle size and maximum dynamic (1-RM) and isometric strength, along with blood hormonal parameters. Nine men performed KAATSU-walk training and 9 men performed walk training alone (Control-walk). Training was conducted 2 times/day, 6 days/week for 3 weeks using 5 sets of 2-min bout (treadmill speed at 50 m/min), with a 1-min rest between bouts. Mean oxygen uptake (VO₂) during KAATSU-walk and Control-walk exercise were 19.5 ± 3.6% and 17.2 ± 3.1% of treadmill-determined VO₂ max, respectively. Serum growth hormone was elevated (P<0.01) after acute KAATSU-walk exercise, but not in Control-walk exercise. MRI-measured thigh muscle cross-sectional area and muscle volume increased 4~7%, and 1-RM and maximum isometric strength increased 8~10% in the KAATSU-walk group. There was no change in muscle size and dynamic and isometric strength in the Control-walk group.Indicators of muscle damage (creatine kinase and myoglobin) and resting anabolic hormones did not change in both groups. The results suggest that the combination of leg muscle blood flow restriction with slow-walk training induces muscle hypertrophy and strength gain despite the minimal level of exercise intensity. KAATSU-walk training may be a potentially useful method for promoting muscle hypertrophy covering in a wide range of the population, including the frail and elderly.
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/01267.2005v1

Genetics testing kit

I am interested in genetics testing kit for diet. By sending some small mucosa from mouth to laboratory, you will get to know

- What kind of body type you are.

- What kind of diet you are suitable for.

Apple type

You have too much fat on internal organ.

Big stomach

You might like carb, sugar, or alcohol.

Not good at digesting sugar.

Pear type

Your lower part is bigger than upper.

You might like fried stuff or creamy stuff.

Not good at digesting fat.

Banana Type

You may be slim, but one you gain fat, you have hard time losing it.

Adam & Eve type

Life style is more important more than genetic

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I found US version of this kind too.

http://www.inherenthealth.com/our-tests/weight-management.aspx

Small Big eater's secret

In Japan, there are many small sized but big eaters.

One of the most famous food fighters in the US is Takeru Kobayahi, Japanese guy, a member of the International Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). He held the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years, and holds several other eating records, and is ranked second in the world for competitive eating according to the International Federation of Competitive Eating.

This gal is another food fighter. She is so skinny.

By the way, what is such food fighters' secret?

In regular people, after starting eating, satiety center is stimulated, and  blood sugar level is elevated.

But their satiety center is not stimulated, and blood sugar level is still low, which means they are still hungry.

Food taken goes into stomach, intestine, and taken out as feces, so quickly. She does feces 6-7 times per day!!!

In her feces, 2-4 times more bifidus than regular people was found. 

brown fat cell  is cell to burn energy. When you feel cold, your brown fat cell starts burning energy to increase heat. In her case, while eating, her brown fat cell increases very highly.

How can we copy such brown fat cell function?

Train your brown fat cell, by repeating cold and hot shower! 

How to make Bento

Ingredients for Bento
(serves 1)

- Potato Salad -
40g Potato (1.41 oz)
10g Carrot (0.35 oz)
400cc Water (1.69 u.s. cup)
1/2 tsp Salt
4cm Cucumber (1.57 inch)
A pinch of Salt
1 tbsp Sweet Corn
1/2 tsp Vinegar
A pinch of Sugar
A pinch of Black Pepper
1 tsp Mayonnaise

1 Cherry Tomato

- Chicken Karaage -
50g Chicken (1.76 oz)
2/3 tbs Kimchi Base
or 1/2 Soy Sauce + 1/2 Sake + Grated Garlic
1 tsp Potato Starch
Frying Oil

- Honey Glazed Pumpkin -
40g Pumpkin (1.41 oz)
Honey
Toasted Black Sesame Seeds

1/8 Apple

- Onigiri -
140g Fresh Steamed Rice (4.94 oz)
Noritama Furikake - Egg & Seaweed
Yukari Furikake - Red Shiso Leaf
2 sheets of 19×5cm Toasted Nori (7.5x2 inch)

- Spinach Tamagoyaki -
1 Egg
40g Spinach (1.41 oz)
1 tsp Soy Sauce

1 Vienna Sausage
1/2 tsp Oil

**Trick to make bento in the busy morning is preparing the ingredients the night before or using premade ingredients from the market.

