When the body reaches the age of mid-forties, the decline in level of fitness accelerates. You can slow down this process by staying slim with good nutrition, don’t over-eat, reduce your intake of alcohol, don’t smoke and follow a structured exercise programme designed specifically to suit you.
If you pay attention to these minor areas, it can improve your quality of life and increase your chance of longevity.
It takes about 21 days of repetitive behaviour to form a new pattern in your brain and once this has been formed, it becomes an automatic behavioural pattern. As you adopt and develop new healthy habits, they will slowly replace the old bad habits. Maintaining these healthy lifelong habits, that have stood the test of time and been practiced by centenarians around the world, will invigorate and rejuvenate you.
It is much better to have five small meals throughout the day, rather than three large meals. When you eat smaller portions, you give your body a steady stream of fuel and nutrients, providing it with a drip-feed of energy throughout the whole day. In addition, eating in this way is less demanding on your digestive system, as you are not overloading your body with more than it needs, which reduces the stress on your heart.
The importance of taking regular exercise and the resulting health benefits, are well documented and cannot be over-emphasised. Regular exercise can aid physiological well-being, strengthen your immune system, maintain joint flexibility and increase your energy level, which are just a few of the benefits.
During your day, when you can, choose the more physically demanding option. Try walking or cycling instead of driving or taking the stairs instead of the lift, which will start you on the road to better health and fitness. The best way to achieve better health and fitness, in a safe and structured way, is with a specifically designed training programme from a Personal Trainer. Statistically, you have a 95% chance of realising your health and fitness goals, if you have a Personal Trainer.
Laughter has been proven to boost your immune system, especially the production of the natural cells that help protect the body from illness and disease. Laughter also increases the release of endorphins, which are compounds that give a sense of well-being in the brain. There is no doubt that happy, joyful people live healthier and longer lives.
Water is essential for a healthy, functioning body. Centenarians around the world cite their native water as the source of their good health and longevity, which scientists endorse. They all have in common a pure water source, which is located far from any city and free from chemicals and toxins. Try not to drink water from plastic bottles/containers, as the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) can permeate the water and can have a negative effect on your health. Water from the tap and even from water filters is dead, acidic and is so resisted by the body, that is digests it rather than absorbing it. The best water to drink is living water, which is alive, alkaline and loved by the body so much, that it is immediately absorbed and the body is quickly hydrated with life. Wouldn’t you rather drink life than death?
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To serve: Wholewheat pasta or homemade chips cooked in lard, goose or duck fat (see recipes)
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There are three types of cholesterol:-
High Density Lipoproteins (HDL) – Your body’s protector!
Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL)
Very Low Density Lipoproteins (VLDL)
We are persistently bombarded by the media with television adverts and magazine articles, that tell us our cholesterol should be low….this simple isn’t true! Not all cholesterol is bad for you. The VLDL and LDL are the bad types of cholesterol and the HDL is the good type. The VLDL and LDL are produced from trans fats, which go to work on the inside of your arteries, making them narrower and increasing your blood pressure. The HDL works in the opposite way, by galvanising your arteries and protecting your body against the VLDL and LDL, preventing them from penetrating your arteries and reducing the risk of hypertension.
To increase your HDL, you should be eating more good saturated fat. Follow this link for more information: http://www.fitnessmatrix.co.uk/2009/04/good-saturated-fat-the-past-is-the-future/
This is so good for you! It’s great to have for breakfast and an excellent way to start the day. You can also drink it thoughout the day, as a quick snack for sustained energy. [...]
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For the base
For the filling
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In an article in the November issue of Womens Fitness, they state that celebrity cookbooks may be damaging to our health, according to a new report by the ‘Fat Panel’.
The study revealed that the saturated fat content of many dishes from celebrity chefs’ recipes, contained more than 100 per cent
of the guideline daily amount of saturated fat in a single serving (30g for men and 20g for women). Sian Porter registered dietitian on the fat
panel, says “having a celebrity chef treat is one thing, but eating these dishes regularly could bump up your saturated fat intake considerably”.
Yes it could and it should! Your body wants good saturated fat, as it is its primary source of fuel, supplying sustained energy and acting as a protector, because it provides the immune system with the fuel it needs to become strong, resulting in the body being more equipped to fight-off infection. Good saturated fat is also vitally important for the body to properly metabolise all other nutrients and receive the best from the food ingested.
I realise that this is contrary to popular belief and that you may be thinking that saturated fat will be detrimental to your health, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. The human animal has historically lived on good saturated fat for hundreds of years, but in the last century, we have been brain-washed by the media and the power of advertising, to believe that foods that are ‘low-fat’, ‘light’ and ‘healthy option’ are good for us, but this is not the case. Some of the products that provide good saturated fat are; whole milk, butter, cheese, double cream, free range eggs, lard, beef dripping, goose and duck fat, which are natural products and benefit from not being tampered by humans.
For more information on good saturated fat, follow this link: http://www.fitnessmatrix.co.uk/2009/04/good-saturated-fat-the-past-is-the-future/
