Health Tips For Men and Women

Here are some health tips you might find useful. I myself have survived a serious health problem and not just survived it but emerged from it at the age of 58 in the best health I have ever enjoyed.

DAILY EXERCISE:
Lots of walking/running/cycling. Bodies like to be worked so work yours. Just bear in mind a gradient approach and don't over-tax it.

STRESS:
Human beings are tough creatures so I'm not over-keen to play the "stress" card. A busy, active, responsible life with a few thrills and spills is recommended. But get sufficient rest and sleep and give yourself some down time. Take a walk and get yourself some space. As well as ensuring you get sufficient rest, get sufficient WHOLESOME food food and liquids. These common-sense measures can go a long way to preventing high cholesterol and blood pressure weight gain, insomnia, headaches, acne, and even hair loss. The body will work fine until its is impeded from so doing: so much of what ails us comes about because, quite simply, we poison or damage ourselves

QUIT CAFFEINE AND TOBACCO:
This maybe easier said than done but the health benefits if you can pull it off are tremendous. Believe me, I've been there! And if I can kick these habits so, my friend, can you!

AVOID DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
These are poisons. The pharmaceutical industry works hard to convince us to drug ourselves on every pretext - and the drugs touted are very often catastrophic to health. In a great many instances good nutrition is a better solution or indeed prevention and as a technology nutrition has left the pharmaceutical approach back in the stone age.

Drug companies however cannot make money out of getting us to eat properly or take vitamins. Indeed they cannot make money out of our being well.

GET REGULAR CHECKUPS:
I recommend two things: a standard blood test by which you can monitor cholesterol levels and so forth and periodic visits to a kinesiologist.

Kinesiology is a highly advanced piece of technology and in the hands of an expert practitioner it is a wonderful and very accurate diagnostic tool.

With it one can establish whether any organs are not working properly and not only establish the specific herbal/nutritional remedy that will resolve the matter but the amounts of that remedy one needs to take. My kinesiologist has been able to detect and resolve issues early before they became life-threatening that mainstream medicine never would have been able to detect.

I have been greatly impressed and helped by Kinesiology and highly recommend it.

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Health Tips For The Elderly

Having checked with my dictionary elderly is described as old or ageing. It sets no boundaries so to offer advice becomes extremely difficult because of the lack of a precise definition. Medical and other physical ailments also tend to widen the disparity when comparing age and support that the individual might need.

I know many people who at sixty plus years would not consider themselves - elderly and would see themselves as still having a long lifetime to negotiate. These people are active, involved with family matters or community affairs and do not seem to fit the mould.

It's true then that we are as old as we feel and any quest for a fits-all solution is rather futile. All we can perhaps offer is a number of suggestions that may be useful and for individuals to select any one or more that may be of current interest.

One thing that is constant is the attention that must be paid to their regular nutritional intake. The diet must contain fruits and vegetables, carbohydrates and especially calcium. There is no need to adopt any restrictions but to be balanced and moderate, especially with regard to red meats.

Smoking, never a harbinger of good health, becomes even more of a risk in old age, that can result in circulation problems in the lower extremities. It's never too late to quit. Equally alcoholic beverages should be taken in moderation.

Stay active. Involvement with family and community matters provides access to mental stimulation which is the enemy of intellectual deterioration. This is seen as an area of huge growth, being described as diabetes 3 that will involve increasing numbers and rising health care costs.

Get regular health check ups. Not only will this make you aware of your existing physical condition but will also determine any changes that may occur providing early warnings of symptoms that may allow early diagnosis and treatment.

Maintain activities such as gardening which provide direction and require planning and execution.

These could be recommendations for any age group. Choices that can be made to promote health improvements through making appropriate decisions but exercising brings one back to the wide disparity in individual capability.

Therefore, consult with your doctor about what exercises can be done. Always set a warming up period and although the recommended daily period may be thirty minutes it is perhaps advisable to limit this to three sessions of ten minutes with rests in between.

Walking is the most popular choice and fits well within the thirty minute recommendation. Another great exercise is swimming which stretches the joints and improves energy levels. Also, water aerobics using the natural buoyancy of the water can also be very effective especially in relation to persons with restricted movement.

