| Enjoying life to the fullest and aging gracefully without | | | | dosage is 50-100 mgs per day. |
| the burden of disease depends primarily on the healthy | | | | Rotate Your Exercise Routine |
| choices we make for our bodies TODAY. | | | | Varying your exercise routine can help slow down the |
| Here are tips that will aid you lengthen your "good" | | | | aging process. By changing routines you avoid |
| years: | | | | boredom, and most importantly the danger of injury |
| Eat Breakfast | | | | caused by overusing a particular muscle, bone, or joint. |
| Research suggests that eating breakfast early in the | | | | Try rotating between aerobic exercises such as |
| day may reduce the risk of weight gain and perhaps | | | | walking, dancing, jogging, swimming, cycling, and skating. |
| heart disease and diabetes. | | | | Add strength training exercises a couple of times a |
| Avoid fats and carbs from items like sugar, potatoes, | | | | week and gently stretch your muscles at least two or |
| and white bread. Choose foods that are heart-healthy | | | | three times a week to help prevent weakness, |
| and include fruits, whole-grain cereals, bread, | | | | stiffness, bone loss, and falls. |
| reduced-fat cheese, and low fat or skim milk. | | | | Take Charge! |
| Beat the Sugar High | | | | Taking charge of your own medical history and |
| For those that have a sweet tooth, staying away from | | | | lifestyle is your right! You don't have to become Dr. |
| sugar is a constant struggle. On one hand it is just so | | | | Know-it-all, but researching specific areas of health |
| much easier and faster to grab that doughnut on the | | | | that pertain to your own conditions is a smart move. |
| way to the office! On the other hand, sugar becomes | | | | Researching the natural remedies in addition to what |
| like an addiction that is very hard to break. | | | | your doctor advises giving you more choices, as well |
| If you happen to like sugar a little more than you should | | | | as natural healing options. Getting a second opinion |
| and you need that sugar fix each day, an enormous | | | | from additional health care professionals is important |
| way to get control and to curb the sugar craving is by | | | | as well. |
| using a natural substance called 5-HTP. You can find it | | | | You have the right to all your medical records and |
| in most any natural health food store. | | | | eyeglass or contact lens prescriptions. You are entitled |
| (5-hydroxytryptophan) | | | | to all copies of lab results, immunization records, and |
| There are no magic pill for weight loss, but if appetite, | | | | imaging studies. Keep them filed at home in an |
| and not willpower, is your downfall, then 5-HTP may do | | | | organized manner. Keep a record of up-to-date |
| the trick. | | | | medications and doses for your files as well as |
| 5-HTP is a direct precursor to "serotonin". It causes | | | | carrying this list with you at all times. |
| feelings of fullness and eliminates cravings for | | | | By feeding your body and mind the best foods and |
| carbohydrates and balances the serotonin levels in | | | | nutrients possible not only will you have more energy, |
| your brain. This safe, effective herbal compound can | | | | your body will be stronger and your mind sharper. The |
| also lift your spirits, which makes it great for mood | | | | tips in this report are the first steps on the route |
| swings, anxiety and depression. The recommended | | | | toward a healthier life. |