Forget the excuses. Just for today, focus on the many ways you can
improve your health. This list is by no means complete but a starting
point to get you making your physical, emotional, and spiritual health a
priority in your busy life. And, once you do these health upgrades
today, do them again tomorrow. Before you know it you’ll be living a
healthy lifestyle…with virtually no effort.
1. Drink more water. Your body is 90 percent water
and needs water for almost every function. Many of the aches
and pains, headaches, and other symptoms we experience would lessen
if we just drank more water.
2. Go for a brisk walk.
Your body was made to move. Your heart is a muscle that needs movement
to function optimally. We know this but we often need a
reminder to just do it.
3. Better yet, take your brisk walk in nature.
Trees and other plants are regularly turning our carbon dioxide
into rich oxygen we can breathe. Getting rich, oxygenated air help kill
bacteria and viruses, improves breathing, and may even help prevent
cancer.
4. Hug someone you love. When you hug someone you
love (someone who actually wants to be hugged), your body releases
feel-good hormones like oxytocin that ward off depression.
5. Eat 2 or 3 pieces or servings of fruit
(count ½ cup of fruit like grapes, blueberries, cherries, etc. as a
serving). Brilliantly-colored fruit is packed with
disease-fighting phytonutrients like proanthocyanins that protect
against brain diseases and quercetin which helps alleviate
allergies and breathing problems.
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