Best Health Tips Ever

Thousands of books have been published and millions of articles have been written about weight loss as everyone seems to be singing the same mantra. It gets difficult for the reader to assess the credibility of the various weight loss programs that can be found both offline and online. Therefore, no more space or time is going to be wasted in writing down another version of the best weight loss diet. Here, you are only going to find the best health tips that you can rely on.

The health tips mentioned here are logical and they work best with everyone (excluding people with serious illnesses and those who are on high medications). These tips are simple advices to make your life a healthy one and are about ways to exclude harmful elements from your life. So let's begin,

· One of the best health tips that anyone can give you is to correct your eating and sleeping routine. You might not believe it to be important as long as you are completing the 8-hour count, but it is true. There is no harm in late-night partying once in a while, but you must try to build up a daily routine where you go to bed on time to get a fresh start for the next day.

· Secondly, drink plenty of liquids. The liquids that are referred to here are water and fresh fruit juices or smoothie and not the artificially flavoured concoction found in tetra-packs. Our body is mostly water and as such it can be rightly named as the primary fuel of the body. Once you start drinking the required amount of water, you are going to note that you have become more agile and that you don't tire so easily. Moreover, it is also going to fill up the space in your tummy, leaving out less room to put in the junk. But there is another significant benefit of drinking good amounts of water and that is that it allows and facilitates the flushing of toxins from the body which can become the number one cause of fat storage.

· Thirdly, you must remember that you should treat your body with fresh food substances instead of going for the processed and ready made ones. Consider it as a bar of standard, the fresher and more organic food, you eat, the more benefits you gain and if you go for packaged and tinned foods to which many chemicals have been added then you are going down the line to destructive health. So, consume more fresh fruits and vegetables and go for beans, nuts and lentils instead of opting for boxed cereals and microwave meals.

Health Tips for Responsible Dog Ownership

These are some helpful tips for dog owners. It is important to note that this is a general first aid topic and will not cover every situation. It is always important to seek veterinary advice. In this section we will speak about ticks.

Ticks

Over 90% of ticks are found around the neck and head region and may be very difficult to locate and can lodge in such places as the ear canal, the nostril, between the toes, under the lip, or in the anus.

Tick infestation of dogs causes local irritation and discomfort leading to abscesses and by sucking blood from the dog. The dog attempts to rid itself of the parasite by scratching and rubbing, which causes sores and bleeding. The sores may become infested by screwworms or other maggots.

These small parasites are common in many parts of the world. There are 850 known species of ticks. The tick species are divided into two families.

The ticks are grouped according to the number of hosts that they feed from during their life cycle. The 'one-host' ticks spend their life cycle on one animal. The 'two-host' ticks feed from two separate animals, while the 'three-host' ticks have a different host for each stage of development. Most 'hard ticks' that infest dogs are in the 'three-host' group.

The female tick mates on the host, the blood feeding are then accelerated. After about a week the engorged female drops to the ground and spends another week digesting the blood. The female will deposit her eggs in a mass of several hundred to 18,000 eggs at one time. After the female deposits her eggs she dies. In warm weather the eggs may hatch within two weeks into tiny six-legged larvae which are commonly called 'seed ticks'. The larvae crawl up various type of vegetation to await the passing of a host animal. The larvae can live from eight months to one year without feeding on a suitable host.

The odour of butyric acid, given off by all mammals, stimulates the larvae to drop onto and attach to the host. After several days they become distended with blood and drop to the ground where the moult (shed their skin) and become a nymph. The nymph is somewhat larger than the larvae and have eight legs. The nymph repeats the same process of awaiting and attachment of a suitable host. After the nymph transfers to the host, they suck blood, which causes the local irritation and discomfort. After the nymph completes engorgement, they drop from the host. While on the ground they moult into adult males or females. Adults may wait for a host as long as three years, before dying. The tick is usually active between early spring through late autumn.

Tick must be removed from the dog's body. The handler must exercise care when removing ticks for two reasons. The first is that ticks can be carriers of zoonotic diseases.

The second reason is that inflammation of the dog's skin can result if all of the tick's mouth is not removed. The correct procedure for removal is to place the fingers or tweezers around the body of the tick and as close to the skin a* possible. The tick's head should then be withdrawn from the skin by slow, gentle traction. Ticks that are deep in the ear canals must be removed only by a veterinary, since there is a danger of injury to the ears. After removal, ticks should be disposed of by flushing down the nearest drain or immersion in alcohol. Owners should always wash their hands after handling ticks.

