Useful tips for health
Copy your kitty
Copy your kitty: Learn to do stretching exercises when you wake up. It boosts circulation and digestion, and eases back pain.
A for Away
A for Away. This vitamin, and beta carotene, help to boost immunity against disease. It also assists in the healing process of diseases such as measles and is recommended by the WHO. Good natural sources of vitamin A are kidneys, liver, dairy products, green and yellow vegetables, pawpaw, mangoes, chilli pepper, red sorrel and red palm oil.
Adapt to change
Adapt to change: Dont resist change-just be patient and learn to adapt.
Allow yourself to relax
Allow yourself to relax: Let go of your tensions and find a fun hobby that you can enjoy.
Ask about Mad Aunt Edith.
Ask about Mad Aunt Edith. Find out your family history. You need to know if there are any inherited diseases prowling your gene pool. According to the Mayo Clinic, USA, finding out what your grandparents died of can provide useful even lifesaving information about whats in store for you. And be candid, not coy: 25% of the children of alcoholics become alcoholics themselves.
Ask for what you want:
Ask for what you want: If the meal you want only comes with fried chicken, ask if you can have it grilled instead.
Asthma-friendly sports
Asthma-friendly sports. Swimming is the most asthma-friendly sport of all, but cycling, canoeing, fishing, sailing and walking are also good, according to the experts.
Asthma-friendly sports
Asthma need not hinder peak performance in sport. 1% of the US Olympic team were asthmatics and between them they won 41 medals.
At Work
You spend a lot of your time at work, so make sure youre in a healthy environment with these tips for the office.
augh and cry
Laugh and cry. Having a good sob is reputed to be good for you. So is laughter, which has been shown to help heal bodies, as well as broken hearts. Studies in Japan indicate that laughter boosts the immune system and helps the body shake off allergic reactions.
Avoid eating in front of your TV
Avoid eating in front of your TV: Pay attention to what youre eating, and avoid sitting in front of the TV, computer or other distractions at mealtime.
Avoid fancy drinks
Avoid fancy drinks: Most mixed drinks like margaritas or pina coladas are full of sugar. Drink wine, beer, or a simple cocktail instead.
Avoid processed foods
Avoid processed foods: Do your best to eat foods as close to their natural state as possible.
Avoid procrastination
Avoid procrastination: Putting off the things you really need or want to do will only make you feel bad about yourself.
Away from home
Traveling can take a toll on your body, so do your best to protect yourself by following these tips.
Be careful of UV rays:
Be careful of UV rays: UV rays can damage your skin and cause skin cancer, so its important to limit your exposure to them. For most people, this means wearing appropriate clothing or sunscreen.
Be careful with buffets
Be careful with buffets: Avoid overindulging at office buffets just because the food is there.
Be persistent
Be persistent: Focus on your long-term fitness goals and never give up.
Beat the sneezes
Beat the sneezes. There are more than 240 allergens, some rare and others very common. If youre a sneezer due to pollen: close your cars windows while driving, rather switch on the internal fan (drawing in air from the outside), and avoid being outdoors between 5am and 10 am when pollen counts are at their highest; stick to holidays in areas with low pollen counts, such as the seaside and stay away from freshly cut grass.
Beauty
These methods will make you healthy and enhance your outward appearance at the same time.
Berries for your belly
Berries for your belly. Blueberries, strawberries and raspberries contain plant nutrients known as anthocyanidins, which are powerful antioxidants. Blueberries rival grapes in concentrations of resveratrol the antioxidant compound found in red wine that has assumed near mythological proportions. Resveratrol is believed to help protect against heart disease and cancer.
Bone up daily
Bone up daily. Get your daily calcium by popping a tab, chugging milk or eating yoghurt. Itll keep your bones strong. Remember that your bone density declines after the age of 30. You need at least 200 milligrams daily, which you should combine with magnesium, or it simply wont be absorbed.
Bring extra medication
Bring extra medication: If youre on a regular medication, bring extra doses along with you, just in case you run into delays or unexpected events.
Brush up on hygiene
Brush up on hygiene. Many people don't know how to brush their teeth properly. Improper brushing can cause as much damage to the teeth and gums as not brushing at all. Lots of people dont brush for long enough, dont floss and dont see a dentist regularly. Hold your toothbrush in the same way that would hold a pencil, and brush for at least two minutes.
Brush your teeth
Brush your teeth with your other hand, take a new route to work or choose your clothes based on sense of touch rather than sight. People with mental agility tend to have lower rates of Alzheimer's disease and age-related mental decline.
Brush your teeth with bottled water
Brush your teeth with bottled water: Even if youre drinking bottled water to avoid bacteria and parasites, you should remember to brush your teeth with bottled water, too.
Burn fat during intervals
Burn fat during intervals. To improve your fitness quickly and lose weight, harness the joys of interval training. Set the treadmill or step machine on the interval programme, where your speed and workload varies from minute to minute. Build up gradually, every minute and return to the starting speed. Repeat this routine. Not only will it be less monotonous, but you can train for a shorter time and achieve greater results.
Burn the boredom, blast the lard
Burn the boredom, blast the lard. Rev up your metabolism by alternating your speed and intensity during aerobic workouts. Not only should you alternate your routine to prevent burnout or boredom, but to give your body a jolt.
Buy frozen vegetables
Buy frozen vegetables: Make eating vegetables more convenient by buying and preparing frozen vegetables.
Carry hand sanitizer
Carry hand sanitizer: For times when you cant wash your hands, keep some hand sanitizer ready.
Clean your desk
Clean your desk: Ban bacteria from your desk by wiping down surfaces like your keyboard and telephone on a regular basis.
Consider a detoxification
Consider a detoxification: Consider cleansing detoxification diets to clean out your body from the inside out.
Conversely
Conversely, cardiovascular exercise should be the last thing you do at the gym, because it helps your body recover by increasing blood flow to the muscles, and flushing out lactic acid, which builds up in the muscles while you're weight training. Its the lactic acid that makes your muscles feel stiff and sore.
Cool off without a beer
Cool off without a beer. Dont eat carbohydrates for at least an hour after exercise. This will force your body to break down body fat, rather than using the food you ingest. Stick to fruit and fluids during that hour, but avoid beer.
Create a sleep ritual
Create a sleep ritual: Read a book or drink a warm glass of milk every night before bed to improve the quality of your sleep.
Cultivate friendships
Cultivate friendships: Grow as a person by working on a successful friendly relationship with another person.
Curry favour
Curry favour. Hot, spicy foods containing chillies or cayenne pepper trigger endorphins, the feel-good hormones. Endorphins have a powerful, almost narcotic, effect and make you feel good after exercising. But go easy on the lamb, pork and mutton and the high-fat, creamy dishes served in many Indian restaurants.
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