10 Quick And Easy Ways To Improve Your Health NOW

1.Curb indoor pollution. Maintain proper ventilation in your home whenever possible.Make sure your home or office is smoke-free, if possible also, use a quality air-ionizer device.All gas appliances should be checked once a year to maintain that they are properly ventilated to limit the output of poisonous carbon monoxide.

2.Maintain healthy"straight-up" reading posture. Poor,"slumped" posture can lead to tension headaches, vision problems and pain the neck.

3.Inhale an energizing scent. Research suggests that lemon and peppermint scents are energizing.To further test this, have a cup of lemon or peppermint tea or chew peppermint gum.Or you can also try potpourri containing such scents as pine, jasmine, lavender or orange. Or better yet, lemongrass/peppermint oil in the tiny bottle.

4.Do ab exercises.By strengthening the back you'll be eliminating room for future back and neck problems.

5.Minimize noise at home and at work. Loud or irritating sounds creates severe emotional and physical tension.

6.Sip ice water.It keeps your cells hydrated and helps you burn calories by stoking the fire to burn more quicker. When you drink anything cold, it raises your metabolism to keep your body temperature from dropping. In fact,seven 16 ounce ice water drinks daily will burn an extra 200 calories per day!

7.Practise meditation,yoga or anything that has been proven to reduce stress.

8.Soak in 5 minutes of bright light.Sunlight or bright indoor light will give you a powerful surge of energy.

9.Perform mental exercises. Exercises, such as word puzzles, video games or anything involving brain activity will make your mind run more efficiently and effectively.You'll get more work done which leads to more happiness overall.There is also new technologies emerging, such as quality NLP programs that train your brain by way of brainwave entrainment.

10.Do trigger point therapy on yourself. Wherever you feel really tense pain,feel for a band of muscle tissue close to the pressure point, and then press or squeeze it with light to moderate pressure, visually "massaging" the pain out of the area.Continue pressing for 5-15 seconds, then release.Do this until you feel less stress in that area. original writer:Joey_Capone

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Best 5 Steps To Change Your Lifestyle

Here are 5 steps you can take to change your lifestyle to improve your health and fitness.

The first step is to believe that you can do it and set your goals.

Write down why you really want to change and want you want to truly accomplish for yourself. Use short term goals, weekly to monthly and long-term goals. Go ahead and be surreal, you deserve to surpass your expectations.

Visualize how you want to look and feel for at least 1 minute, several times throughout the day. Associate physical activity with your mental image. Don't worry about what you look like now. Instead reach beyond your current mental state and enhance yourself.

You can put mini visual reminders in key spots around your home, work and car. A couple of years before I first competed in bodybuilding, my wall at home was completely covered in inspiring photos of IFBB Professional Bodybuilders. It was like a shrine. I also had motivational phrases posted on the wall.

An example would be; "Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare." - Japanese Proverb

The second step is to see your doctor.

He or she can keep track of your general health and check for any concerns. Doctors play a vital role in your overall health assessment and can also give you their opinion on ways to change your lifestyle to lead a healthier life.

The third step is to get a fitness assessment.

Have a qualified health and fitness professional perform an evaluation which is commonly called a fitness assessment. They can measure your progress by external feedback such as your body weight, body fat percentage, heart rate, increase in strength, endurance, power etc...

The trainer can create a custom exercise program for you. There is also a requirement to exercise correctly from the start of your program. In today's population, there is an increase in work related stress and postural imbalances. All which affect your breathing pattern. It is important to take the time to inhale deeply and exhale slowly 10 times in a row and repeat throughout the day.

The trainer can see if you have muscle imbalances. If you sit all day or do something that is repetitive throughout the day, chances are that you have muscle imbalances. These imbalances affect your kinetic chain. You want to correct kinetic problems before they get worse.

As an example, repetitive injury is very common in the workplace. A good fitness program is used to correct muscle imbalances and improve flexibility that will rehabilitate the problem.

The fourth step is to put healthy food in your body.

Imagine your body as highly priced automobile, like a Bugati Veyron (my favourite). You put low grade fuel, you get low grade performance which can result in breakdown.

Food for fuel directly affects your body's metabolism. Most people that have been on low grade foods, don't notice the continued negative effects such as lethargy, brain fog, stress, high blood pressure, high sugar, high fat cravings and less than optimum hormone production. They don't know what's it like to have that high end metabolism. Little by little it becomes worse, until you have an habituated lifestyle.

Start eating whole natural foods, which are unprocessed, and contain macro and micro nutrients that your body needs to run on and repair itself.

Healthy food doesn't have to taste like cardboard. Be creative.

Evaluate what's in your fridge and cupboards. Most people know which foods are good and which are bad. Take the bad foods and remove them from your home. If you need extra help, consult with a dietitian.

The fifth step is to incorporate your support network.

Call, e-mail, share with friends, family, peers. Create a blog, discuss your lifestyle change and what your going through with your friends and family. This allows people to become actively involved in supporting you.

Change some activities you do with your friends.

Remember that in all you do, you should praise yourself. Reward yourself for your small step accomplishments. This doesn't mean breaking the principles, this means using them to make you even happier about your choices. As an example, you lose 15 pounds, give yourself a cut and style at your favourite salon or you did not miss a workout for 2 weeks straight, give yourself time to enjoy a relaxing bath with colour and aromatherapy.original writer: Robert_Lagana

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