Wednesday, May 22, 2013

4 Easy Ways To Stay Fit and Healthy

Every one wants to be healthy but even with proper diet and exercise we still seem to have a hard time losing weight, fighting colds, getting disease in our bodies that our body can't fight off.
Here are a few ways you can help your body be more Alkalize, balanced, and over all healthier to fight off the toxins and disease that attack our bodies.    
 
Achieving and maintaining a proper pH balance in your body is vital to your health and well-being. In its natural state, the pH of the body is slightly alkaline. It must maintain this slightly alkaline state for your very survival, and has developed complex mechanisms to ensure that this balance is maintained. Most of us are natural alkaline producers in our early years. However, as we age, the majority of us become overly acidic.
An imbalanced pH affects all cellular activity in the body. Having pH balance has the following benefits:
  • Promotes normal blood sugar levels
  • Helps maintain proper cholesterol levels
  • Promotes proper electrolyte acitivity and efficient heart function
  • Helps maintain healthy circulatory system
  • Encourages normal energy levels
  • Promotes bone health, digestive health, and healthy immunity
     
    1. Eat the right foods
    Generally speaking, as far as diet goes, most vegetables and fruits alkalize, as do whey, yogurt, soybeans, almonds, buckwheat, millet and quinoa. All meats are acidic, as are rice, pastas, cheeses, soft drinks, coffee, alcoholic beverages, condiments, and most sweeteners except raw, unpasteurized honey.
    Roughly 75 to 80 percent of your diet should consist of alkaline-producing foods. Making these changes in your diet will jump-start your health to a whole new level.
     
     
    2. Supplements ( I recommends It Works Greens and Vital Complete Nutrition )
    In addition to eating an alkaline diet, alkalizing supplements are an easy way to encourage the body's natural ability to balance pH levels. 
    It Works Greens are filled with free radical fighting nutrients that work to bring our bodies to an alkaline state. When alkalinity is restored our bodies tend to work better overall and are better equipped to fight off sickness. Acidic bodies are more prone to illness so It Works Greens is formulated to help lower the acidity level and bring our blood to its appropriate PH balance of 7.35 to 7.45.  Our bodies are always trying to sustain that level and self correct intake of high acidic foods or environments.  Greens helps give our bodies’ internal regulating system the boost it needs when trying to self-correct and restore alkalinity.
     
    There has been a huge paradigm shift at It Works! Global as a ground breaking new formula of Its Vital Complete Nutrition makes it way front and center to the nutritional supplement line.
    Its Vital Complete Nutrition has derived from an already great daily multivitamin Its Vital. So, what’s new in the Its Vital Complete Nutrition? We kept the good and made it better! The new product still has the great bioactive and bio-available ingredients everyone loves. But it is now complete with
    Odorless fish oil Omega 3’s (315 mg of DHA)
    A super form of Vitamin K, MK7
    Reishi Mushroom
    Fatty Acids
    Phase Control Release
    Multi Minerals
    Is Gluten Free
    Antioxidants
    All packaged into a small individual daily servings that you can take with you anywhere. These packets contain 5 supplement tablets, three green and 2 white. The green tablets resemble the old Its Vital, with all the added bonuses. The two white tablets are the minerals, both coated with a cellulose coating, not a pharmaceutical coating. So you can take your vitamins with ease. You can take this packet at anytime of the day with the new Phase Control Release. Over 12 hours the packet will feed your body all the nutrients it needs.
    The super form of Vitamin K MK7 that is in the new complete nutrition makes sure that your calcium gets to the right places where you body needs it, and not to the “trash dump,” or arterials. It Works! Spared no expense when developing this super formula including getting the essential fatty acids you need everyday, that was formerly not available making Its Vital Complete Nutrition a one stop shop!
    A new ingredient we are all excited about is the Reishi Mushroom in the packet.
    The Reishi Mushroom is a fungus used for boosting your immune system, the Flu, viral infections, reducing stress, preventing fatigue. It is also been used to treat the symptoms of insomnia, kidney disease, liver disease, high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS, stomach ulcers, altitude sickness, and many more.
    This is a powerhouse supplement supporting all of your major health needs such as
    Digestive support- active enzymes, aloe Vera, liver support with dandelion root
    Metabolic support with green tea, cayenne and black pepper extract
    Immune support with the Reishi Mushroom and elderberry
    Cardiac support with Hawthorne berry, garlic
    Antioxidants and Odorless Omega 3’s and essential fatty acids
    Low temperature dehydrates of REAL FOOD (as always!)
    As Dr. Don Verhulst, M.D. It Works! Health Consultant had mentioned the most important nutrients your body needs are the ones you’re missing. You can spend thousands trying to figure it out, take a number of different supplements each day, or you can take a complete supplement. Get it all in one place with the complete pack. It takes a lot of nutrients to fight fat at the cellular level, so this is going to work great with products like the Fat Fighter and ThermoFit, or with the amazing New You. Maximize your health and let the synergy of this new formula work in conjunction for ultimate results! Preventive health is the best health.
     
    3. Water ( Very Important ) I recommend you drink half your body weight ( in oz) a day )
    ( Example if you 200 pounds that 100 oz of water 6 bottles of 16.9 oz water bottles )
     
    Water is one of those rare free resources that have so much of health benefits. Unless you are living in a desert, there is no reason why you should let yourself dehydrated, when a glass of water every now and then can prevent that from happening. There are plenty of benefits of drinking water, from weight loss to proper kidney functioning, water plays a big part in our life. About 70% of our body is made up of water and from this we can understand how much important water is for us.
    Weight loss – Water is truly the best negative calorie food there is, a glass of water contains no calories and taking it before a meal will mean you stomach will be a bit full and you can get away without having to eat the extra food.
    Ph balance – The human body needs a 7+ Ph range so that it can function properly. Drinking enough water throughout the day helps to maintain this balance.
    Healthy Heart – We have talked plenty about how to keep your heart healthy, but a study done in the Loma Linda university in California, involving 20k healthy men and woman in the age range of 38 to 100 years, came up with the results that those who drank enough water throughout the day had 41% in women and 54% in men, were less likely to have a heart attack. But this does not works with other liquid, so if you substitute water with milk, tea, coffee etc. then you will have increased chances of heart attack, which is to be precise – in women it is 50% and 46% in men.
    Healthy Skin – Those of you who have wasted plenty of time and money in expensive cosmetics will be quite surprised to hear that drinking enough water throughout the day is just sufficient for having a natural glowing skin. For long term skin benefits, just keep drinking water regularly.
    Helps keep dehydration away – for keeping your body properly hydrated, one must drink enough water throughout the day.
    Pain relief – Water is said to help people with joints pain, when the body is properly hydrated then muscles are more elastic and gets less strain and prevents joints pain.
    Remove toxins – Water removes toxins from the body and keep it nice and clean. So, water is a good cleansing tool as well.
    Metabolism – Water improves your metabolism which is another reason why it helps you with weight loss. There are other foods that helps boost your metabolism like probiotics for example, but water is easily available and costs nothing.
    Kidney health – Kidney requires enough water to keep filtering the liquid waste from our body, lack of water can result in a lot of problems as the liquid in the kidney needs to be diluted before removing.
    Prevent cancer – Drinking good amount of water everyday helps in keeping bladder and colon cancer away.
    Restoring energy and feeling fresh – water keeps the body well hydrated which makes us feel a lot fresh and thus restores a lot of energy by which we can easily carry about a lot of work.
    Headache solution – while there can be many reasons for having a headache, for most common reasons, dehydration is responsible. Drinking enough water throughout the day can keep the headache away and also if you got headache, drinking some water can help cure it.
    Constipation – Water, along with foods which are high in roughage content, like salads helps in curing and keeping constipation away. Several diseases like gastric or heartburn etc. can be kept at bay, if water is taken regularly.
    Body temperature – Water helps in controlling body temperature, this is especially important for the athletes or those who are working out. Water is preferred over other liquids because our body absorbs water much better than any other liquid.
    Helps sickness – Drinking water helps in getting well sooner as being sick leaves us with low water in our body. This can make us even dehydrated and to prevent this, we just need to drink more water.
    Nutrient transport – Water helps in sending the nutrients from one place of our body to another, thus making a constant flow which helps our body to function properly.
    Pregnant woman – At the time of pregnancy, the body’s need of adequate water is very important to keep the nutrients flowing and keeping the infections etc. away.
    There are plenty of health benefits of drinking water, however for most people; drinking water makes them feel good. Start your day with a glass of fresh drinking water; it is the best way to start a day.
     
    4. Exercise
          Exercise controls weight
          Exercise can help prevent excess weight gain or help maintain weight loss. When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the more calories you burn. You don't need to set aside large chunks of time for exercise to reap weight-loss benefits. If you can't do an actual workout, get more active throughout the day in simple ways — by taking the stairs instead of the elevator or revving up your household chores.
 Exercise combats health conditions and diseases
Worried about heart disease? Hoping to prevent high blood pressure? No matter what your current weight, being active boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), or "good," cholesterol and decreases unhealthy triglycerides. This one-two punch keeps your blood flowing smoothly, which decreases your risk of cardiovascular diseases. In fact, regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, depression, certain types of cancer, arthritis and falls.
 Exercise improves mood
Need an emotional lift? Or need to blow off some steam after a stressful day? A workout at the gym or a brisk 30-minute walk can help. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed. You may also feel better about your appearance and yourself when you exercise regularly, which can boost your confidence and improve your self-esteem.
 Exercise boosts energy
Winded by grocery shopping or household chores? Regular physical activity can improve your muscle strength and boost your endurance. Exercise and physical activity deliver oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and help your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. And when your heart and lungs work more efficiently, you have more energy to go about your daily chores.

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