Your Lifestyle Creates Your Health

Do you know the 3 lifestyle factors creating your state of health?

These 3 factors include eating whole foods according to your metabolic type, getting holistic exercise and reducing excessive stress.  When your lifestyle includes poor nutrition, little exercise and excessive stress, your health will be compromised in the following ways:

Obesity is at epidemic proportions in America and is responsible for type 2 diabetes and many other medical illnesses.
Lack of holistic exercise contributes to the development of obesity, diabetes and the negative effectrs of emotional stress.
Emotional and mental strain is responsible for at least 75% of disease states.  

Improving the quality of your nutrition, maintaining a regular holistic exercise program and releasing emotional stress are the key effective strategies to regain and maintain your health.  In fact, poor nutrition, excess weight, improper exercise and emotional strain can create pain throughout your body.  If you are tired of too many trips to the doctor, struggling with weight issues or are overwhelmed by stress, it is time for a change in your lifestyle.  While making lifestyle changes may be difficult at first, new healthy habits can make the difference between a life filled with pain and disease versus an enjoyable long life.  Attaining and maintaining your overall health involves taking care of your body, mind and spirit. 

Emotional stress is a major contributor to being susceptible to disease.  In fact, 80% of disease states involve excessive stress.  For instance, research has proven that family conflict is as significant a risk factor for heart disease as smoking, poor diet, high cholesterol and even genetic history!  Sources of major stress often include financial worries and discontent about one’s appearance.  Resolving the stress of modern life can be challenging.  The Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) produces great results without a lot of time and effort.  EFT can be viewed as an emotional version of acupuncture without needles. Energy meridian points on your body are tapped to release the stress of various issues.  The process is easy to memorize and you can repeat it anywhere. EFT may work when nothing else has.

Taking care of your body requires a proper weight with an appropriate lean body mass.  This in turn requires eating a nutrient rich whole food diet.  Your nutritional health includes being aware of what you are feeding the body every meal, every day.  A low-glycemic index approach to eating and choosing foods based on your metabolic type works best to support health.  Low-glycemic foods are low in simple sugars and do not cause rapid escalation of blood sugar.  To assess your metabolic type requires assessment through a questionnaire and is best done working with a professional to guide and monitor your progress.  These approaches are natural, without expensive tests or difficult diet regimens and yield phenomenal results that enable you to achieve your ideal body weight and maintain it for life.  This is not a weight loss diet; rather it is a way of eating for life.

Learning efficient and effective ways to exercise and move can help you resolve pain and increase your endurance.  When you take the whole body into consideration, exercise becomes easier to perform and great results will follow.  The Alexander Technique can assist you in changing the way you move throughout your day.  Learning to be aware of excess tension and learning to release that excessive tension in the body creates ease and freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination. You can learn to use the appropriate amount of effort for different activities so you will have more energy throughout your day.  You can learn to apply your mind by thinking constructive thoughts to create more comfort in the body and release unnecessary tension.  No matter how difficult moving has become, the Alexander Technique can be a great way to learn about proper exercise.

You can make lifestyle changes that will create an improved state of health.  Take time each day to choose healthy foods, move your body and engage in stress reduction.  Learn about the approaches discussed in this article.  Great health can be yours by choice.  Your willingness to change your lifestyle can make your life more enjoyable and fulfilled.