As noted, ticks do not spend all of their lives on the body of the dog. They may be found in cracks in the floors and sides of the kennel: they may be present in the grass and bushes of the-training and working areas. Control, therefore, does not depend only on treating the individual animal. It may be necessary to treat the kennels, training areas and working areas with insecticides. Treatment with insecticides must be accomplished only with the approval of the veterinarian, since many of these agents when used incorrectly can be harmful to dogs and could result in death.

Ixodes species

This is the one species that produces paralysis syndrome. This tick inhabits the coastal areas of New South Wales, Queensland and Northern Victoria. It attacks all year round but tends to reach maximum activity in the warmer months and particularly in the seven to 10 day period following heavy rain. It's the female Ixodes holocyclus that causes the problem: she attaches herself to the dog and proceeds to engorge with blood. After about three days the toxin (poison) stored in the ticks salivary glands begins to effect the dog. Special Note: In winter the tick toxin is highly poisonous.

Symptoms: All ticks tend to cause a great deal of reaction at the site of invasion, producing a large swelling with a pronounced crater in the centre, in which the
tick's head becomes buried as it sucks blood from its host. The most common symptoms are a gradually increasing weakness, which commences in the hind limbs and spreads forward along the body. The dogs drool saliva, often vomit, and may lose their voice. They groan as they breathe and are a pitiful sight. The dog needs veterinary assistance as soon as possible.

Treatment: The vet will administer an antiserum and hospitalise the dog to help in controlling other symptoms such as vomiting and lung infections. Without treatment the dogs condition will continue to deteriorate for at least 24 hours after the tick has been removed.

Women's Health Tips

As you may have noticed, there are lots of things that you need to consider when trying to stay fit and healthy. More often than not this mass of information becomes overwhelming and most people start off with good intentions but give up in the long run, slipping back to old ways and habits. To help you maintain that healthy lifestyle, below are the top ten things you should be doing to keep yourself healthy and happy.

1) When trying to keep to a healthy lifestyle, the first thing you need to consider is your diet. A good balanced diet is essential in maintaining a healthy body. Remember, 'rubbish in = rubbish out'. Eating junk food, fatty food and other convenience foods will result in a feeling of lethargy, tiredness, depression and bad complexion just to name a few. Simple changes to make would be avoiding too much red meat, high fat foods and high calorie foods instead substituting this with high fibre low fat food, mixed with a regular intake of fruit and vegetables. Fibre is great for digestion whilst fruit and vegetables will help keep vitamin and mineral levels up.

2) Make sure you drink plenty of water throughout the day. One of the risks of not drinking enough water is the onset of kidney stones. If you know anybody who has had kidney stones, you'll know this is to be avoided! Drinking plenty of water will keep you hydrated which in the long run will help you cleanse your body of impurities. You will start to feel more alert and less tired, you may notice your skin improves with a new radiance. If you are lactating, it is vital that you keep well hydrated to ensure your milk is at its best. Most research suggests that eight glasses of water per day is a minimum.

3) Consider taking vitamin and mineral supplements, especially at the beginning of your new healthy schedule. Some of the more important ones specific to women are Calcium and Iron. Calcium is essential for women of all ages but especially menopausal women to ensure good bone strength and minimise problems from onset of Osteoporosis. Iron supplements are especially important for menstruating women and women who suffer heavier blood loss during that time of the month. Vitamin E400 is worth taking as this has been shown to reduce flushes and sweating at night. For the skin, consider Vitamin E as as a dietary supplement.

4) If you smoke, GIVE UP!! Yes, I know that is much easier said than done but any reduction in the amount that you smoke will be beneficial. If you find the idea of giving up a step too far why not try cutting down? A great way to cut down is to try and extend the time between your cigarettes. If you can maintain this, you will gradually start to smoke less without feeling the withdrawals as much. If you are pregnant, then smoking is a big 'NO-No'. The toxins in a cigarette can cross from the mothers bloodstream and into the baby. Also your chance of breast cancer is much higher if you are a smoker. Overall reducing alcohol and smoking less are great ways to a healthier happier life.

