Category: Healthy Living

Tips to Lead a Healthy Lifestyle

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Staying healthy should be a personal accountability. You cannot blame the food for poor digestion because it was you who chose to eat it. You cannot blame stress because you have the option to live a balanced life. So take charge and get to know the ways on how to balance your activities without compromising health. Below are tips on how to lead a healthy lifestyle:

1.Take your food as if they are your medicines

Amatellah says, “Eat your food as your medicines. Otherwise, you have medicines as your food.” In other words, be cautious of the food that you put into your mouth. It can be tempting to choose processed foods because of convenience. However, salt, sugar, trans- and saturated fats, nitrate, and other chemicals found on processed foods harm the body. Instead, choose to load up on different kinds of fruits and vegetables, whole grain foods, and organic meat. They are filled with essential vitamins and minerals.

Like medicines, eat the right kind and the right amount of food. Eat small portions of food throughout the day, including your main meals. This helps to control your weight.

2. Fuel up with water

Hydration should replace medication. There are several known benefits of drinking water, such as increasing energy level, promoting weight loss, detoxifying your body, improving your complexion, boosting your immune system, preventing headaches and cramps, and brightening your mood. The best thing about water is that you don’t have to pay for it.

3. Move around

No matter how hectic your schedule is, you can squeeze in 5 to 15 minutes of exercise. You can perform stretching or run on a treadmill. An adult is advised to perform 150 minutes of aerobic exercise in a week or 75 minutes if it’s intense.

Exercise helps in improving your body’s circulation, thereby bringing oxygen to your brain and other organs. If you’re stressed out at work, then this helps you relieve the muscle tension and think better on your project. Remember that just like food, exercising should not be a one-time, big-time affair. Develop a plan and spread different kinds of exercises all throughout the week.

4. Feed your soul as you feed your body

Mental health is extremely important. Your diet, exercise regimen, and your work performance all start in the mind. Hence, you have to feed your mind positive thoughts every day in order to help fight depression, anxiety, stress, and other mental health problems. Do you know the saying, “What your mind receives, your body conceives”? This implies that if you let negative opinions, criticisms, and self-destructive thoughts overwhelm you, eventually you end up becoming your thoughts, feeling bad about yourself, and affecting the quality of your work and social life.

Meditation is the perfect cure for your bad thoughts. Read the article on how to meditate to reverse bad thoughts and live a healthy life. You will realize that you can take control of your actions, achieve your life goals, and other people’s treatment towards you just by controlling your thoughts.

5. Deactivate and stay offline

The world has gotten so deeply wired that deactivation from social media or from the Internet, in general, has become a necessity. Digital detoxification, that is. Prolonged exposure to gadgets not only steals your time for socialization, but also increases irritability, disrupts sleep pattern, promotes obesity, affects your eyesight and hearing, increases back pain and muscle tension, and adds to stress. While it’s hard to unplug nowadays because computers are now key work tools, you have to lessen the use of gadgets for leisure purposes. Get out and get a life. Converse with friends or spend the weekend climbing mountains and swimming in the pool. In this way, you get to enjoy, exercise and unwind. Remember that your psychological health also affects your physical health (and vice versa).

6. Sleep well

Sleep is critical to living a healthy lifestyle. It is when you are sleeping that your body naturally recharges itself and repairs cell damage. Studies have shown that sleep deprivation can lead to poor concentration, memory loss, mood swings, poor immunity, high blood pressure, affected balance and coordination, and weight gain. It also increases the risk of encountering accidents and developing serious conditions like diabetes and heart disease. So, you know better than to sacrifice sleep for a week.

While 7-8 hours a day seems to be the norm, scientists have proven that the range varies from person to person. There are those who can have quality sleep with only 6 hours or less. Remember that quality of sleep is more important than quantity.

Other help books and articles have a long and complicated list of dos and don’ts on how to live a healthy lifestyle. But essentially, having a good health boils down to eating right, sleeping right, drinking water, exercising, relaxing, nourishing your soul, and developing a positive mindset. It’s as simple as that.

Healthy Treatments to Get Rid of Cellulite

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What is cellulite and why do women hate seeing it developing in their body? Well, it is no secret. Research shows that about 85% of women, as they reach 30, suffer from cellulite. It is that fat cells floating beneath the surface of the skin causing the outer skin to have small fatty deposits. Some call it the cheesecake dimples and when it becomes noticeable, it expands. If you are some of those who want to feel comfortable showing off your body, here is the list of healthy treatments to get rid of cellulite.

The Power of Detox

For natural cellulite removal, detox should be the first thing that you need to do. All of us are exposed to amounts of chemicals and toxins in our surrounding that we might not be aware are slowly damaging our skin. Be that from air, water or food. We want to get rid of these toxins that have slowly accumulated in our body. How do you achieve it? As much as possible, you need to avoid junk foods or processed foods and instead eat veggies and fruits or make it as a juice if you’re not much of a vegetarian. Drink fruit or vegetable juice every day because it will slowly get rid of the cellulite. Not to mention it’ll keep your body healthier.

