Healthy Tips

Have you experience waking up from an 8-hour sleep finding yourself still feeling tired and sluggish and want to crawl back to bed? Alteration of your brain chemistry is the cause why you feel fatigue. There are lots of factors that triggers why we feel fatigue. Poor eating habit, wrong choice of food, taking of caffeinated products, fond of consuming sugar-laced food and beverages, consumption of salty foods, alcohol, cigarettes, lack of exercise, poor sleeping habits and lack of rest not just on physical aspect but on mental, emotional and spiritual aspects as well.
If automobiles needs gasoline for energy, our body uses blood sugar or glucose as source of energy. Can we take any kind of sugar just to boost our energy level or caffeinated products to keep us alert the whole day? Yes, it is true that caffeine and all kinds of sugar could energized your body that is why there are lots of ‘instant energy’ food and drinks in the market. Those products could cause your blood sugar to shoot up, minutes after you have taken them, giving you burst of energy. But, it is just good for few hours, as soon as your sugar level goes down, it could cause fatigue that is much more terrible than your original state. The tendency? You’ll consume another instant energy drink or food again to keep you going.
The greatest remedy to your fatigue? Say NO to caffeinated food and drinks and refined sugars. Eat a balance diet at regular times, find time for exercise, eliminate salty foods, alcohol and cigarette, have time for rest and relaxation and have a good night sleep. Instead of taking caffeinated food and drinks and food rich in refined sugar to boost your energy level, why not take COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES instead? With it your blood sugar will just increase gradually, on its natural speed, without provoking the INSULIN resulting to longer lasting energy level. Insulin is responsible of lowering our blood sugar level. Refined carbohydrate products and caffeine shoot up your blood sugar in just few minute (not the normal speed of energizing your body) that provokes your insulin to lower it immediately.
Eating food rich in complex carbohydrates along with small amount of protein could boost your energy level, could help you feel motivated and react more rapidly to stimuli. Protein is known in sustaining alertness that’s why by the power of this two nutrient group (complex carbohydrates and protein) you’ll be able to enjoy long lasting energy level.

Who wants to become a good listener? Listening is a powerful tool of communication. Listening and just hearing has great difference. All of us wants to have a companion who is a good listener and most of us aim to be one as well. When you assess yourself now, what kind of listener are you? A deep careful listener, a bored listener, a selective listener, a defensive listener, an interruptive listener or an insensitive listener? Do you want to know some tips how to become a good listener? If so, here are my simple tips for you:

Follow the golden rule:

“Do unto others what you want others do unto you.” Put yourself on the position of the one who is speaking to you. Make an effort to listen to the person who is speaking by giving your full attention to the speaker. Focus your mind to what he is trying to say and for the unspoken messages. Watch for the non-verbal communication like tone of voice, hand gestures, facial expressions and other body movements. Listen for the real meaning and not just for the literal words. Finish listening first before you begin to speak for you to be sure that you understand what is being said and think clearly what to react. Ask questions if you are not sure, to understand what the speaker is trying to convey. Good listening requires practice and patience. But, if you hone this skill you’ll appreciate life more.

Instead of asking what are the health benefits of vitamin B6, why not ask first how important is vitamin B6 to our body? Our body needs vitamin B6 or pyridoxine for production of red blood cells in keeping our nervous system healthy for it to work properly and in helping our body to use the proteins, carbohydrates and fats we consume. Vitamin B6 or pyridoxine is essential in converting amino acid trytophan to niacin (another form of vitamin B). It also helps our body fight against diseases by strengthening our immune system.
Deficiency from vitamin B6 or pyridoxine may result to weakness, irritability, insomnia, anemia, nervousness, difficulty in walking or even convulsions. Alcoholics, those with genetic defect that prevent their body from using right amount of vitamin B6 and some elderly are the people who is at risk from vitamin B6 or pyridoxine deficiency.
And, what are the other health benefits of vitamin B6 or pyridoxine? It has potential power in treating premenstrual syndrome or PMS and carpal tunnel syndrome. Taking vitamin B6 lessens the harmful effects of diabetes, and has promising effect of eliminating calcium oxalate crystals (one type of kidney stone) in the urine. Some suggests that it helps in preventing cardiovascular diseases. vitamin B6 or pyridoxine also inhibits the growth of skin cancer cells.
You can find vitamin B6 or pyridoxine in meats, poultry, fish, nuts, whole grains, potatoes, avocados and bananas.

Now that you have 7 combinations of vegetable juices that are good for those who have high blood sugar level or diabetes, you may label them what combination to drink on sunday, monday, and so on and so forth.
I am just your concerned health advocate friend, a nobody compared to your doctor but firmly believes that what we eat and drink has great impact on our health. We are not diabetics in our house but we include this combinations in our daily juice intake for our dinner. And for those that have high sugar level “BETTER TRY IT THAN NOT AT ALL.” My friends who have this problem could testify that it is effective, better try it for you to judge if it is effective or not.

The stronger your feet the better is your chance to keep your feet away from health problems. Here are some great exercises to keep your feet fit. This is really good if your feet tires easily. These simple movements will strengthen your feet muscles. You can even teach small kids this of simple feet exercises on your bonding time. Definitely, they would love to execute this simple feet exercises.
Note: Perform these movements very slowly and feel your feet muscles move.
Exercise your ankles:
Sit on a chair and cross your left leg over the right Rotate the foot of your top leg (left leg). Point your toes down, towards the inside of your ankle, up, then towards the outside of your ankle. Rotate your foot on that direction for 12 to 15 times then do it on a reverse direction for 12 to 15 times as well. Switch legs (right leg this time). Do the same procedure. Strengthen your calf and heal muscles:
Sit on the floor with your legs straight to the front. Bend your feet towards you as far as possible. Strengthen your toes and muscles on top of the foot:
Sit on a chair with your bare feet on the floor. Try to pick up things like towels, pencils and, or other things that could be pick up by your toes. Do not forget to include walking as exercise to keep your feet in good shape. It is not just good for your feet but to your health in general.