Health Tips

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Healthy Resolutions

  • Eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables every day.
  • Drink 6-8 glasses of fluids every day.
  • Exercise regularly:  Combine aerobic, weight-training, stretching, and recreational activities.
  • Reduce “bad” fats.
  • Chew food thoroughly and eat consciously.
  • Limit sugar.  Sugar impairs the immune system along with increasing triglycerides, cholesterol, and insulin.  Check labels to find hidden sugar such as glucose, corn syrup, sucrose, and lactose.
  • Have more calcium to prevent osteoporosis:  besides dairy, you can get it in dark leafy green vegetables.  Soft drinks and high protein diets deplete calcium.
  • Make relaxation a priority and a regular part of your life.
  • Get more restful sleep:  besides being cautious about caffeine and alcohol, be aware that sugary snacks before bed can affect blood sugar levels and disturb sleep.
  • Develop and nurture your support network:  maintain meaningful and fulfilling relationships.

-About.com – Alternative Medicine

Anti-aging advice (from Dr. Oz)

  • Eat colorful vegetables
  • Restrict calories
  • Be with the people you love
  • Lift weights
  • Exercise three times a week
  • Dr. Oz takes 500 mg/day of Resveratral, but it hasn’t been tested/approved yet.

Balanced Diet

  • 2 cups of fruit
  • 2 1/2 cups of vegetables
  • 3 oz whole grains
  • 3 cups low fat dairy products

Balance meals with all different food groups

Source:  The Doctors

Top Foods for Spring

These food choices can improve your body in and out.

Great foods for your:

  • liver:  dandelions – in salad or as tea – increases bile production
  • kidney:  ginger – helps remove toxins, also an anti-inflammatory
  • brain:  blueberries – lots of antioxidants
  • heart – flax seed: omega 3 fatty acids and protein
  • skin:  avocado – for a youthful glow
  • eyes:  spinach
  • hair:  broccoli – helps production of sebum, making our hair glossy
  • teeth:  celery – cleans teeth fights bad breath
  • sinus issues:  jalapeno
  • mood booster:  sunshine (and for vitamin D)

Stay away from processed food and keep it colorful!

Source:  The Doctors

Favorite Fitness Finds

  • Canned pumpkin instead of oil & eggs in cake
  • Amy’s foods
  • Kashi:  Mayan Harvest Bake -yummy!