Be Healthy and Enjoy a Better Quality of Life
According to Lyon, “Give and receive four hugs a day.” Why? Research shows that hugging makes you live longer. Human beings need touch. It “soothes and calms us,” Lyon said. “It brings down that reactive arousal system that can get activated when we feel threatened in any way and especially in stressful situations.” And hugs don’t have to be just of the human type dogs and cats count too.
Read this post until the end. You’ll be glad you did. If you’re trying to determining whether or not you should look further into diagnostic medical sonography schools or you’re simply looking to improve your health regimen, the information presented in this article will be sure to help. After reading this post, you just might be shocked by how much you learn. The strategies below may change the health of your body for the rest of your life.
Your mind is like a broadcast station in that your thoughts produce feelings that send biochemical messages all the way to your cells and out to your immediate environment and ultimately the universe. These messages can help or harm you, they can serve as obstacles or help you get more of what you want out of life. Too often, thoughts go on automatic formed from early childhood experiences. First, become more aware of your thoughts, and then substitute those that harm you with more life affirming thoughts.
Switch it up so that you keep it interesting and don’t be afraid to try new things. According to the Ayurveda, the old Indian science of healing, the rotation of its nutritional habits not only fortifies the immunological system, but can also can protect you from the majority of the diseases. Wheat grass for example, not the first thing you may think of in the morning, however, wheat grass set your body into an alkaline state which makes disease and disorders struggle to survive. Shake it up and try new things in your diet that you might otherwise think to try. You might just find a new fav!
Vegetables are chockfull of vital nutrients and most of us do not get enough of them. Make them half of every single meal. Get your veggies in the morning by tossing them into an omelet. At lunch and dinner, eat more veggie-based salads and soups; divide your plate into two halves with your main course, say chicken or fish, taking up one side and vegetables the other. Click here for more suggestions on getting more vegetables into each of your meals.
This can be a very big and important eye opener for most people. It’s been my experience that people actually eat more than they think or eat more unhealthy foods than they are aware of. We often eat mindlessly and it doesn’t register that we are eating a lot of calorie dense foods such as chips. Even though this process can be tedious, it’s worth it. The good news is you don’t have to do this forever (unless you want to). Simply log 3-4 days and you should have enough information to determine what you need to change about your dietary habits.
There are many benefits to music/sound therapy, the biggest is a sense of overall well-being. TRY THIS: Find some soft music that you enjoy, go into a quiet room and play it on a very low volume setting. If you are quiet and relaxed. you will be able to hear the music as if it were at full volume.
Eat as much variety in your foods as possible. This will provide the wide range of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals), macronutrients (protein, fats and carbohydrates) and phytonutrients (special health-enhancing plant-based substances) necessary for optimum nutritional health. Each food has its strengths and limits. For example: blueberries have the highest ORAC value (a nutrient’s ability to fight health damaging free radicals), but they contain no ECGC (a special health-enhancing phytonutrient). Green tea has the highest amount of ECGC, but contains no lycopene, which fights certain forms of cancer. Tomatoes have the highest amount of lycopene, but contain no ECGC. You get the picture.
According to a review of 15 studies, the less you drink, the lower your blood pressure will dropto a point. A study of women at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, for example, found that light drinking (defined as one-quarter to one-half a drink per day for a woman) may actually reduce blood pressure more than no drinks per day. One “drink” is 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of spirits.
Drink green, white and herbal teas everyday. I gave up drinking coffee a few years ago. I came to the terms with the fact my body just hated it. I would get a huge adrenalin rush then just as quickly become irritable and tired and no matter how much water I drank, I couldn’t seem to rehydrate. Some people are just caffeine sensitive. So, I started drinking only organic green tea and other herbals. I’ve totally cut coffee out and I’ve felt a million times better. More energy, better mood, better sleep… what else could you ask for? Green tea has a decent amount of caffeine still but I can drink it all day and I only feel good from it, no negative benefits and I think it’s one of my health secrets. The thing that really makes the difference is drinking the right type of fluid.