Living Healthily - how to keep your body properly nourished?

Living Healthily

Good health is all about balance. Improve your work and your life by ensuring that you eat nourishing food, exercise regularly and sleep well. Notice when your mind and body are feeling low on energy and take time to rejuvenate.

Eating well

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, wrote, “Let your food be your medicine, and let your medicine be your food.” Make sure that you make healthy choices about your diet. Educate yourself about food, your body type and the healthiest diet for your lifestyle. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables during the day so that you have a rich source of vitamins and minerals. Make sure that you get the balance of carbohydrates, protein and fats. Limit your intake of artificial additives and sweeteners and your daily intake of caffeine and alcohol. Try to drink two liters of water per day. Ensure you eat three regular meals per day. Make sure that you keep your body properly nourished.

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Taking Exercise Regularly

Either you have to make time to be healthy or you have to take time to ill. Recognize that regular exercise is a great way to increase health, boost your energy, have more fun, switch off from work and have an active social life. If you have not exercised for a while, a gym instructor can test your fitness level. He or she can also pan a personal program that will help you improve your fitness level. Get into the habit of scheduling exercise sessions into your diary just as you would plan an evening out with friends. What exercise have you planned for this week? Get your diary our and book something now.

Sleeping Better

Adults require an average of eight hours of sleep a night. In the long term, sleep deprivation can lead to mood swings and poor concentration. Are you sleeping well? Do you feel rested when you wake? A common cause of sleep disruption is a drop in blood sugar levels during night. Try having a non-sugary snack before you go to bed. If you have problems sleeping, eat a banana an hour before bedtime. The fruit contains tryptophan which has natural sedative powers that will help you relax and sleep more soundly.

Relaxing Regularly

Being able to relax is vital for a good work-life balance. Discover which ways of relaxing you prefer. Some people like to practice meditation, read quietly or have long hot baths. Some other people prefer more active and social types of relaxation such as playing sports, going to cinema or enjoying a meal with friends. Relax regularly and you will boost health, enjoy your life more and improve your performance at work.

Relaxed breathing exercises before sleeping

Try these breathings exercise before you go to sleep of during moments of stress:

• Sit or lie down in a comfortable position. Ensure your head, neck and spine are aligned. Close your eyes.
• Allow your breathing to become deeper, longer and slower.
• Breathe into the abdomen area pushing your stomach our as you breathe in and letting your stomach sink back down again as you breathe out.
• End your relaxation as deliberately as you began. Repeat when required.