The New Year is about to come and for many it is the occasion for good resolutions to change life.
The classical resolutions are welknown: it’s to stop smoking, to loose weight, to start physical training, to stop eating junk food etc. etc….
The following press release I found yesterday. It hit me because it is exactly what we try to convince people about that lifestyle in fact is »the thing« to prevent cancer and other chronic diseases. Prevention is about how we live, about a positive approach to life, about regular moderate physical exercise, about what and how we eat and drink, about a lifelong commitment. Biestmilch www.biestmilch.com should be one mosaic stone of tinkering your lifestyle.
In a very recent issue of the German Magazine »Stern« a German scientist questions all sorts of preventive medical check-ups for cancer. To summarize the interview very blatantly: most cheeck-ups are tranquillizers and a popular fallacy promoted by politicians, a very sharp viewpoint raising debates all over. First of all, she stresses, we should be much more considerate about our children being overweighted couch-potatoes… Here she comes to the point where lifestyle comes into the picture again.
I think if we want remain healthy we need to take extreme notions of this kind very serious. There is no easy way out to health. Underneath an outline of an article underlining lifestyle as the essential preventive measure to avoid cancer.
Preventing Cancer Today!
by Dr. Laurence Magne, author of Cancer Free For Life
At any age, it is vitally important to stay fit and healthy. Health is a lifelong commitment. This is the way to prevent cancer today!!!
It starts with positive emotions, because they are a simple method to keep us healthy. A healthy diet is more than the food we eat. It is everything that nourishes us physically, mentally or spiritually. Even picturing images of being nurtured or loved by someone strengthens the immune system.
Do you want more energy so you can work non-stop without getting tired? Strike a healthy balance between activity and rest. Remember throughout the day to plan little breaks and relax, relax, relax.
Sweat It Out!
Sweat is one way the body cleanses itself. Impurities like alcohol and nicotine along with excess sodium can be eliminated through perspiration. You can sweat some other harmful heavy metals that can cause serious health problems if allowed to accumulate in the body. Exercise, warm baths or piles of blankets will help you to sweat.
Exercise Duration
You need to perform at lease 30 minutes of moderate intensity activities 5 to 6 days a week. You will increase cardiovascular endurance, overall endurance, general organ strength, muscle strength, flexibility, raise your metabolism, reduce body fat and lower risk factors for hypertension, adult onset diabetes, heart disease and osteoporosis. Of course, you must have a healthy diet to gain these benefits.
Choose an exercise routine that will raise your heart rate to your target zone. Stay in your target zone for 20 minutes. Your cool down should last for 5 minutes. You will burn body fat, lower your cholesterol, blood pressure and risk factors for degenerative diseases. Keep your heart rate at 50 to 60% of your target zone at first, increasing the intensity of your work-out as your fitness level improves.
Exercise intensity is determined by your fitness level. Light intensity activities are slow walking, easy cycling, gardening and most household activities which raise the heart rate 50 to 60% of your maximum heart rate.
Moderate activities are fast walking, jogging, past paced cycling, competitive swimming and aerobic dancing which raise the heart rate 60% to 70% of your maximum heart rate. High intensity activities are weight lifting, sprinting and mountain climbing which raise the heart rate to 70% to 80% of your maximum heart rate.
Stretching
Do you own a cat? What is the first thing your cat does when it gets
up after a nap. It yawns, and it stretches every limb in turn. So, set
your alarm for five minutes earlier than you normally get up. Lie in
bed. Breathe deeply. Pause. Turn into a cat: stretch your legs and your
arms in turn, as far as they will go without hurting yourself. Yawn.
You’ll start your day much more relaxed.
Drink Water When You Exercise
Drinking water during exercise reduces cardiovascular stress and
improves performance. After a strenuous workout, you have to replace
the fluids you have lost. Otherwise, you will suffer chronic
dehydration. Drink water before, during and after exercising, and
remember that water reduces body temperature thus making the whole
exercise process safer.
Boosting your intake of water makes good sense, because water eases
digestion and regulates body temperature. Water also bathes the cells
and accounts for about 60 percent of body weight. And it can help you
exercise longer and more efficiently. Drinking water can ward off
constipation and maybe even crankiness. And since it’s a natural
appetite suppressant, water can help us lose weight and keep it off. It
can also help keep skin healthy.