** Recently, bento regained its popularity in Japan for its safe and balanced diet and many Japanese bring their own bento to school and work.

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Basal body temperature

Recently, people's basal body temperature has been becoming lower.

Ideal basal body temperature is around 36.5C, 97.7F.

If it rises by 1C, 33.8F, your immunity gets 6 times stronger!

BUT, if it gets lower by 1C, 33.8F,

immunity gets weaker by 40%.

basal metabolism gets lower by 12%.

enzyme function gets weaker by 50%.

If it is below 35C, 95F, cancer cell can be born.

Therefore, it is important to keep your body warm.

- Do not drink too much cold drink.

- Wear enough all the time.

- Do not eat sweet too much.

- Do not use air conditioner too much.

- Exercise enough.

What is not in cosmetics

When you choose cosmetics, what is not in is important.

Basically, skin is supposed to to egest old stuff out, which is called skin's turn over.

In addition, skin has barrier so that foreign object does not penetrate in the skin.

Therefore, topical treatment by cosmetics is less important than balanced diet.

The best cosmetics for you is your natural blood which carries  necessary nutrition, which comes from your food intake.

Nowadays, there are so many cosmetics including synthetic stuff, which destroy the skin's natural barrier function. One of the worst ingredients is "Synthetic Surfactant". There are 2000-3000 kinds of this, so impossible to distinguish what is what? in ingredient list. So, the best thing you can do is to find trustworthy cosmetics brand.

These are demonstration about how bad synthetic stuff in cosmetics is.

How to make Miso Soup with Seaweed

Let's make Miso Soup with Seaweed. Miso includes phyto estrogen, which is great for menopause.

- Miso
- Dry Seaweed
- Dashi powder
- Tofu
- Veggies (your choice)

Boil water

Add Miso

 Add Dashi Powder

 Cut vegetables

 Add Tofu

Add veggies














Add more veggies

 Add dry seaweed

That's it!


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Taking bath is good!

Japanese love onsen (hot spring)! Even monkey take onsen!

















Let me introduce some funny types of bath.

If you do not have bath tube, use drum!

If you do not have water, use sand!

Japanse Stone bed spa (Ganbanyoku) is now availabe in Las Vegas Aria Resort and Casio too!

3 features of taking bath!

- Warming body reduces fatigue.

By warming body, it delates blood vessels, to make the blood flow smoother. So, this removes waste matrial and lactic acid, to reduce stress and fatigue.

HSP*, Heat Shock Protein, is also expected.

(* HPS is proteins whose expression is increased when cells are exposed to elevated temperatures or other stress. HPS repairs damaged cell, strengthens immunity, and slows down lactic acid incidence. In other words, HPS is good for anti aging.)

- Better circulation by water pressure.

The water pressure in bath pushes up blood from legs and stimulate heart activity.

- Buoyance effect reduces body weight to 1/10. This relaxes your muscle and mind.

Synthetic polymer

In addition to synthetic surfactant, there is another harmful ingredient which is common in many cosmetics.

Synthetic polymer!!

This stays on the skin, and it is not easy to rinse away. So by having this polymer on the skin long time, your skin's environment gets destroyed. In other words, this guy kills good inhabitant on the skin!!

This is a kind of clear plastic food wrap, so if you use cosmetics including this, that means you have food wrap substance on the skin. You might feel your skin gets smoother, but it is just because of the synthetic wrap.

Let's stop using food wrap on the skin!

Skin fasting

Have you tried fasting? Fasting is a good way to detox toxins from the body.

The same thing is applicable to your skin too.

Our skin is exposed to skincare products, UV block, make up and more all the time, so it is important togive the skin a break (fast) some times.

Try sleeping one night without any skincare products, at least once a week.

This will help strengthen your skin's recovery power.

Mrs. Japan over 40

Japanese magazine did Mrs. Japan over 40 contest!

The winner was 41 years old woman. She looks fabulous.

She was the 2nd winner. She looks 20's. 

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