Health Tip

Health Tip Edition 27

Nutrition

Maintain Body Weight:

• Green tea daily can reduce body fat, body weight and waist circumference. Also, the catechins in green tea help generate heat within the body, which in turn burns extra calories.
• The polyphenol in green tea works to intensify levels of fat oxidation and the rate at which your body turns food into calories.
• Studies indicate that the combination of caffeine and other compounds in the tea appears to boost metabolism, burn calories and break down fat.

Exercise

For Healthy Ageing:

• Adopt a pet, especially dogs that need to walk daily
• Gentle jogging is better than running
• Sex once or twice a month is good for your health
• Learn new things, music, a new language, how to cook
• Do regular exercise everyday
• Eat a balanced diet, especially of fruits & salad
• Improve your balance & coordination by doing Tai chi, or yoga
• Be more social & meet people
• Sleep is important for good health 6-8 hours as rule
• Use skin cream & other lotions as required.

Stress Management

Conquering Insomnia:

• Turn off all lights including cell phones
• Avoid afternoon naps
• Keep a fixed time for getting to bed and getting up
• Avoid caffeine & alcohol at night
• Light exercises in the morning or evening is good
• Eat a light meal at night
• Neutralize all noise and maintain a comfortable temperature
• Read a book in bed, but do not switch on your mobile or TV.

Avoid Addictions

• Alcohol addiction: has a strong family relationship.
• Other susceptibilities include a disadvantaged social status. However people with none of these situations have also developed addictions.
• Alcohol addicts either drink excessively every day or have long periods of abstinence, but drink excessively & have no control over their intake whenever they drink.
• Alcoholics have no insight into their behavior & lose all sense of social responsibility to their families.
• Successful de addiction can be achieved through medical intervention & life long association with Support Groups like Alcoholics Anonymous.

Medical

Oral Health:

• Meet your Dentist once a year & take advice on how to maintain oral health
• Use fluoride toothpaste, it strengthens the teeth & enamel for children & adults.
• Floss & brush your teeth at least twice daily
• Eat a balanced diet, crunchy vegetables & fruits are especially good for your teeth
• Quit smoking, this is bad for your gums & weakens & discolours your teeth