Health Tip

Health Tip Edition 9

Nutrition

Ways to lose Fat: 

• Drink 2 glasses of warm lemon honey water without sugar on empty stomach.
• Medium to fast walking or jogging
• Do not skip breakfast
• Do not overeat
• Avoid sugar, flour, dairy products, pasta, junk food, meat, fatty oil food & bread.
• No rice
• Drink hot black coffee, it kills your appetite & stimulates the body.
• Drink warm water
• Do not eat when stressed or tense.

Exercise

 Yoga:

• The Surya Namaskara, (in yoga) is a good, complete whole body, home exercise. It takes a few minutes to complete & its benefits include,
• Muscle Strengthening
• Joint Lubrication
• Improved Balance
• Improves digestion
• Improves Respiration
• Improves Circulation
• Improved Metabolism
• Improved Relaxation

Stress Management

Health & Pets:

• Pets benefit your health in many ways.
• Pets reduce stress & improve mood.
• Pets helps in reducing HBP.
• Pets shower you with love & reduce depression.
• They get the owners to be physically active & take walks, etc.
• Pets make their owners socially interactive.
• Pets are instinctive & detect medical emergencies like strokes & heart attacks in their owners

Avoid Addictions

Be alert to Bad Moods:

• Negative emotions, stress, anger, frustration, etc., are common reasons for people to go back to smoking.
• Find ways to distract yourself.
• Useful strategies include getting together with friends or doing something you really enjoy.
• Behavioural therapy is a type of counselling that helps one identify and stick to quit smoking strategies.
• Combine behavioural therapy with nicotine replacement products

Medical

Losing weight:  

• Losing weight is one of the best things you can do to help prevent heart disease.
• Extra pounds affect the lining of your arteries, making them more likely to collect plaque from cholesterol.
• Losing weight, especially belly fat helps raise HDL "good" cholesterol and reduce LDL "bad" cholesterol