Keep Your Body Hydrated

Dehydration gives the skin a lumpy, aged and shriveled look. It is one of the main culprits why there is cellulite in our body. To keep the skin surface smooth and have a healthy glow, hydration is the solution. First thing in the morning, try drinking one or two glasses of water before even eating your breakfast. Believe it or not, it works wonders!

Burn the Fats, Tone Your Muscle

To fully remove the cellulite in your body, you have to combine these two steps – burning the fats and toning or building the muscles. Also, invest in your health by maintaining an exercise that you enjoy doing such as walking, aerobics or cycling. For toning your muscle, weight training is an effective way to do it.

Maintain a Healthy Diet

Say goodbye to poor quality diet now. Every day, you may be eating low quality carbohydrates converting it to glycogen and glucose. The longer you maintain a poor diet, the more you make the dimpled skin worse. Eating the right nutrients is important because it also produces healthy cells in your body. Choose to eat foods that are rich in nutrients such as fatty acids, vitamins, anti-inflammatory properties and antioxidants.

To some, laser treatment is the solution where the doctor numbs the portion of the skin with cellulite and liquefies the fats. In the same process, it loosens the wrinkle and eventually boosts collagen growth. While this is FDA-approved, you might have to undergo the same treatment again after a few years if you will not change your unhealthy lifestyle. The best result you can get and with long term benefit is ensuring a healthy routine. So beat the cellulite today that has slowly built up inside you. As you consider the healthy treatments to get rid of cellulite mentioned above, it also helps you become a happier and healthier person.

8 Tips For Healthy Living On The Go

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Are you a busy entrepreneur or employee who is usually on the go and doesn’t have a lot of time, but still wants to make 2008 the year that you get more healthy?

Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Most people want to get healthy, more fitter and look younger yet they can’t seem to find the time for it. In fact, I have seen advertisements on TV since the new year for at least 7 different fitness workouts by various celebrities and actresses, but I wonder how many people will actually stick to the plans when they purchase it.

Listen, if 2008 is going to be different for you, your body and your family, then it’s time to buckle up and find new habits that will serve you better. Don’t you agree? Healthy living doesn’t have to be hard, it was never created to be. But it does require a small amount of commitment and a big love for being refreshed.

Here are eight tips for healthy living on the go:

1. Enjoy a pint of water first thing in the morning.

If you haven’t got time for anything else in the morning, make time to drink a big glass of water. We lose a lot of oxygen through the night and to rejuvenate our cells, we need to supply them with water and oxygen. Drink a glass of water and within a week you’ll begin to feel less tired. I like the taste of water, but I know some people do not so if you’re one of them, squeeze some fresh lime into your water to give it taste and drink up.

2. Grab a few fresh fruits on your way out.

Wherever you’re going – whether it’s a walk or drive to the supermarket or on your way to a meeting – pick up one or two fruits and eat them. If you leave for work in the morning and don’t return ’til evening, take a few fruits and eat them throughout the day. Fruits are great for their nutrients, vitamins and sugars that are required in our body.

3. Avoid going to junk food shops with your work mates.

If your work mates are going and you want to go along, go ahead but don’t order the burger or french fries. Go for a nice salad instead. Or any other healthy meal that takes your fancy. Junk food is full of “empty calories” that do nothing for your body but put on extra unneeded and unhealthy fat.

4. Exercise on the go.

If you work in an office, get up every 30 minutes and go for a walk. If you have an office with stairs, run up and down the stairs every couple of hours. Get your blood flowing and your muscles moving.

5. Drink herbal teas.

When at work or home, many people love to get a cup of tea or coffee. Decide that you’ll be more healthy and get a warm cup of herbal tea. The selection available today is absolutely massive, so you’re guaranteed to find one you enjoy. I like mandarin and ginseng tea as well as fennel seed tea.

6. Eat a handful of nuts.

Get your favorite selection of nuts (almonds, cashews, pecans, walnuts, etc.) and raisins and have a big handful of them at around 3pm. This has been shown to increase afternoon energy and productivity.

7. Say yes to freshly squeezed juice.

One of the biggest and most exciting changes I made in my health about 7 months ago was when I said “yes” to having my own freshly squeezed juice every morning. Since then, my energy, body health and vitality has increased ten-fold. I create the time to squeeze my own carrot-apple-ginger juice; however if you don’t have the time, ask someone if they can make it for you in exchange for something you can help them with, or get yourself to a local juice bar and get your share of the juice!

8. Deep breathing.

When you’ve got time – at your desk, driving the car, cooking food – do some deep breathing. Inhale and count up to 5 seconds, hold it for a few seconds, and release slowly. Exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide is one of the best things we can do for our blood and cells.

More Information http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/8-tips-for-healthy-living-on-the-go.html