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Health
It's Time For A Lifestyle
Check

Whenever we feel fatigued or
suffer from an illness we often
search for a cure without first
understanding the cause. The
truth is that lack of energy,
unhealthy skin and almost all
causes of serious illnesses
point to one thing, a unhealthy
lifestyle.
One of the principals to an
Integral lifestyle is one that includes proper
nutrition and exercise. A
lifestyle that takes the time to
listen to what the body needs
based on an understanding of how
the body works.
Diet
Like anything in
life, what you put into it, is
what you get out of it. So a
good place to start a lifestyle
check is to begin with your
diet. Are you eating nutritious
and healthy food that can help
prolong your life and prevent
diseases?
Science has now
recognized that the
The Pathogenesis Of
Disease And Aging has
everything to do with what we
eat and how this affects us down
to the cellular level. What we
eat affects so much in our lives
from our weight to our emotions.
When we eat
nutritional foods, our body
discards the poor quality foods
a modern lifestyle leads too so
the body can make room for
nutrients it has been needing.
The bottom line is:
The
better the food, the better the
body can produce healthy cells.
When the body starts to
eliminate previously retained
proteinaceous waste, fat cells
are broken down and toxins that
were stored are released into
the blood stream.
During this process, the body is
able to "clean house" very
efficiently and as a result, you
could experience some
uncomfortable symptoms. These
unpleasant symptoms are the
temporary results of
Detoxification.
If you have
eating habits have been more of
the fast food quality, rather
then whole foods, a
detox
program is a great place to
start.
Exercise
Today's
21st century lifestyles are just
not conducive to sufficient
physical activity. The
conveniences that make our lives
easier are making us physically
unfit. Feeling a little hungry?
Drive up to any local fast food.
Today there is a drive thru for
everything from food to
prescriptions. Our work
schedules have become longer and
we find ourselves in sedentary
working environments
In terms of a
healthy lifestyle, diet combined
with exercise yields a more
positive result than either one
does on its own.
Take a good look
at your lifestyle and establish
practical ways you can bring
more activity into your daily
routine.
Sleep
Because of our
relentless pursuit of career and
commitments we often find
ourselves depriving our body of
much needed sleep. Sleep is our
bodies way of regaining it's
strength from the energy loss of
our daily activities.
In addition to
physical needs, the mind needs
time to sleep in order to
process the days events. Every
day your mind is taking in
trillions of bits of
information. In order to cope
with this information overload,
our mind filters through what is
needed, and leaves the rest
unprocessed. At night when we
sleep, we enter deep states of
consciousness where our mind
'defrags' as it were the yet
unprocessed information. We
experience this process as
dreams, as our minds needs to
release the stored information
from the subconscious. When we
deprive ourselves of sleep, we
increase our stress levels as
our mental thresholds begin to
become overwhelmed.
Recent studies
have shown that 65% of
Americans' are losing sleep
because of stress. Sleep
deprivation can lead to unhappy
relationships due to fatigue and
loss of productivity at the
workplace for lack of energy and
concentration. Here are just a
few effects of lack of sleep.
Fatigue
Irritability
Careless mistakes
Difficulty concentrating
Slower reaction times
Increased stress
A weakened immune system
Diabetes (the body cannot
process sugar properly)
Depression
High blood pressure
Obesity
Quit Smoking
Research
has shown that smoking reduces
life expectancy by seven to
eight years. The fact is,
smoking is one of the most
unhealthy things you can do to
abuse your body.
Did you know
that cigarettes contain more
than 4000 chemical compounds and
at least 400 toxic substances?
Did you know that when
you inhale, a cigarette burns at
700°C at the tip and around 60°C
in the core and this heat breaks
down the tobacco to produce
various toxins.
Did you know
that tobacco companies can
put whatever they want in
cigarettes without disclosing
anything to the consumer.
Did you know
the from 1995 to 1999,
smoking caused approximately
440,000 people to die early each
year in the United States, or
one in every five deaths.

Vitamins and Nutritional
Supplements
Adding
nutritional vitamins and
nutritional supplements to your
diet are essential in improving
the overall health of your mind
and body. Research shows that as
the body is depleted of certain
vitamins and minerals, cellular
break down begins zapping the
body of vitality. By adding
supplements to an already
healthy diet of organic fruits
and vegetables, this enables the
body to better defend itself
against free radical damage
which cause
Oxidative Stress
that is the
Oxidative Stress In The
Pathogenesis Of Disease
And Aging: Opportunity
For Intervention.
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