Have you ever noticed how much older you look when you are stressed-out?
Taking care of yourself physically, exercising, and learning a deep relaxation technique can actually make you appear and feel younger and more youthful.
When you are worried and/or stressed, extra demands are placed on your body. This increases your need for good nutrition and sleep. Many scientists believe adequate sleep and good nutrition even combat the negative effects stress can have. Another potent weapon against stress and its aging effect is exercise. A regular program of aerobic exercises will:
* Increase energy levels
* Make you feel younger, more youthful.
* Improve self-esteem
* Clear your mind
* Make you appear more youthful
* Relax tensed muscles, including facial muscles where tension is aging, thus making you look younger.
Deep relaxation makes you feel calm and refreshed. It is difficult to feel stress when your body is relaxed. In a mere 20 minutes per day, you can trade tension for relaxation and look and feel younger in the process. Better than any anti-aging pill.
Exercise is mood-altering without a prescription, exercising with music is even better.
Give it a try. Play that music and get exercising for at least five minutes. It is an over-the-counter way to improve your mental outlook and your physical self. Extend that exercise until you are up to at least 30 minutes. Or try walking briskly in the park with a headset tuned to music. You'll come home relaxed and feeling sensational from the music and the outdoors.
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Live long, live strong, and live happy!
Ok, Great Gifts blog is currently on a bit of a health mission. There have been a few posts about healthy living recently, and here is another one. This blog is a bit different though, because this is probably the most important one that has been written.
Top 5 Daily Habits that will transform and rejuvenate you
Eat five small meals a day.
In the Western culture, meals are taken three times a day, but it is much better to eat five smaller meals. When you eat smaller portions five times a day, you deliver a steady stream of nutrients, blood sugar, and energy to your body throughout the day. Additionally, eating this way is less taxing on the digestive and metabolic systems and also reduces your risk of heart disease.
Climb the stairs.
The health benefits of a daily exercise program cannot be stressed enough. Regular exercise can help promote physiological well-being, strengthen the immune system, maintain joint mobility, increase energy - the list goes on.
Laugh it up!
We know from research that laughter and joy boost immune functions, especially the production of the natural killer cells that help protect the body from illness and cancer. Laughter also increases the release of endorphins, compounds that give you a sense of well-being, in your brain. Without a doubt, joyful people live longer and healthier lives.
Drink 8 glasses of water every day.
Water is essential for all healthy body functions. Centenarians from around the globe cite their native water as the source of their health and longevity - and the scientists agree with them. What they all have in common is pure water sources located far from any city, free from chemicals and toxins.
Unwind and Relax.
Stress is the root cause of most of the diseases that shorten our life span. In our modern society stress will continue to increase - unless you find techniques to manage it. Meditation is the best way to release tension and revitalize your being. It teaches you to breath properly, which is critical for eliminating up to 70% of your body's toxins and wastes. It also quiets your mind, lowers your stress hormones, and teaches self-discipline, which is a necessary attribute to achieving your health and longevity goals.
Look after your health, with information, tools, online analysis and products to create a healthier lifestyle.
Top 5 Daily Habits that will transform and rejuvenate you
Eat five small meals a day.
In the Western culture, meals are taken three times a day, but it is much better to eat five smaller meals. When you eat smaller portions five times a day, you deliver a steady stream of nutrients, blood sugar, and energy to your body throughout the day. Additionally, eating this way is less taxing on the digestive and metabolic systems and also reduces your risk of heart disease.
Climb the stairs.
The health benefits of a daily exercise program cannot be stressed enough. Regular exercise can help promote physiological well-being, strengthen the immune system, maintain joint mobility, increase energy - the list goes on.
Laugh it up!
We know from research that laughter and joy boost immune functions, especially the production of the natural killer cells that help protect the body from illness and cancer. Laughter also increases the release of endorphins, compounds that give you a sense of well-being, in your brain. Without a doubt, joyful people live longer and healthier lives.
Drink 8 glasses of water every day.
Water is essential for all healthy body functions. Centenarians from around the globe cite their native water as the source of their health and longevity - and the scientists agree with them. What they all have in common is pure water sources located far from any city, free from chemicals and toxins.
Unwind and Relax.
Stress is the root cause of most of the diseases that shorten our life span. In our modern society stress will continue to increase - unless you find techniques to manage it. Meditation is the best way to release tension and revitalize your being. It teaches you to breath properly, which is critical for eliminating up to 70% of your body's toxins and wastes. It also quiets your mind, lowers your stress hormones, and teaches self-discipline, which is a necessary attribute to achieving your health and longevity goals.
Look after your health, with information, tools, online analysis and products to create a healthier lifestyle.
Ideal Weight & Slimming Solutions
Top 5 tips for shedding those unwanted extra pounds.
1. Set yourself achievable goals - don't set out for a weight loss of more than 2lbs
per week. This is healthy and sustainable.
2. Keep a food diary to educate yourself about your eating habits.
What are you eating too much of? When are you most likely to overeat? This
knowledge will give you the power to take responsibility and make the
necessary changes to your diet.
3. Exercise portion control. Eat smaller portions of food and eat more slowly, enjoying the taste and flavour. Stop eating when you feel full and leave food on the plate.
4. Get physical. Be as active as possible in your day-to-day life. Walk whenever you can, wash your car, spring clean the house, forget the remote control! Plan to do specific exercise sessions with friends 3 times per week.
5. Keep motivated. Remind yourself why you want to lose weight.
Picture yourself how you want to look. Feel good about your achievements.
Diets & Weight Loss
Make a better you. Healthy eating, fitness and looking and feeling great.
1. Set yourself achievable goals - don't set out for a weight loss of more than 2lbs
per week. This is healthy and sustainable.
2. Keep a food diary to educate yourself about your eating habits.
What are you eating too much of? When are you most likely to overeat? This
knowledge will give you the power to take responsibility and make the
necessary changes to your diet.
3. Exercise portion control. Eat smaller portions of food and eat more slowly, enjoying the taste and flavour. Stop eating when you feel full and leave food on the plate.
4. Get physical. Be as active as possible in your day-to-day life. Walk whenever you can, wash your car, spring clean the house, forget the remote control! Plan to do specific exercise sessions with friends 3 times per week.
5. Keep motivated. Remind yourself why you want to lose weight.
Picture yourself how you want to look. Feel good about your achievements.
Diets & Weight Loss
Make a better you. Healthy eating, fitness and looking and feeling great.
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