5) Try and introduce a regular exercise into your daily routine. There are simple ways to get exercise without really trying. You could try walking home from work if it's not too far, don't take the elevator all the time - try using the stairs. When your kids are outside playing, take a few minutes to go and play with them. Not only will you be getting fit but you'll be spending more time with your children. Everyone wins! Yoga is also a great way to stay toned and supple. This can be done in the home with a minimal investment in equipment. There is lots of free info. on the internet related to yoga. A simple cheap way to stay healthy.

6) Try and avoid sources of stress. Stressful situations whether at home or at work can leave you with excess amounts of adrenaline and other 'fight or flight' by-products. These can affect heart muscle, upset sleep patterns causing insomnia and much more. Exercise can help to burn off some of these stress by-products but any high stress situations should be avoided.

7) A lot of women are a sucker for a good suntan but there are hidden dangers. Recent research has indicated that over exposure to sunlight and sun tanning beds could increase your chances of skin cancer by up to 30%. A lot of the damage is done in younger life and may not show for years. Simple ways to avoid danger would be to use high factor sun creams, don't lie out in direct sunlight, consider using a tanning cream and avoid those nasty UV rays altogether.

8) Make sure you attend regular smear tests and ensure you visit your Gynaecologist on a regular basis. A lot of 'womens' problems' can be detected in the early stages and treated accordingly. Cervical cancer, chlamydia and Warts are just a few of them. Avoiding your Gynaecologist is akin to playing Russian roulette!!

9) Make sure you practice safe sex. STD's can be easily transmitted and even a long term partner could be harbouring some unknown stowaways. Sexually transmitted diseases can lie dormant for years. Until you are 100% sure you and you're partner are free from STD's practicing safe sex is the best way to stay healthy.

10) An often overlooked area of personal health is dental hygiene. Not looking after your oral hygiene may result in gum disease, tooth loss, halitosis to name but a few. Keep regular appointments with your dental hygienist and make sure you floss regularly to keep a beautiful bright smile.

Five Simple Health Tips to Jump Start A New You

Creating a heather lifestyle doesn't have to be complicated but it does require commitment. It takes 21 days to create a new habit, and 6 months for that habit to become ingrained in your routine. Since life can get in the way, I recommend small changes one step at a time. The list below represents five simple health tips that you can incorporate into your life and make a huge impact on your health, energy, and vitality. Choose one item at a time and do it for at least 3 weeks before adding another component to your lifestyle. When you are doing it without having to constantly remind yourself, then you are ready to move on to the next item.

1) Drink half your "ideal" weight in ounces of water per day. If your ideal weight (not your actual weight) is 120 pounds, you should drink 60 ounces of water per day. Even mild dehydration will cause a 3% drop in your baseline metabolism. That means you will gain 1 pound of fat every 6 months! Drinking water minimizes bloating and water retention in women. These symptoms are often a result of lack of hydration. Drinking plenty of water is how you flush the fat and toxins stored in your fat cells, and also how you can prevent muscle cramps. When muscle cells don't have adequate fluids, they don't work as well and performance can suffer. When exercising, you should try to drink 3-5 ounces of water every 20 minutes. Downing your 8-10 glasses of water all in one sitting doesn't cut it. For maximum effectiveness, staying "evenly" hydrated throughout the day is how our bodies metabolize fat. Also, proper hydration keeps our kidneys and bowel function healthy. Getting the proper hydration also gives you more youthful looking skin. Symptoms associated with mild dehydration are weakness, muscle cramps, headaches, irritability, fatigue, trouble concentrating, heart palpitations, and anxiety.

2) Get your Vitamin D levels tested. Over 80% of Americans are Vitamin D deficient. This is especially prevalent during the winter months. Research shows that proper levels of vitamin D can boost your immune system and decrease your risk for cancer. You can buy Vitamin D3 in a supplement form or you can spend some time in the sun, although your body can only generate vitamin D from UVB rays and during certain times of the day. There is an app for smartphones called Dminder. This app will let you know what time of day, based on your geographic location, the sun is at the proper angle and generating UVB rays so your body can create Vitamin D. In some geographic areas there will be times of the year that you cannot generate vitamin D from sun exposure and will need to get it in the form of supplementation or special tanning beds. This app takes all of the scientific data into account plus your personal profile which includes skin pigmentation, weight, and age. When you are ready to begin your sun exposure, input the type of clothing you are wearing and start the timer. When you've maximized your Vitamin D production for the day, an alarm will sound to end your session. For those of you who don't enjoy the outdoors or live in a location where you can't generate Vitamin D, there are plenty of Vitamin D supplements. Look for Vitamin D in the form of D3. The daily recommended amount is controversial, but generally, 1000-5000mg is recommended. For more info on this topic visit mercola.com

