Ten Steps to Strengthening Health
1. Sit down to regualr meals every day. Sitting down prepares you physically and mentally to recieve nourishment. Your digestive system relaxes and is able to digest foods and absorb nutrients better. Sitting down makes you more conscious about what you eat. You will appreciate and enjoy your food more. Eat 2 to 3 meals every day at regualr times. Eating at the same times everyday helps to regulate your physical, emotional and mental cycles. You will feel, think, work and sleep better. 2. Eat slowly and chew your food well. This will help you diges you food well and prevent overeating. Thorogh chewing also makes you feel more satisfied and improves the flavor and enjoyment of your food. 3. Stop eating 3 hours before bedtime. Your body cleans and repairs itself while you sleep. These processes are most efficient when your stomach is empty. This will give you digestive system, liver and kidneys a rest when you sleep. It also helps you sleep more deeply and for a shorter time. 4. Eat grains and vegetables with every meal. Plan you meals around grains instead of animal or dairy products. Grains and grain products like brown rice, barley, oats, polenta, good quailty pasta and sourdough breads, etc, are the centerpiece of every meal. Grains provide the basis for balanced nutrition and help regulate your appetite and improve digestion and elimilation. Eat at least 1 vegetable dish with every meal, including breakfast. Vegetable dishes complete cereal grains nutritionally and help you feel satisfied. Green leafy vegetables, broccoli and cabbage supply calcium and vitamin C. Use a variety of cooking styles such as blanching, steaming, sauteing, etc. and vary the combinations of vegetables often. 5. Regularly incorporate a variety of natural, healthy foods into your diet. Choose from beans, soy products, white fish, fruits, nuts, seeds, snacks and sweets. Vary you meals every day. 6. Have 1 or 2 bowls of vegetable soup every day. Use a variety of vegetables and change the combinations often. Add grains, beans, noodles, bread, or fish to soup occasionally. Season your soup mildly with sea salt, shoyu (natural soy sauce) of miso (soy bean paste). 7. Give yourself a daily Body Rub. Rub your body with a hot, damp cloth 1 to 2 times everyday. Fold a cotton wash cloth over twice, dip in hot water, ring out and rub gently in a back and forth motion. Do it before or after a bath or shower, or by itself. It takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The Body Rub deeply cleans your skin and activates circulation and energy. It will improve all aspects of your physical, emotional and mental health. 8. Walk for 30 minutes every day. Walking is the ideal exercise for everyone. It improves flexability, digestion, energy, cardiovascular health, strengthens bones and helps clear your mind. They can be two 15 minute walks. 9. Wear pure cotton clothing next to your skin. Pure cotton carries a more natural electircal charge that helps to neutralize and harmonize imbalances in your body. It also helps to protect against the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields in the environment. Synthetics carry a static electric charge that increases imbalances in your body. They can worsen your health more quickly. 10. Surround yourself with green plants. Green plants are the most effective and efficient air filteration system known. Your bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom are most important. They help reduce air, electromagnetic and noise pollution more effectively than any mechanical system. Green plants also help you feel more bright, positive and energetic. Call (215) 271-1858 for information and counseling appointments Have you read the book? "10 Steps to Strengthening Health" by Denny Waxman and Ruth Ann Flynn copyright 1997 Strengthening Health Institute, registered tradmark Founder, Denny Waxman Other Places to go:
