Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Suggestions for a Healthier You

By Dr Graeme Teague


Were you aware that when you try too much to get into good health; you can actually have less success? It is the truth. Keep things simple and you will have better luck with the time you are investing in your healthy wellbeing. The problem is that there are so many advice columns, books, television shows, magazine articles, etc that are packed full of advice on all of the things that you need to do differently that it's easy to get stressed out. There are actually many simple ways you can be healthier. Below we will give you some advice on how to become a healthier individual.

Consume a generous breakfast. It is important that breakfast not be just fruit or a smoothie. Eat a real breakfast with bacon and eggs. This particular meal needs to consist of a minimum of six hundred calories and contain protein, choline, vitamins and nutrients. Bacon and eggs can give you all of these. If you do not feed your hunger breakfast, you will be less likely to have energy later in the day and not be able to concentrate as well. This means that you will make a lot more foolish choices during the day that can actually work against your healthfulness levels.

Turn the rearview mirror in your car upward. As insignificant as you may think this is, it can work for you. Don't tilt it up too high-just high enough that you have to sit up straight and with good posture to be able to see behind you. This posture will give you a good feeling during the day that will help you see things in a better light. When you do not sit up straight in the morning, especially when you are driving; you may end up feeling tired for the rest of the day. Believe it or not, when you practice proper posture long enough you will start to feel uncomfortable when you slouch! Your back will be grateful. Trust us on this.

You can unintentionally activate the genes in your body that are the root of diabetes, heart disease and obesity, if you sit for too many extended time periods. Furthermore, it impairs any of your exertions put forward to lose weight. It is critical to get up on your feet every once in awhile and stretch your muscles. Stand up about once an hour, in order to shut those genes off. Walk around a little bit during commercial breaks while watching television, read your book while you walk on the treadmill and get up and walk around during web surfing sessions.

There are numerous little strategies that you can utilize for increasing the overall health of your body. Most of the time, believe it or not, we cannot reach the level of health we want because we are trying too hard to get there. Our best attempts can be intercepted by stress. As time goes on, it is the smallest decisions we make that can really make the biggest difference in how healthy and sick-free we can become. If you listen and be intelligent, you will live a long and healthy life.




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