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5. Raise your emotional quotient
Pay attention to your psychological health. Few people would deny the link between mind and body: just think of how our faces pale when shocked and redden when enraged. Elsewhere in this book, we talk about the strong link between emotional well-being and immunity. Emotional honesty and self-awareness are highly important. If these are hard to come by, seeing a therapist or counsellor is a wise health investment.
6. Listen to your body
Sometimes our bodies whisper - a tiny rumble indicates hunger - and sometimes they scream - a blinding pain signals a broken bone. Often, we are too busy to heed our bodies' calls. But since our body signals offer important information about illnesses, perhaps we should start paying attention.
7. Wet your whistle
Drink eight to ten 240 ml (eight fl oz) glasses of water and one cup of tea a day. It's not included in the Recommended Dietary Allowances, but water is one of nature's most important nutrients - and one of which most people don't get nearly enough. Nothing is better than water, when it comes to beverages. It has no calories, no sugar and no caffeine. On average, women drink 4.7 cups of water-based liquids - juice, soda, coffee and so on, a day. People should be drinking twice that amount: eight to ten 240 ml (8 fl oz) glasses a day.
8. Remember, variety is the spice of life
Eat a wide variety of foods. The vast majority of the population fails to follow that advice. In one American study, researchers examined data from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II). They found that only one-third of adults ate at least one food each day from five food groups: dairy, meat, grains, fruits and vegetables. Delving further, they found that less than three per cent ate at least two servings each day from the dairy, meat, fruit and vegetable groups and four servings from the grains group.
5. Raise your emotional quotient
Pay attention to your psychological health. Few people would deny the link between mind and body: just think of how our faces pale when shocked and redden when enraged. Elsewhere in this book, we talk about the strong link between emotional well-being and immunity. Emotional honesty and self-awareness are highly important. If these are hard to come by, seeing a therapist or counsellor is a wise health investment.
6. Listen to your body
Sometimes our bodies whisper - a tiny rumble indicates hunger - and sometimes they scream - a blinding pain signals a broken bone. Often, we are too busy to heed our bodies' calls. But since our body signals offer important information about illnesses, perhaps we should start paying attention.
7. Wet your whistle
Drink eight to ten 240 ml (eight fl oz) glasses of water and one cup of tea a day. It's not included in the Recommended Dietary Allowances, but water is one of nature's most important nutrients - and one of which most people don't get nearly enough. Nothing is better than water, when it comes to beverages. It has no calories, no sugar and no caffeine. On average, women drink 4.7 cups of water-based liquids - juice, soda, coffee and so on, a day. People should be drinking twice that amount: eight to ten 240 ml (8 fl oz) glasses a day.
8. Remember, variety is the spice of life
Eat a wide variety of foods. The vast majority of the population fails to follow that advice. In one American study, researchers examined data from the second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES II). They found that only one-third of adults ate at least one food each day from five food groups: dairy, meat, grains, fruits and vegetables. Delving further, they found that less than three per cent ate at least two servings each day from the dairy, meat, fruit and vegetable groups and four servings from the grains group.
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