Extend Your Shelf Life – Exercise and Nutrition

Nutrition

Nutrition and exercise work in balance to maintain a healthy body.  There is truth in the saying ‘You are what you eat…and drink’!  I am a firm believer that the foods we eat have a major impact on our overall health – physical, emotional and mental.   Not only will our bodies work better with good nutrition, but our brains will too!  I prefer organic for myself and my family.  Why? Because organic foods, especially produce, contain fewer pesticides and chemicals, which are widely used in conventionally-grown foods, they have more beneficial nutrients without the added toxins.  Also, organic food is fresher because it doesn’t contain preservatives that make it last longer. For me and my family eating organic is not a trend, it’s returning to tradition!

 

Healthy Tips

 

What’s New

Keep up to date with healthy news!  One of my favorite things that I do is research.  I know that may sound horrible to some of you, but anything health related I’m right on it.  So, here is where I will share some of the things that I learn through my research.  I’m not a health expert, just an expert in research!

 

Did You Know

Learn some of my tips for maintaining optimal health through all ages.

 

My Favorites

I will share with you some of my favorite ‘concoctions’, as my wife likes to call them.  

Exercise – Get to Steppin’

‘If exercise were a pill, it would be the most widely prescribed medication in the world.”   Leading a physically active life can help us feel happier, think more clearly, have more energy, be more productive. Exercise need not be painful or extreme to be effective. Regular periods of moderate exercise several times a week can be very beneficial.  The hardest part of exercise is just getting started!

Jogging, brisk walking, biking, and taking part in active sports—enough both to get your heart beating faster and to cause you to break a sweat—can improve your endurance and help to prevent heart attack and stroke. Combining such aerobic exercise with moderate weight training and calisthenics helps to strengthen your bones, internal muscles, and limbs. These activities also contribute to maintaining a higher metabolism, which automatically helps to control your weight.