How many of us want to feel that boundless energy again or that excitement for life? How many of us want to keep our minds clear and sharp, to resist illnesses and disease? Who doesn’t want to feel good the rest of his or her life?

Inflammation is at the heart of poor health. Despite your family history, you CAN make small changes in your lifestyle that will help control your genetic destiny and live healthier and happier than you ever thought possible.

Do you know we have 80-90% control in how healthy we are and how we age? With the right nutrition and lifestyle, you can prevent and address major diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic inflammation which are the root cause of these and other illness and diseases. By eating the right foods, we are providing the kind of environment that allows our cells to flourish and in return provide you with vitality and energy.

Tip #1

Choose Super Foods!

Most foods today are nutrient poor and so are our diets. With the consumption of more refined food with less to sustain us, we often feel stressed, run down and lacking in vibrant health. To help ensure your optimal health, Super foods are key. Super foods are foods that contain a higher level and broader range of nutrients than other foods and thus, help you lower inflammation. They are nutrient dense foods that help you effectively maintain or lose your weight, fight disease, age slower and live longer. Read the rest of this entry »

The journal of the American Medical Association has proven that when we write about our more stressful or displeasing events of our life it can help to reduce many of our health problems. These symptoms can include asthma and rheumatoid arthritis in patients who are critically ill.

Scientific research has proved that patients that were suffering from asthma who wrote about their upsetting incidents had shown a 19% improvement in the functioning of their lungs. Patients of rheumatoid arthritis had decreased their symptoms by 28%.

These results show a link between mental and physical health. It has not been confirmed how much improvement can be made through writing, but one thing clear is that it can result in an improvement to our health conditions to a great extent.

A psychologist and researcher, James Pennebaker from the University of Texas at Austin has proved that developing the habit of writing and journaling can make our immune cells (T- lyphocytes) strong, this can then improve our physical health to a wide extent.

A nurse coordinator named Louise Moran has discussed a serious patient who was critically ill daily wrote emails to her friends and family and told them about her illness. It not became a healing process for her but also strengthen her communication skills.

Another case of a women who started journaling after her breast cancer lead an improved health life. We can conclude that journaling can strengthen our immune system causing benefits to our health. Read the rest of this entry »

Just what is emotional health? How can I have good emotional health?

1. Take care of yourself.
Believe it or not taking care of your body also helps take care of your mental health. Watch your diet! Eating too much of one food, having too much caffeine or having too little protein can have a negative influence on your emotional health. Exercising your body also gives you a stronger, confident sense of self. The simple act of walking has been proven to be connected to your mental health. Get up and move!

Don’t forget to sleep! Sleep is an integral part of mental health and may even be more important that what you eat. Not getting enough sleep can actually change your personality, so work on saving that time. Take 8 hours just for your sleep so you can approach the day with better emotional/mental health.

2. Develop good relationships with friends and family.
Feeling alone is worse than being alone when you know there are people out there who love you. Part of not feeling alone is taking it upon yourself to create and maintain good relationships with others. This is just one way in which you maintain a support system.

Having a support system is like having a wall with people standing on either side to keep it standing. Sometimes we want to be that to others, but we need to be able to allow others to be our support as well. Read the rest of this entry »