A couple weeks ago I wrote about flu shots and gave my opinion of them. If you missed

them you can retrieve them on this blog.

Anyway, one of the Furey Faithful wrote to tell me that he was leery of my advice against flu shots because he takes the NY subway each day and comes in contact with a lot of germs on hand rails, etc.

He has a seemingly good point. After all, all of us know that there are a ton of sick people out there – and we think that if we don’t get a little extra insurance in the form of a shot – then maybe we’ll end up Flu’d in as well.

Added to this is the annual claim that a single flu strain is responsible for 30,000 deaths per year – or more.

Tis a big fat whopper, me thinks. If you’d like to know why – then scamper on over to this website and seewhat you think.

Added to the whopper of 30,000+ dying per year from the flu – the other thing you are never told is that the flu vaccines being given don’t even protect you from most of the flu strains floating around. Well over 50% of the strains are not contained in the vaccine.

And so what if they were. Chances are, just as I discovered in 1981, if you get a flu shot you may INCREASE your chance of getting the flu.

So what to do to increase your chances of not getting a cold or flu this year.

Answer: Eat foods that increase the heat in your body and gobble up unhealthy bacteria before it can turn into a breakdown.

In the November issue of my monthly newsletter, sent by mail, I listed six SuperFoods that will greatly assist you in fighting off the cold and flu bugs. And if you happen to get sick – I think these will have you back on your feet faster than over the counter medicines.

Yet, of all six SuperFoods mentioned, there is one that I recommend more than all the others. In fact,

if you start feeling even a bit off, if you ingest a few morsels of this substance, you will immediately begin feeling much, much better.

I don’t just say this to take up space or to sell a product. I say this because it has proven true in my experience – as well as the experience of my teachers in China.

Although the Nov. newsletter has already gone out, I can have it emailed to you at no charge if you become a member of the Furey Faithful today.

I will even let you know which one of the six foods you will want to make sure you eat to heat up your system and nuke pathogens in your system faster than the other five SuperFoods combined.

This information will be posted on the discussion forum for the site within the next couple days.

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I’m back from China – where I get up early each day and exercise.

This prompts the question: When do you train when you’re back in the U.S. – on a different time zone.

Answer: When I get up in the morning.

Being I usually arise sometime between six and nine a.m. – the time varies – but the habit doesn’t.

I believe as the Chinese do, that exercise in the early morning is best. That’s when the cosmic chi is strongest – it’s also when the world is the quietest.

At the same time I realize that many people won’t exercise at all if I am inflexible in my approach. And so, if afternoon or evening works better for you – you’re far better off training at those times as opposed to not at all.

In fact, if you train first thing in the morning – and do something else later in the day, you’ll progress even faster and feel better, too.

And so, if you’re reading this email and you haven’t done anything physical yet, other than shower and brush your teeth, then drop down and do a set of Hindu pushups and a round of Hindu Squats. It’ll make a difference in how you feel the rest of today – guaranteed.

Matt Furey

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Imagine that you’re in your mid-40’s or 50’s and you just had both your hips replaced.

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Matt Furey

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Yesterday was a highlight in my life. I was escorted by a private party to visit the place where Lao Tzu – author of the Tao Te Ching – lived when he wrote this immortal classic.

It is also where my Chinese kung fu teacher, Master Liu, once lived. It is where he was taught a series of energetic fighting forms that were passed down from one master to one student for over 2,000 years.

18 months ago Master Liu took me on as his student. Yesterday he gave me a couple gifts, one of which is over 500 years old – that was given to him by his teacher – and so on – for many generations.

Almost no one knows about this ancient space – or that Lao Tzu and Confucius used to meet here to talk.

When we got there in the morning Master Liu showed me the place where he practiced each day, then, before a small group of friends, he asked me to demonstrate what he’s taught me.

Talk about being put on the spot. I knew he’d want me to demonstrate power – not just go through the motions – and I thought to myself, “I’m not warmed up yet.”

Regardless, I took off my jacket and watch and stood in the place where he and his teacher and his teacher’s teachers trained for so many years. Then I began to move and breathe. At once I felt energy surge through my body that I never felt while training anywhere else. It was incredible.

When I finished the group applauded, and the abbot at the temple said to my brother-in-law, but not to me, that I had a lot of internal power.

If she said this to me directly I would have said, “Nothing compared to later. Only a little right now.”

Standing in the very steps of Lao Tzu, Confucius and my teacher, and his teachers – waaaaah, what a gift. I will treasure this memory my whole life.

Much more to tell you about in a book I’m writing about this trip. Details coming in a couple weeks.

What’s the takeaway from today’s message: Continually look for as well as remember the things in life that give you and have given you great feelings of grace, gratitude, love and enthusiasm. And bring these things to the forefront of your mind. Recall them often and your life will move forward, cybernetically, in seen and unseen ways – that are currently unimaginable.

18 months ago if you told me I’d be where I was yesterday, I wouldn’t know what to say. Today, I do. And it’s…

Thank you. Thank you. THANK YOU.

Best,

Ma Tai

(my first name in Chinese)

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I just thought of something. A lot of people put off moving closer to their goals during the Holiday Season. The focus of many can be summed up with the phrase, “Next year I’ll get started on that.”

It’s sort of a Christmas-time version of what Dr. Denis Waitley called the “someday isle” syndrome.

Someday I’ll get on an exercise program and take this extra flab off. But someday never comes.

Someday I’ll focus on what’s important to me. And someday never comes.

It’s putting off today until tomorrow.

Well, why not consider changing gears. Instead of waiting for the New Year to make a resolution – why not resolve today to put your foot down, zip up your energy suit and begin kicking ass.

All you need to do to get started on your upward path to success is say “YES” to yourself and to your future.

This three-letter word – Y-E-S, is far more helpful than the typical “Oh no,” rummaging through most peoples’ minds.

Say YES to yourself. YES to a better life. YES to improved health and well-being. And YES to a bright future.

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Matt Furey

P.S. We’re getting ready to send out invitations to my closed-door 2009 Fitness Seminar. If you’ve attended in the past and/or would like to be considered for admission (limited to 50 and 25 are already enrolled) – then drop me an email and we’ll see what we can do.