January 4, 2009 at 7:31 pm (better health, green health, health ideas)
Tags: balanced lifestyle, exercise, food, health, rest
Somethings I just don’t understand. Why do people eat a super sized burger and fry meal with a diet drink? Why do some people skip breakfast and lunch only to eat a 3000 calorie dinner one hour before bed? Why do some people never eat fish but take a hand full of fish oil pills each day?
A healthy body is all about a balanced lifestyle. As important as any modern medicine are three things that we can all control in our own lives, food, rest and exercise.
A balanced diet and proper portions are easy to achieve and will make you feel better in about a week. Getting enough sleep, which is about 7 hours for adults, will make you feel better by the next morning. Exercise is hard for a lot of us, but it doesn’t have to be. Take a walk at lunch or walk up and down the stairs a few extra times. Get a yoga mat and start doing leg lifts. Meet a friend for a swim. Just move more, you will feel better in no time.
Enjoying life is really about enjoying balance.
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October 22, 2008 at 11:28 pm (green health)
Tags: CNN, junk food, physical activity, white bread
This afternoon CNN was reporting on a story about a school district in Massachusetts that has banned all junk food in the lunch room. That’s right all junk food, not just in vending machines. The only problem I have with this is who decides what junk food is?
When my daughter was growing up I never allowed her to have white bread. In my opion white bread is junk food. So are most processed fruit juices and many protein bars. So who decides what is junk?
Beyond that there is another basic problem, how do you get a kid to eat food they don’t like. Is it better having a kid in school that hasn’t eaten at all because they trashed the good for you lunch, or is it better to allow some junk so at least they are eating something.
CNN did not say if this was a school that still had actual PE classes, but perhaps expanding or starting some type of mandatory physical activity is a better answer.
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October 7, 2008 at 10:56 pm (green health)
Tags: anxiety, green living, healthy, recycling, serene
I read something the other day about green living and recycling that has me a little concerned. It seems that some people maybe having anxiety attacks because they are not green enough.
I certainly want everyone to be green, but I also want them to be healthy. It’s great if you put the plastic bottle or newspaper in the recycle bin, but it will be ok if it gets in the regular trash instead. It’s wonderful if everybody can compost their kitchen scrapes, but if the banana peel makes it into the garbage it will be all right. If your light bulbs are CFL it won’t be as bad if the light doesn’t get turned off. And remember it’s not worth it turn around when your a block from the grocery store because you for got your canvas bags.
To me a big part of being green is also being serene. If old habits slip into your life every now and then don’t worry to much about it and let go of the anxiety.
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