Lower your risk this of flu this season by supporting your wellbeing. Eat, sleep, move and drink appropriately for your health needs and utilise supplements to support.
Vitamin D – 1,000-3,000 iu per day in natural form with vitamin K
Vitamin C – 1-3g of ascorbic acid per day
Garlic – 180mg of allicin per day
Gargle with green tea daily
Move for at least 30 minutes per day
Don’t beat yourself for not being perfect and don’t compare yourself to others. Be your own cheerleader, don’t look to others to boost your self-esteem.
Be kind to yourself. Train your inner voice to say nice things and to be positive.
Don’t dwell on what your life is lacking, be thankful for what you already have, being grateful for the past opens the door for positive change in the future. Spend time practising gratitude every day and don’t forget to share your gratitude with others.
Simplify your life by not multitasking and by saying no more often so that you can focus on doing one thing at a time and doing it well.
Go outside every day and get some fresh air. Try not to skip out on this one just because it is winter. Bundle up so that you can go outside, or open the windows to bring some fresh air inside. Keeping household plants is helpful too.
Eating a varied diet is an excellent way to get the maximum amount of nutrients. It’s also a good way to decrease the possibility of developing food sensitivities, stave off dietary boredom, and help support planetary biodiversity.
Eat a rainbow diet each day to receive your important sources of phytonutrients.
For example:
Red foods – red cabbage, beetroot
Blue foods – berries, purple kale
Yellow foods – banana, yellow bell pepper
White/tan – cauliflower, onion
Green – broccoli, avocado
Avoid high temperature cooking methods to minimise heat damage to proteins, fats and carb sources. Utilise slow cooking methods instead.
A recent study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine showed that mindfulness meditation is an effective alternative to powerful antidepressants.
Ref: Compltherclincprac, 2016: 25: 59-67
A new report on sitting shows sitting for more than 3 hours a day is responsible for an average of 3.8 per cent of all deaths.
Tips to decrease sitting:
– Use a standing desk or adjustable desk top stand
– When sitting set an alarm for 50 minutes. When it sounds get up and move about for a few minutes
– Take a walking meeting
Resilience to stress is about having outlets. Make sure you exercise regularly.
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