3 Aspects to Optimum Health

3 Aspects to Optimum Health

How do you acquire optimum health? Is it eating organic foods, foods with a heath tick or not eating at all. What do you need to eat to be healthy and have a body that functions at its best…

1)      Eat like a Cave Man

The human body was designed to function on fresh whole foods packed full of nutrients. Humans however have depleted the soils, put chemicals in the things they eat and processed foods so much that it barely resembles what it was in the first place.

The first thing to remember in your quest for optimum health is to eat as many basic, non-processed, natural and organic whole foods as you can, just like a caveman. You are what you eat and our body is comprised of the nutrients we consume. The quality of the food we consume will determine how well our body functions.

2)      Supplement with vitamins, minerals and natural health products

The second thing to remember is supplement with vitamins, minerals and natural health products to make up for the deficiencies in our diet due to the deterioration of our food. It may surprise you to know the few following facts:

• By the time food reaches the supermarket shelf its vitamin content will have decreased dramatically. A recent UK survey showed that a runner been purchased at the supermarket had 11% of the vitamin c content it would of had when it was fresh.  
• The same goes for oranges – a study was done on vitamin C content on oranges which after they are picked measured 180mg of vitamin C and the same day after being stored at a local supermarket had dropped to 0mg! (Ref:Dc M Colgan (1982 “your personal vitamin profile”, US, Quill Publishers)
• Microwaving also damages the nutrient content of food more than any other cooking method. Here is an example of the Flavonoid  loss of broccoli after cooking:

Cooking Method	Flavonoid Loss
Microwaving	97%
Boiling	66%
Steaming	negligible

 

Deficiencies in micro nutrients such as vitamins can cause many problems including inability to cope with stress, muscle cramps, eye twitches, problems sleeping, lowered immune system and much more.

Supplementing with a good multi vitamin such as the Solgar VM2000 or Omnium can avoid these issues and prevent you from getting sick.

3)      Exercise Regularly

The third thing to remember is to exercise on a regular basis – if you don’t use it you lose it. They did a study on hospital bound patients and found that being sedentary cause a loss of strength of up to 1% a day. That is significant!  

Exercise goes hand in hand with nutrition and is just as important as feeding your body with quality food. It also aids in the prevention of disease and keeps your body operating smoothly. Exercise assists in reducing mental and muscular tension, improves posture and improves the digestion of food while increasing strength and energy levels and helps to maintain a positive mind.

Without it the body will start to wear and tear, lose strength, compromise movement patterns and ends up riddled with injury, pain and disease.

So Remember, these three important aspects of optimum health:

• Eat like a caveman – basic, non-processed, natural and organic whole foods
• Supplement with a multivitamin/mineral
• Exercise frequently

In doing these things living life will be far more enjoyable and good health will never hold you back from achieving your goals