Top 10 ways to improve your health

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Top 10 ways to improve your health

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Newsweek slamming Oprah June 2009

 

Top 10 ways to improve your health

 

The current state of health care can be cold, remote and somewhat inhumane. It

is too costly and often as late as those rearranging deck chairs on the titanic.

There is increasing despair among health care workers and millions of Americans

are without adequate health care coverage. Doctors are suffering, patients are

suffering. Studies in the last 40 years by the American Foundation for Suicide

Prevention have confirmed that physicians die by suicide more frequently than

others of their gender and age in both the general population and other

professional occupations.

 

O.K. We all know that. But in the words of Albert Szent-Gyorgy " Discovery

consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has

thought. " Or better yet, seeing what everybody is seeing and actually doing what

we need to but are not doing. The first of which is:

 

1) Think differently about health. Instead of seeing symptoms as something

foreign that some expert gives you a drug for, see your symptoms as clues to

changes that you need to make. With a little nudging, you probably even know

what those changes look like.

 

2) Get more sleep. Sleep deprivation is one of the biggest problems in society

today. Learn to take breaks and cat naps. Schedule in extra sleep time. Allow

yourself to rest.

 

3) One of the most restful and replenishing things you can do is to meditate.

Meditation really does work to calm the system and rejuvenate the mind. You can

actually get more done by disengaging the cluttered conscious mind and reach

deeper places of inspiration and relaxation.

 

4) Social interaction and more importantly connection, improves overall

well-being and strengthens the heart and immune system. Volunteering to help

others less fortunate is a great way to boost self-esteem and bring love in your

world. Find a lonely elder and see how you can be of service. We live a very

isolated culture.

 

5) Fast 1 day a week with just pure water or fruit or vegetables. Giving the

digestive system a break and alkalizing the blood can greatly increase energy.

 

6) Take a class on how to prepare raw or healthy foods. Compare that to your

current diet.

 

7) Get a little socially active. In an article 'Thinking Differently about

Healthcare' by John de Graaf, " In every country in the world except, believe it

or not, the United States, Liberia, Swaziland and Papua New Guinea, mothers, and

often, fathers, are guaranteed paid time off from work to take care of newborns.

In many cases, such " family leave " extends for up to a year or more. In the US,

by contrast, parents often return to work when children are only a few weeks

old. "

 

We experience how stressed and overworked everyone is. You'd have to be deaf,

dumb and blind not to see how the media slams alternative health. What's crazy

is accepting that the wrong elements of society are making policies that are

anti-humane. Go on-line. Pick a cause and donate a little time and/or money.

Being pro-active can greatly increase empowerment and health.

 

8) Not only does exercise help give you more energy, but it increases the

biochemistry in the brain to help you think clearer. Just do it. Dance, hike, go

to the gym.

 

9) Consciously love yourself more.

 

10) Do one thing you really love to do everyday; take a bath, sit in a sauna,

hug a loved one, relish your hobbies.

 

Health is both an art and a science. Take care of your health and it will take

care of you.

 

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