Wellness Tips

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Health and Wellness Summary

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Wellness Tips E-Zine, and I would like to thank you all so much for letting me into your lives every Sunday morning. I would love your feedback and suggestions for topics you would like me to address in the future, so please go to my blog and tell me your thoughts.  Just click the comment link at the bottom of any entry and speak your mind.

If you have been subscribing for a while or if you have gone through my website you will see a pattern emerging in terms of what we need to do in order to regain our health and remain full of vitality.  We need to learn from the past as we move forward into the future.  We are suffering from "convenience disease", and all these new-fangled convenience foods and gadgets that save us time, stop us from moving our bodies and stop us from getting enough sleep, are costing us not only our health but also the health of our planet Earth. 

So, what do we need to do? 
1) In the simplest of terms, we need to reduce or eliminate if possible our exposure to toxins, mostly in the form of chemicals that we ingest, inhale, or that come in contact with our skin.  Remember that drugs are chemicals that your body needs to detoxify, so use them only if absolutely necessary, and ask your doctor if it is possible to reduce dosages etc.  If possible, choose food that is not filled with chemicals such as pesticides, herbicides, colourings, flavourings, preservatives, and synthetic additives.  Be careful with what you put on your skin.
2) How we think is probably the most important aspect to good health.  If you find yourself stuck in thought-patterns that are not supportive to your psyche, or you are constantly stressing about all the small stuff in addition to the big stuff, or if you have some emotional baggage that you are carting around, perhaps it is time to find new ways of thinking and dealing with your emotions.  There are all kinds of methods out there, from talk therapy to Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) to Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).  Find a method that suits you.
3) Breathe into your lower ribcage rather than into your chest. Breathing right is critical for good health.
4) Drink half your bodyweight in pounds, in ounces of pure water each day. Make sure your water is mineralized adequately.
5) Eat whole food that has not been processed or adulterated in any way, organic if possible. For example, broccoli is a whole food, whereas crackers are not.  Remember that processed food, even if it is labeled organic, is not healthy. As my friend Judy Chambers said so perfectly, "There is nothing healthy about an organic cheese puff".
6) Get to bed as soon after it gets dark as possible. Our bodies function based on the cycles of light and dark, and pushing the "light time" at the expense of the "dark time" reeks havoc with our hormonal system, and therefore our health.
7) Exercise daily. We were never meant to spend our lives sitting in chairs, but rather, just like all other animals on the planet, we were meant to search out food in order to survive. Our bodies need physical activity in order to be healthy.
8) We need to slow down, spend more time enjoying each other, enjoying the great outdoors outside of the city, and enjoying slow food lovingly prepared.  (I know ... totally unrealistic in today's world, but at least we can strive for that!)

If you enjoy the tips, and you are shopping for books at Amazon, please consider going through my www.wellnesstips.ca website.  I make a small percentage if you use the Amazon link on the left sidebar at the bottom. Thank you again for your ongoing support, and I look forward to year two!

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