Don't Weight--You Can Be Active At Any Size!Written by Larry Denton
Very large people face special challenges in trying to be active. You may not be able to move or bend in same way that other people can. It may be hard finding clothes and equipment for exercising. You may feel self-conscious being physically active around other people. Facing these challenges is hard--but it can be done!Being physically active may help you live longer and protect you from: diabetes, heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis (a disease leading to weak bones than can break easily). Regular physical activity helps you feel better because it: lowers your stress and uplifts your mood; increases your strength; helps control blood pressure and blood sugar; helps build healthy bones, muscles, and joints; helps your heart and lungs work better; improves your self-esteem. In short, being physically active can be BIG fun! How do you get started? Appreciate yourself! If you cannot do an activity, don't get down on yourself. Feel good about what you CAN do. Be proud of getting out of your chair or walking a short distance. Pat yourself on back for TRYING even if you can't do something first time. It will probably be easier next time. Start slowly--your body needs time to get used to your new activity. Warm up. Warm-ups get your body ready for action. Shrug your shoulders, tap your toes, swing your arms, or march in place. You should always spend a few minutes warming up for any physical activity--even walking. Walk more slowly for first few minutes to get your blood circulating more rapidly. Set goals. Set short-term and long-term goals. A short-term goal may be to walk 5 minutes on at least 3 days for one week. It may not seem like a lot, but any activity is better than none. A long-term goal may be to walk 30 minutes on most days of week by end of 6 months.
| | What if you could turn back the clock to when you were healthy?Written by Jason Elkins
What if there was a solution to protecting and restoring your health. What if you could turn back clock and return to when you were healthy. You wonder why we have such horrific health problems, yet its right in front of your eyes. You all know that nutrition is important, but do you know why. What if given right nutrition your body could heal itself of anything, and I mean anything. What if this was true and all you needed to do was give your body right nutrition. Over half United States population is undernourished and overweight; these two problems contribute to most of disease and death in this country. The 1 trillion dollar food industry is directly tied to our health problems. Processed foods are a big problem for people’s health today. Especially because processed foods are so hard to avoid. Many of these foods that we put into our bodies contain no essential nutrients that our bodies need. With these nutrients almost gone, our immune systems are breaking down and disease is taking over. Our bodies were not designed to be taking in these kinds of foods. Also, our fruits and vegetables don’t have nutritional value they once had. The main reason for this is because of green harvesting and depletion of minerals in our soil. People are now supplementing vitamins and minerals, with hope of improving their health. Yet this is not enough, a huge misconception is that by taking vitamins, you are giving your body what it needs to be healthy. Unfortunately not all supplements are equal. Most vitamins and minerals are synthetic, and not easily absorbed by body. You can test to see if your vitamins are synthetic by taking them with a glass of water and not eating anything for a couple of hours. If you start feeling sick then you know that these are synthetic vitamins. If all you are essentially taking are nutrients which are supposed to be food, then why do you have to eat food with them?Scientists have recently cracked code to nutritional supplementation.
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