Health Tip

Health Tip Edition 36

Nutrition

Wonders of water

• Helps manage weight by increasing metabolism
• Water improves blood circulation
• Drinking water improves mental performance
• Water prevents muscle cramps & lubricates joint mobility
• Water prevents kidney stones
• Water nourishes the skin & flushes out toxins
• Water prevents constipation

Exercise

Yoga for Health

• Benefits of daily yogasanas include
• Dramatically manages all joint pains including arthritis etc.
• Reduces the need for diabetic medication by as much as 50%
• Improves the bodies immunity & reduces your susceptibility to allergies
• Switches on all the bodies genes that promote health & wellbeing
• Reduces depression, anxiety & stress
• Improves the bodies balance & reduces the risk of falling in older adults
• Reduces medical costs by 43%

Stress Management

Mental health providers

• When faced with a mental health problem such as stress, anxiety, depression etc, your family doctor will usually refer you a psychologist.
• The psychologist’s job initially is, to identity the problem & in case the problem can be solved by a few sessions of cognitive behaviour therapy including, relaxation & meditation the psychologist will do so.
• In case the problem requires medication the psychologist will refer the patient to a psychiatrist, who is a mental health doctor, who will then treat the patient with drugs & other medical systems that benefit the brain.

Avoid Addictions

Marijuana, pregnancy &lactation

• The legal use of marijuana has more than doubled in females &  research  has concluded, that the THC found in  marijuana affects both the mother &  child during pregnancy & breast feeding
• THC passes easily through the placenta &into the blood stream of the developing baby & affects the brain in the fetus .This impacts the child’s skills such as concentration, attention, impulse control & problem solving. 
• THC also passes into breast milk & enters into the child’s blood stream, exposing the child to substance abuse addiction & mental illness.

 Medical

HBP and Exercise

• Exercise is one of the best ways of keeping your HBP in control.
• 30 minutes a day of fun activities including dancing, hiking, gardening and other lifestyle activities are good. Or else 30 minutes of swimming, walking, cycling, gym exercises or yoga will also do.
• Never exercise to exhaustion.
• Consult your doctor before starting.