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Showing posts with label living. Show all posts

Healthy Living through Quality Sleep

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

The average adult spends seven to nine hours of sleep each night. That's when your body needs improvement. Toxins removed and the cells and tissues to be rebuilt. The brain also processes the collected stress when the body up and reduce the bad effects on the body system. Despite extensive laboratory research was mostly done, but the function of sleep remains a mystery. One thing is certain, the body and mind can not function well without sleep. When we live a poor quality sleep for long periods, physical and mental health we will be disrupted. Lack of sleep will directly reduce productivity, the ability to enjoy life, and how we look.


Fortunately, there are many effective ways to avoid the symptoms of insomnia and make sure we stay asleep each night. This will help us work and have fun at the optimal energy level.


Sports For Relaxation
Body exercise regularly is important to create a quality sleep. Without exercise, you're not physically tired enough to rest well at night. Aerobic activity such as walking and cycling functions to train the heart and build muscle. While some specific yoga technique is very good for stretching and relaxing.


Massage and Meditation
At certain moments, stress can cause insomnia. Some massage techniques that will help ease tension neck aching shoulders, and hips are stiff. Face massage can also provide overnight quietness.
Stress is a part of life that can not be avoided. However, when you need the peace of self, a series of meditation and visualization techniques can help you cope with uncertainty, fear and anxiety. With enough exercise, stress can be greatly reduced so that will not cause trouble sleeping at night.


Quiet environment
Deficiency can be exacerbated by tdiur factors, external factors such as noise, atmosphere "busy" in the bedroom, even the type of mattress that is not appropriate. By optimizing your physical environment, many factors such as the above barriers can be reduced and even eliminated.
By applying the principles of feng-shui, you can set the bedroom to make things that can hamper the smooth flow of "chi" or energy. Decorations and appropriate lighting pattern can soothe the senses. In addition, a ritual before bedtime can make sleep a pleasant experience and fun.


Self indulgent
In order to obtain a quality private time, take some time to get rid of the burden of thoughts and worries at night. This is particularly important given the many demands of everyday life. No matter how busy you are, should take the time to relax before bed. If not, your mind will still be filled with a variety of daily problems.
To be ready to enter the body during sleep, attach candles around you and Soak in warm water laced with aromatherapy oils or herbal ingredients. Essential oils such as lavender and clary sage added to the water can relieve headaches and muscle tension. Bag bath or bath salts from chamomile flowers can reduce stress. Take advantage of natural energy is also produced flowers and other plants as a mixture of warm water to soak the feet, which brought a pillow to sleep the sleep, and alcohol solution that makes effective sleep.

Snack before bed

You had dinner at 6 this afternoon and now it's 11:30 o'clock. It's time to sleep, but you feel hungry and thirsty again .. What should you do? Instead of opening the refrigerator for a glut of food dancing and may be difficult to digest, sweat should choose foods like toast and jelly coated soothing hot drink. Avoid tea and coffee as a stimulant that tends to make up if you drink at night. Conversely, soothing tea can be consumed herbalyang evening and an ideal warm milk taken before bed. Milk contains peptides that calm the body system.


Therapy crystals
Sometimes sleep difficulties arise because of excessive emotion, like fear, excitement or anxiety. Crystal stone therapy can help ease a broken heart. Right Bebatuanyang can also soothe a sense of confusion, anxiety and helps normalize sleep patterns. Rock crystal can help if the nightmares continue to keep you awake.


source: book "Secrets of Natural sleep quality", Tracey Kelly, Erlangga publisher,


10 Essential Tips Healthy Living

Monday, December 7, 2009

Can not be denied that health is priceless and can not be purchased with the price regardless. Therefore, try to implement a healthy lifestyle by following these tips.

1. Many Moves
Try to actively move every day, whether it's walking to work, cleaning house, or exercising regularly as jogging, gymnastics, swimming, cycling, fitness and others. Actively move to make your metabolism more active so that makes the body healthier.

2. Consumption of healthy foods
You already know if the consumption of nutritious healthy balanced diet in sufficient quantities can maintain optimal health of your body. Then why were still eating fried, fatty foods and high cholesterol, foods that are too sweet, and soft drinks? Would not prefer non-fried dishes, vegetables and fruits. Once you principled healthy diet, you will get used to and enjoy enjoy.

3. Adequate rest
Rest enough to sleep for 7-8 hours per day makes your body more fresh and fit. Try to have a night sleep schedule no more than 10 hours. Sleep at regular hours could prevent trouble sleeping disorders or insomnia.

4. Burn your body fat
Excess body fat can certainly worsen the health and your appearance. Excess fat will increase the risk of atherosclerotic diseases such as stroke and heart. Trim fat from your body now with a healthy lifestyle and exercise.
5. Quitting smoking and excessive alcohol consumption
Quitting smoking is hard, but you will be more difficult if not stopped. Set your intention to quit smoking from now on as well. For alcohol drinkers, should choose to drink wine with frequency is due to lower calories than beer or other alcoholic beverages in addition to antioxidant is also quite high.

6. Get used to clean living
Why is still lazy bathe or just wash my face after the move all day? Avoid clean body of all skin diseases other than of course making you look more attractive.

7. Reduce stress
Stress can trigger a variety of physical and mental illness. Useless you work hard day and night if to cause stress. Your health is much more valuable. Balance your routine with activities such as leisure and relaxation holiday with family or friends. Relax yourself with a massage, spa and yoga are also quite effective to relieve stress.

8. Protect yourself from pollution
Air pollution is one of the media to attack free radicals immunity. Do not dismiss or a variety of degenerative diseases attacking you. Use a mask while driving a motorcycle and consume a multivitamin supplement, mineral or antioxidant free radical stress.

9. Stretch
Stretch for all parts of the body at the beginning and end of your day. Stretch your body to add flexibility, blood circulation and oxygen distribution throughout the body, and straighten the bone.

10. Set routines
Organize yourself. Routine solid irregular will only make you overwhelmed resulting in lower stamina and mental. Make a note or a structured schedule so that your life more organized.

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