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Five Tips for Optimal Health
Every person can improve their health
if they follow these five guidelines: Be optimistic,
eat right, exercise, sleep well, and find purpose for
your life. Follow these and you will become healthier,
happier, and more productive.
First, put away fear and worry and find
joy. There are health professionals who recommend not
watching or listening to the news. Reading the daily
newspaper in the morning starts your day off on a negative
path. The news brings you crisis after crisis, tearing
you down.
Change your thinking to one of optimism
and gratitude. Thinking of things you can be thankful
for is a great exercise every morning. Be thankful for
life, for family, for the ability to see and to think.
It doesn't matter what you put in the blank. The important
thing is to develop a thankful heart.
The second guideline is to eat right.
Eat more whole foods, less processed foods, and overcome
your addictions to junk food. That is hard to hear and
perhaps even harder to follow, but it is so vitally
important to your overall health.
Besides eating the right foods you need
to be careful not to overeat. Overeating causes us to
age faster, increases wrinkles, and greatly increases
our chances of acquiring many diseases such as cancer,
heart disease and diabetes. If you need to, decrease
the amount of food you eat.
At the same time increase the percentage
of whole foods in your diet. Whole foods improve your
health and improve your immune system. Eat 7-13 servings
of fruits and vegetables each day and reduce the amount
of sugar and salt in your diet. You will notice a difference
in your energy level and your overall health.
Thirdly, get adequate sleep. If you
do not sleep enough your body is not going to function
efficiently. It will even slow down your metabolism
and make it harder for you to lose extra weight.
Also, a lot of hormones are secreted
in high levels during sleep which allows your body to
recuperate and repair. For example, if you are an athlete
or a body builder, not getting enough sleep will increase
your chances of injury or failure.
Fourthly, exercise regularly. The average
person should try to exercise every day, raising their
heart rate a little bit and keeping it there for 20
minutes or so. If you cannot do it every day or every
other day, at least do it every three days. Studies
have shown that after being sedentary for 72 hours the
body's metabolism starts to decrease.
Fifth, find purpose in your life. Even
people who have experienced horrendous illness have
been able to survive for a long, long time because they
had a reason to live. They have become incredibly useful
individuals within their family and social and community
spheres despite their illness.
These five guidelines are very basic
and within reach of most people. Followed closely they
can lead to a longer, healthier and a more fulfilling
life.
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