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he most effective and successful path to avoid pain and illness of any kind, is to make healthy lifestyle choices in Six Essential areas. Contrary to popular belief, your long-term good health depends on the choices you make; not how much money you have to buy the best health insurance and to pay for the best doctors. Your path to good health choices includes: What You Eat, What You Drink, How You Exercise, How You Rest, What You Breathe, and What You Think. Here is a brief guideline to make the right choices:
• What You Eat: Your diet needs to consist of approximately 80 percent fruits and vegetables and 20 percent whole grains (except wheat), proteins and supplements. This keeps your body alkaline (it’s natural state) instead of acidic. An alkaline diet prevents injury and disease.
• What You Drink: Avoid stimulants such as coffee and alcohol—one or two cups of decaffeinated tea or coffee and one or two glasses of wine or beer and one glass of hard liquor is allowed, if you eliminate other acidic foods and drinks. Drink mostly fruit juices (avoid Citrus) and eight glasses of water a day. This helps keep your body alkaline. Overly acidic conditions are the enemy of on-going good health.
• How You Exercise: Get at least 30 minutes of whole body exercise three times a week. This helps your body stay flexible. You will be amazed at how good you feel and how the tendency to incur injuries is reduced.
• How You Rest: Eight hours of sleep (at least one hour of sleep before midnight) is essential to your body’s ability to heal and recharge itself. Avoid stimulants (coffee, tea, alcohol) and heavy meals after eight o’clock in the evening.
• What You Breathe: Clean, smoke-free air is critical to permanent good health. If you can smell the air you breathe, it is contaminated.
• What You Think: Worry, anxiety, panic, ruminating and drama are the worst types of thinking—thus creating stress and robbing you of peace of mind. Stress can cause your muscles to tighten to the point that injuries and pain become more likely. Find ways to think calming thoughts, at home and work. Calm and peaceful thoughts pay big dividends toward good health.
About The Author
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, author, motivational speaker, and inspirational leader specializes in: Mind, Body, Spirit healing and Physical/Sexual Abuse Prevention and Recovery. Dr. Neddermeyer empowers people to view life's challenges as an opportunity for Personal/Professional Growth and Spiritual Awakening. www.drdorothy.net
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