1 What it Means to be healthy
Being healthy doesn't get to be sophisticated or tons of effort. You don’t have to be in the gym twice a day or et only lettuce. Being healthy suggests that you have got a balanced style and feed your body what it desires once it desires it a form of like once your gas light-weight comes on you full up your tank with the good fuels to make sure your car runs for longer. Living healthy soon becomes a way of life for you and you stop noticing that you are intact eating healthy, once you get to this stage you have learned to listen to your body and this is important actually very important. With the modern stresses, we have lately with everything that must happen now we putting more and more stress on our bodies and minds and eventually we take on more bad habits as coping mechanisms instead of learning to cope and channel that into something good. My body never stays the same trust me, it changes constantly. All of our bodies do, think about the factory inside of course it's going to change we just need to learn how to listen to our bodies. For instance listing to your Body once it tells you its full, the body features an internal secretion known as Leptin they great point regarding this internal secretion is that it tells you when you full and to stop eating but in this day and age we have stopped listening to it and in time its stops working as effectively as it should. How does that happen? well, we have a tendency to tend to eat too quick for the message to urge send that we have a tendency to ar in-fact full therefore we have a tendency to continue uptake and really find yourself ver uptake or way past the portion we supposed to eat. We don’t concentrate on what we eat and how many times we chew maybe you eating in front of the TV or busy talking to someone or driving. One thing I do to combat this is actively enjoying my food by that I mean I put down my knife and fork in between bites and concentrate on what I am eating. When you start doing this you will find that you get fuller quicker and you’ll end up eating less or at least the portion you supposed to. You will become more aware and start listening to your body.
2 Benefits of living a healthy lifestyle
There are numerous edges of living a healthy life, like a powerful system which means you obtain the correct nutrients and your body is happy and may simply fight of those yucky bugs. You will find it’s sort of like a domino effect, you’ll start by feeling more energized and have more concentration maybe even calmer. If you like to play sport it will enhance your performance and better hair growth and healthy bones, teeth, and organs. There are more benefits than just looking good, in fact, that's the smallest part of it it's just a bonus really. When you start feeling good and healthy it's almost like you don’t want to stop and after the hardest part which is easily the first two weeks you have created healthy habits and hopefully replaced some old bad ones.
3 What does your body need
When it comes to what your body needs some times people seem to over complicate it. But I can tell you now it's simple. And the steps I’m going to give you is something I stick to every day and you will notice its more than just eating.
1. eating fresh foods and whole foods- as natural a possible, foods that can in-fact go off not canned goods. I always say we supposed to eat as if we farmed our own food (fresh and real) 2. You need nature, atlas 30-45 mins a day - Get out in nature and take in the sunlight and breath in the air and listen to the birds. 3. Quite a time- this is very important - get away from the clutter like Social media and TV and just be with yourself and try to clear your mind. You will find your stress levels will go down. this is NB. 4. Move every day for at least 30 minutes - go to the gym or a walk or do some Yoga, just get your body moving, this helps get the blood flow going and actually heals and keeps your body fit young and healthy. 5. Drink water- atlas 2 Lt a day, after all, we are basically made up of mostly water. 6. Take time for your loved ones- one thing we need as humans are affection and interaction. You can combine a few of these into your daily routine, and you will find a big change slowly happening in your daily lives.
4 Micros and Macros?
You might have heard of the term Macros and Micros, let me give you the simple breakdown. First, you get the essential nutrients for life: Fats, Protein, Minerals, Water, Roughage, Vitamins, Carbohydrates.
What're Macros?
Protein helps growth and repair tissues and cells but it also helps fight illnesses and helps balance PH. Protein comes in the form of Amino Acids and it’s recommended that a person eats at least 0.75g per Kg of body weight per day. Keep in mind this quantity also can disagree in times of maternity and malady. You can get protein from meat, chicken, Fish, Eggs, Milk, Cheese, Yogurt. The next one will be Fats that provide a protective layer for the organs and help form brain tissue and nerve cell membranes. It also provides us with essential fatty acids and helps carry fat-soluble vitamins(A, D, E, K) and antioxidants. It should be about 20-35% of your daily dietary intake. But keep in mind you get good fats and bad fats. Saturated fats are known to be bad as it is known to cause a rise in Cholesterol so eat this sparingly. They are mainly found in some meat, lard, milk, and butter. Monounsaturated fat is good for Cholesterol and mainly found in Olives, Nuts, and seeds. Polyunsaturated Fat is also a good and great source of Omega 6 and Omega 3 such as Flaxseed oil, oily fish, Groundnut. The next one we will look at is Carbohydrates which is your main source of energy, this is needed for growth and repair and needed for Gastro-Intestinal function and maintaining blood glucose levels. Keep in mind that just like good and bad fats you get good ad bad carbohydrates. They call the different carbs Simple carbs and Complex carbs the real difference between the two is how fast they digest and what effect they have on your body. Simple carbs are called simple sugars because they are found in foods like cookies, baked goods, white bread and some natural fruits and vegetables where the sugar content is high. Generally, they absorb to fast for your body to use them so, in the end, your body stores this as fat. Don’t worry you don’t have to cut it out, we all human all you have to do is start cutting back slowly and getting your tastebuds to adjust. The benefit of cutting out sugar is that you will find that you will start tasting food a lot better. I aim for no more than 24g of sugar a day which is about 3 teaspoons. Make sure to keep a lookout for those hidden sugars in those “low fat” yogurts. Remember where they take out the fat most likely they replace it with sugar for taste, don’t be fooled. Complex carbs are what you want to try and consume, they are your Green leafy veg, Brown kinds of rice and wholewheat bread and Oats. When you consume complex carbs you find that it keeps you fuller for longer and gives you the fiber intake you need which is about 25g for women and 38 g for men. Fiber helps to keep the digestive system healthy, I even throw some Flaxseed oil into my smoothie now and then, A lot of the modern-day diseases is because of poor gut health which is because of poor diet.
So what are Micronutrients then?
This refers to your vitamins and minerals you need and isn’t needed in big quantities. We need it for a few reasons and the most import reason is that if you have a deficiency in any of them it could possibly cause disease. I try and stick to drinking and eating my vitamins in the fresh food I eat but this is not always possible. I would suggest going as natural as possible and invest in a good multivitamin especially women who are working out. The most important thing I always tell people is to remember to drink water !!! many people don’t even realize they are thirsty. Check-in with your body now and then, here are the signs:
1. Headaches
2.Dark Urine
3. Constipation
4.Fatigue
5. Sometimes thirst is mistaken for hunger.
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