Ways to Stay Healthy - 5 Tips For Health

Good living practices are the best prescription for ways to stay healthy. These are simple and easy to do each day and will go far in correcting those imbalances in the body. Follow these simple guidelines for healthy living.

o Nutrition. It's simple. Eat nourishing foods. Eat whole foods. Enjoy eating simply and eat at home. Grab an apple or a pear instead of a candy bar. Simplify your meals to protein and whole vegetables instead of casseroles and multi-ingredient recipes.

Healthy Casseroles

o Nourishing herbs. If you drink nourishing herbal infusions daily, you will get more vitamins and minerals than taking a synthetic multivitamin pill. Brew up a quart of raspberry or nettle infusion and take it to work with you instead of a soda.

o Get plenty of rest. Your body needs some down time to repair the damage of daily stress. When you are tired, that is a signal that your body is overworked or overstressed. Get plenty of sleep to allow your immune system to boost back up. Go to bed an hour earlier than usual, even if you just lie down and read a book.

o Connect with yourself. Taking just 10 to 20 minutes in the morning or evening to check in with your intuition, to meditate or to write or draw in a journal allows you to connect with your inner self. Connecting with your inner self helps you to reflect over recent events in your life, reduce stress and make sense of the world around you. Be creative and cut and paste pictures or articles from a magazine or newspaper into your journal and write your thoughts about it.

o Exercise. You don't have to go to the gym, unless you want to. Walking your dog, enjoying yoga or pilates, or playing at the park with your kids gets you up and moving. Most of us sit too much during the day and our bodies become stagnant. Be like the flowing stream, not the stagnant pond. Get up and move your body several times a day.

As you can see, these are easy doable steps. They only take a few moments of your day. They are simple, easy and fun ways to stay healthy.

©2009 Shanna Ohmes

Ways to Stay Healthy - 5 Tips For Health

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