3) Get to bed before 10pm. Since I know this is going to be challenging, start with going to bed just a little earlier each night and work your way to 10pm over a three week period. The latest sleep studies indicate that the deepest and most regenerative sleep occurs between 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. If your body is chronically deprived of "regenerative sleep" between 10 p.m. - 2 a.m., then you may still feel tired and have difficulty getting up in the morning. At 10 p.m., your body goes through a series of transformations following the rise in melatonin production. Melatonin not only helps regulate your sleep/wake cycle but is also responsible for the repair and restoration of your body. A reduction of your mental and physical activity is necessary for this 10 p.m. shift to occur. Watching television, reading from an electronic device, or bright LED clocks all impact melatonin production and the subsequent chain reaction that leads your body into deep sleep. This is one good reason to buy paperback books and a book light! You can also listen to relaxing music. Getting a good night's sleep can create longevity and health. Deep rest during the night helps you fight stress, maintain a healthy weight, and keeps your energy levels high. A simple health tip for those wanting to lose weight: get a minimum of 5 hours of sleep per night.

4) Eat more fruits and vegetables. When we eat a diet high in whole foods, we feed our bodies thousands of micronutrients which stabilize our blood sugar and cholesterol, decrease weight, boost the immune system, reverse heart disease and prevent cancer. An apple a day may keep the doctor away but a mushroom a day will help keep cancer away! The micronutrients found in fruits and vegetables are very powerful antioxidants. Micronutrients create many cell protecting compounds. Many of these compounds such as polyphenols, flavonoids, carotenoids, and phytoestrogens have significant health benefits and are an essential component to optimal health. Micronutrients high in carotenoids are found in carrots, tomatoes, pumpkin, broccoli and spinach. Vegetables that are deep red, purple or black provide rich sources of polyphenols. Flavanoids are found in nuts, seeds, grains, green tea, red wine, kale, and lemons. Phytoestrogens are found in soybeans and flaxseeds. If you do not have access to a fresh variety of produce, then supplement your diet with a good whole food concentrate formula. It's important to incorporate both raw and cooked vegetables into your diet. A simple health tip is that roasting vegetables is easy, quick, and delicious! Cut your vegetables into bite size pieces, drizzle them in olive oil, add salt, pepper and a little cayenne. Roast at 420 degrees for about 20 minutes. To change it up, add raw nuts or dried cranberries in the last five minutes of cooking. You can squeeze fresh lemon juice or shake some parmesan cheese over the top for added flavor.

5) Exercise for 20 minutes a day. It is not necessary to kill yourself at the gym for hours at time. You can get tremendous benefit from just 20 minutes of activity per day, and even walking the dog counts! If you can think of exercise as a play-date, then it can be something to look forward to rather than something to get done! Find something you enjoy doing, and do it. It could be tennis, swimming, hiking, jogging, weightlifting, Zumba aerobics, dancing, pole-dancing, kickboxing, boxing, cardio barre, Nia, yoga, biking, jump rope, hula hooping, climbing stairs, or even just shooting baskets. Think about something you used to love doing and then do it again! If you can commit to anything physical for 20 minutes a day you can make a big impact on your health and really boost your metabolism! Running on a treadmill for 20 minutes a day at 4 mph will take 26 days for you to lose 1 pound of fat. That's a total of 14 pounds of fat in one year from this simple health tip. That's a lot of pant sizes! There are so many fun ways to lose weight and get in shape while improving your heart health, reducing stress, increasing endorphins and building muscle.

None of these simple health tips are rocket science. In fact I bet you knew most of this stuff already, you just don't do them. I spent years looking for complicated diets and supplements to get myself into optimal shape. The best medicine I had, I already knew - I just didn't do it. Make your New Years Resolution a lifestyle change to incorporate healthy habits three weeks at a time!

Hi, I'm Anu Fergoda and helping people feel better is my passion. Although I am not an expert in nutrition, diet or exercise, after gaining 26 pounds in one year, being chronically fatigued, and prematurely aging, I decided to take my health and well being into my own hands. After 8 years of wading through mountains of expert articles and opinions, and trial and error, I discovered simple and convenient solutions that worked for me, my family and our busy life. Click here to get your free report on Better Health Through Solutions That Work!

