FOR GENERAL WELLNESS

FOR GENERAL WELLNESS

There are very few human beings who do not want to live long. Everybody want to live long, from all those who are in good health and in good financial standing to those who are obviously sick but would want to be healed so they could keep on living. Even those in abject poverty want to continue to live in the hope that their economic plight may brighten up in the future. Radiant health is desired by all whether rich or poor. The following five steps are essential for maintenance of good health. They seem very simple and probably too familiar, but they are as essential to health as pillars are to a story or multi story building. Without pillars, the building will collapse

1.  GENEROUSE INTAKE OF WATER AND SALT

Most of us are brought up in a tradition that discourages water consumption. There are instances where parents scold their children for “drinking water like rainbow”! As a result many children have adjusted to drinking as little water as possible, being careful not to over drink! Children invariably become adult and carry over the training from childhood. That is why it is difficult to persuade many adult to drink plenty of water. This is in agreement with the adage that says, “You can’t teach old dogs new tricks”.

Water needs to be recognised for its importance for life substance. Animals die faster if deprived of water than if deprived of food. As batmanghelidj wrote: “Chronic unintentional dehydration is the origin of most pain and degenerative diseases in the human body” (Phenome NEWS, 1998: 2000:2). The message is that water is vital to life. Staying hydrated makes you feel energetic and eat less. As a matter of fact, so many common ailment and illnesses can be prevented and possibly even cure with an increase intake of healthy water. Headaches, hypertension, back pain, arthritis, ulcers, asthma, morning sickness and fatigue can all benefit and in many cases be prevented by regulating the body’s natural fluid level. Drink and shower with healthy water and you will experience radiant health.

A good number of people who are convinced of the importance of water still fail to drink sufficient water. The reason being that when water is not available and when the urge for intake of water builds up in us we confuse it with hunger. Instead of drinking water, we go for food, so we overeat. We eat when the body wants water. The result is, we over eat and soon become overweight. Many of the times we draw ourselves to food, it is water we should drink and the hunger for food will abate naturally. Do not mistake any other fluids for water. Fruit juice, sodas, colas and alcoholic drinks cannot take the place of water or can by any way match or fit to the functions of water in our body system. These substances (alcohol and caffeine in particular) do not allow water to stay in the body long enough. Within an hour you will urinate more than the quantity of beverage that you drink! So the beverage gives you a false sense that you have drunk large amount of water.

A good determinant of needs of water in the body system is the colour of urine. A well hydrated person produces colourless urine not counting the colour of vitamins or colour additives in food. A comparatively dehydrated person produces yellow urine. In this blog post I shall include a table showing minimum daily requirement of water for different height and weights groups. Just glue yourself to my post and keep following me.

While you consume water, you need to balance it up with salt intake. The rule is drink more water, take more salt. “For every quarter of water you use, you will need to add a ¼ teaspoon of salt to your diet”.

NOTE: The salt am referring to here is not meant to be iodized salt, that is, table salt. Table salt is not sufficient because it is refined and the good elements have been taken out. Good and clean sea salt water is a better version if you can get it. Salt intake is as important as taking the right amount of water.

The water specialist, Charles Strand, states “while water is not an absolute cure all, we must recognize it as the base and primary ingredient to every preventive and healing process”. It is affirm that with proper intake of healthy water, the right minerals and nutrient, our body can be assisted to cure illnesses that people say are incurable.

2    GET AT LEAST 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE MOST DAYS OF THE WEEK

Research has shown that people who regularly exercise are less likely to develop sickness. Our bodies are designed to work hard and to exercise. We get tougher and stronger (muscle, organs, functions better with stronger bones) if we exercise. Without exercise our bone soften, our mucles atrophy and get weaker and sag and we develop pot bellies. The automobile industry while a boom to our society, has deprived us of the major means of exercise, walking. In the days of our fore fathers people walked everywhere they went and they are seldom over weight. Today, you sit in an automobile, and enter the office only to sit down for hours, except for occasional short distance walk within the office, you return home riding in an automobile and then sit down to watch the television. You see the reason is not far fetched why you are overweight. Research as shown that one’s risk of dying prematurely can be reduces by half, if one exercise every day or nearly every day. i.e. it reduces the risk each of the following diseases to the bearest minimum: Diabetes, depression and anxiety, heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure etc.

NOTE: Exercise should not be painful; if you suffer arthritis or any other ailment which prevent you from undertaking exercise please see you doctor for best alternative ways of achieving the same aim.

3    KEEP YOUR WEIGHT UNDER CHECK

It has become a very common ideology among some people that putting on weight is a sign of prosperity and well being! But the hard cold fact is that being overweight is a matter of health concern.  As rightly said by Dr. Dominguez (1982:22), “For every pound that you are overweight, there is a fairly accurate estimate of how much time that pound will cost you. Obesity is deadly; it opens door for many diseases to attach its victim: hypertension, kidney, bladder and liver disorder, diabetes, cardiovascular disorder, cancer, lung problems etc. Obesity is a disease in itself. Note that one of the ways you can achieve maintenance of healthy weight is through regular exercise.

4    GOOD FOOD IN THE RIGHT QUANTITY: Eating good food in the right amount is prerequisite to maintaining a good healthy leaving. Eating grains and fruits especially is a good way of maintaining a healthy diet. What can we derive from that? Grains and fruits form the basis of any diet as they are nutritious, high in fibre and non-fattening. As pointed out by Dr. Dminguez “A diet high in grains and fruits will help prevent cancer, heart disease, high blood pressure, and obesity for it is almost impossible to get fat on these food stuffs”.

As a general rule, the foods required for proper nutrition fall into the following groups:

i.                     PROTEINS: These are required for building the body and repair of worn out cells. Food high in protein include beans, fish, seafood eggs(without yolk) etc

ii.                   CARBOHYDRATES: These are sources of readily available energy. Surplus carbohydrates are converted by the body to glycogen and fat, the storage forms of calories for energy. Sources include rice, yam, sweet potatoes etc.

iii.                  FAT AND OIL: These provide a concentrated source of energy. Though a lot of fat can be harmful, but eating some fat or oil with each meal is healthy. Sources include soyabeans, avocado, groundnuts, salad, oil, cod-liver oil etc.

iv.                 VITAMINS AND MINERALS: They are needed for protection and well- being of the body. Deficiency of these substances results to definite physiological disorders. These can be source from eating varieties of fruits and vegetables.

5    TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINAL PLANT

I.                    ONION: Onion is ideal for people suffering from high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and asthma. Eating fresh onion a day gives abundant health. For best results, you may eat it raw by slicing on salad or vegetable or beans.

II.                  VEGETABLES: Vegetable such as BASIL, DANDELION etc. invigorates cardiovascular system(basil), accelerates and stimulates all digestive process(dandelion)

III.                ALOE VERA: it’s a common plant that has several medicinal properties i.e. ANTI-CANCER, ANTI-AGEING etc.

To your successful healthy leaving… see you @ 120.