Health Tips - Weight Loss Top Tips

Losing weight and keeping it off are major concerns for an increasing number of people around the world, and the advice offered on the subject will usually be conflicting. Celebrities seem to lose weight as easily as breathing, leading to many people trying to emulate what they do. However, this is not necessarily the best way to go about weight loss, particularly if long term results are what you want. The following five tips will help you to reach and maintain your ideal weight.

• Eat regularly throughout the day. This may seem counter-intuitive, as eating less will lead to your body using its reserves of energy, but you do still need food. Avoiding meals will affect your metabolism, slowing it down and making it more difficult for you to lose weight. If you are hungry most of the time, you will also choose less healthy options when you do eat. Small, frequent meals allow you to maintain a higher metabolic rate, burning off calories and reducing levels of fat.

• Don't cut out any food groups. Unless there is a medical reason and you have been advised to do this by your doctor, don't cut out an entire food group from your diet. This will not be sustainable on a long term basis and, like skipping meals, will slow down your metabolism. Your body will think that you are starving, and try to reserve as much of your food intake as possible, by converting it to fat. When you do reintroduce the food group (carbs, for example), you will experience weight gain. Cut down on the offending types of food, but don't avoid them completely.

• Eat from a smaller plate. While large dinner plates look great on your table, research has consistently shown that people eat more as a result. It is thought that this is because we feel the urge to fill the plate, rather than just taking what we require. A smaller plate looks full much sooner, so you will eat less overall, if you do this at every meal.

• Keep a selection of healthy snacks available. Reaching for a chocolate bar can often be the downfall of many diets, as the quick burst of sugar followed by the dip in energy will leave you feeling hungry. Foods that release energy slowly throughout the day will help to prevent this. Even when you are at work, you should have snacks available; fruit and nuts are both great options.

• Boost your intake of protein. Salads are usually the most popular choice of lunch for people on a diet, but it can lead to hunger setting in during the afternoon. Adding protein and a light salad dressing will help to satisfy your hunger more effectively, without increasing the calories too much. Grilled chicken breast is an excellent addition to a leafy green salad, or you could choose salmon instead, which also contains healthy omega 3 fatty acids, which are considered to be one of the healthy fats.

Healthy Lifestyle Tips

Living a healthy lifestyle doesn't have to be hard. It just takes the motivation to change our bad habits into good, healthy ones. Below is a list of 10 healthy lifestyle tips to get you started. Once you start, you can come up with more healthy choices that work for you.

o The first thing is to eat a balanced diet. Eat more fruits and vegetables and get rid of the high sugar, processed foods. Along with eating better is getting the right nutrients in the system.
o So the second thing is to take vitamins and minerals to help your body work properly.
o The third tip is to quit all those nasty unhealthy habits. Smoking, drinking, drugs, chewing tobacco, whatever your vice may be quit now. You are in charge of your health and living a healthier lifestyle means getting rid of the things that may kill you.
o The fourth thing to do is exercise. Exercise makes you feel good and can motivate you to get other things done as well.
o Along with exercise, number five is making sure you see a doctor each year for an annual physical. This is more important in women, but men should be seeing a doctor every 2-3 years to make sure there are no big health concerns.
o The sixth is to surround yourself with a strong support network, or a group of people who will be there for you and participate in a healthy lifestyle as well.
o Your family and friends can help you with the seventh tip, have fun and enjoy life.
o Eighth tip is to create a good balance between work and play.
o The final two tips are to accept yourself for the unique individual you are and love what you do. If you can accept yourself, the good and the bad, it will show in all you do. Your job is something you will be doing for at least the next 20 years, so you should love it. If you don't keep looking until you find something you do love.

Start with those healthy lifestyle choices and see how you feel in the next few weeks. You should feel more energized, motivated, and positive.

Ursula writes for healthylifestyle-wellbeing.com. She has a big interest in healthy lifestyle since she decided to change her life and improve her wellbeing. If you like to change your life and discover more about healthy lifestyle for your wellbeing [http://www.healthylifestyle-wellbeing.com/], start applying small changes today.

Health Tips for Delivery Industry Workers

Driving can be very hard work. While that statement seems to fly in the face of common sense, the all too mundane activity of sitting and steering involves a high degree of mental and physical exertion, when engaged in professionally. Long routes require couriers to combat bleary eyes, stiff muscles, lack of sleep and dangerous lapses in concentration to make sure they reach their destinations safely.

Indeed, the chronic stresses of long periods in a vehicle can result in long-term and sometimes serious health concerns. Hence basic health precautions need to be heeded to assure a long and prosperous career.

A balanced diet

Most people do not put couriers in the same category as athletes, or even with those who work in obviously strenuous professions, such as construction workers or landscape gardeners. But if you make your living by taking on owner driver jobs, you will push your body to its limits through the constant demands on concentration, movement and stationary focus required when driving all day. Hence it is vital you prepare your body to meet these demands. You will need to not only ingest adequate amounts of energy, protein, vitamins and water, but you will also have to avoid the various mental and physical vagaries caused by too much sugar, carbohydrates, and alcohol.

Exercise

While it is indeed a burden on your body to drive a car or steer a bike for hours on end, the burden is largely caused by certain muscles being overworked, while others remain far too stationary. This is why those who take on owner driver jobs should exercise in a particular way that prepares their muscles. They need to be able to endure the long hours on the road by stretching and engaging in the appropriate resistance and cardio training, so as to avoid back problems, muscle spasms, headaches and long-term injuries.

A steady routine

One of the greatest difficulties many couriers face when they rely on owner driver jobs is bad scheduling. They often need to be at the beck and call of their clients' demands. Sometimes, this means working at odd and erratic hours. The consequences of disrupted sleep and meals can play havoc on the long-term health of couriers. Therefore any stability that you can add to your routine will work wonders at mitigating the health effects of these disjointed travel schedules.

Regular health checks

If you make a living with owner driver jobs, chances are, that like many small business managers, you will go through fluctuations in the state of your assets and funds. But when times are lean financially you should not eschew regular health checks. Visiting a health professional to check your spine, eyesight, concentration, hand-eye coordination and general well-being is an investment in your long-term working future and insurance against potential costly chronic problems. These visits can also help you find ways to make your daily work more enjoyable and fruitful by obviating niggling aches and pains and improving a sense of satisfaction.

Norman Dulwich is a correspondent for Courier Exchange, the world's largest neutral trading hub for same day owner driver jobs in the express freight exchange industry. Over 2,500 transport exchange businesses are networked together through their website, trading jobs and capacity in a safe 'wholesale' environment.

Simple And Effective Health Tips For Women

Living a healthy life begins with adopting a healthy lifestyle. What we do every day of our lives has a lot to do with the quality of our health. Here are a few simple and effective health tips for women who live in this modern day and age.

Learn to laugh and be a happy person

Contrary to popular belief, happiness is not dependent on external circumstances. Happiness is more an attitude of the heart. People who resolve to be happy would not be swayed by external circumstances. Their joyful outlook would in fact turn the circumstances around for them. Laughter dispels stress, lowers blood pressure and strengthens the immune system. Be happy, and you will find that your health improves considerably.

Start the day right with a sumptuous breakfast

Never ever skip breakfast. If you start the day wrong, you are already putting your wrong foot forward. Even if you have to wake up 15 minutes earlier in order to accommodate breakfast into your morning schedule, do it. It is the first step towards eating right. When you eat well in the morning, it kick starts your metabolism and helps to burn fat more efficiently throughout the day. A simple mix of oatmeal, raisins, nuts and some fruits are sufficient to get you started for the day.

Get Sufficient Sleep

In order to wake up early, you need to go to bed a little early as well. Most people sit before the television set till they get sleepy. They assume that they need some entertainment after a hard day's work. But in reality, most people watch shows that get them emotionally charged or drained, which adds more stress to their mind. This often makes it difficult to have a restful sleep.

Sticking to a regular schedule trains the body to function at its optimum best. This has a profound positive effect on one's health. If at all you need to watch a show that airs beyond your bedtime, record it and watch it later when you have nothing else to do.

Eat Colorful Foods

Certain foods have bright colors for a good reason - they are good for your health. Blueberries, carrots, arugula and various fruits and vegetables that are brightly colored are very good for your health. They contain powerful compounds that reduce inflammation and improve general health.