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    Healthy Living the Natural Way
    Healthy Living the Natural Way
    Healthy Living the Natural Way
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    Healthy Living the Natural Way

    By Carole Somerville

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    Easy to understand advice on health, nutrition and fitness that can help keep you feeling young and living a healthy lifestyle. This collection of articles on healthy living includes:

    *How to understand and combat common health problems such as allergies, colds and insomnia using natural remedies
    *A common sense approach to exercise and diet
    *Natural ways to combat stress
    *Alternative Therapies to help relax and heal
    *Natural remedies to help cure physical and emotional ailments

    A quality resource for understanding how
    you can improve your lifestyle the natural way

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarole Somerville
    Release dateSep 5, 2012
    ISBN9781301195428
    Healthy Living the Natural Way
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    Carole Somerville

    Carole is a qualified astrologer and has a degree in Psychology, Education and English Literature. She is also a Certified Reiki Master. Astrology is Carole's main subject. Psychology, the tarot, dream interpretation, history and spiritual realms fascinate her too. Carole has been addicted to writing from the moment she could hold a pen and counts her blessings to have been able to make a career out of something she loves.In the 1980s Carole was the leading writer for key astrology magazines in the UK including Destiny, Your Stars, Exploring the Supernatural and Your Future. In the 1990's Carole's print media clients extended to include The Daily Mirror, The People and Destiny. Carole's work began to incorporate problem pages, dream analysis and information booklets. Between 1994 and 1996 she was astrologer for the Scottish newspaper The Sunday Post. This led to Carole becoming astrologer for a number of other regional newspapers.Carole has also worked as a consultant for the Psychic Friends Network and helped them establish and then write their quarterly magazine Destiny. In recent years along with Carole's astrological work, she has been studying complementary therapies and Reiki. Her books include fiction as well as non-fiction.

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      Healthy Living the Natural Way - Carole Somerville

      Healthy Living and How to Live a Healthy Lifestyle

      If you're aiming for a healthier lifestyle, take it slowly. If you try to change your outlook and routines too quickly and it might seem like too drastic a move and you are less likely to stick to your intentions. Don't be in a rush. Take things nice and easy.

      Perhaps you feel you've not taken a very sensible or healthy attitude to your food intake. But remember, your aim should be a gradual change in your routines and your outlook towards a healthier way of living.

      Once you start watching what you eat, you will be making a difference. You can do this by avoiding fatty food but eating plenty fresh fruit and vegetables. And for a healthy lifestyle you should of course be taking regular exercise, 'though nothing too strenuous. Introduce healthy foods and some exercise into your daily routines and you can start feeling confidence that you are making an effort to slim. Keep it up!

      The next important thing to think about when trying to improve your health is your eating and drinking habits. Chew your food properly and help your body to digest food efficiently. Avoid over-indulgence in alcohol and it's not good to drink too much caffeine.

      Now it is low self-esteem that often makes it difficult for many men and women to keep to a diet and lose weight. And yet, for woman especially, if she deep down believes that she's too fat to be attractive, she might also place unrealistic demands on herself in terms of losing weight. It's important not to plan such a punishing diet for yourself, that you won't be able to stick with it for very long. For this means that when you do give up, you'll only go back to feeling angry with yourself all over again.

      Being overweight shouldn't mean that you must also be unhappy. Learn to look at yourself through new eyes. Happiness and self-confidence shouldn't only come as a reward for being slim. There's no reason why you shouldn't feel at ease with yourself now.

      How might you do this you might be wondering? Could I suggest that you think of all the good things about yourself. List them on paper if need be. Learn to love yourself for who and what you are. Yes, work on improving your appearance through exercise and dieting. But remember too, that beauty is only skin deep and it's what's on the inside that really matters!

      There are some people who are incredibly emotional and sensitive in nature. There are some who tend to get a bit downhearted and depressed when things aren't going too good. What's important, no matter, what your personality is: Focus on all your positive points and I'm sure there are many. Be happy with who you are!

      Healthy Food for Healthy Living

      Tips on Healthy Food, Healthy Snacks and Healthy Eating Habits

      Healthy foods will provide you with the energy and nutrients you need to live a healthy, active lifestyle. In order to make sure you get your correct nutritional needs, it is important to eat a variety of foods. Food can affect your physical, mental and emotional health. Energy levels will increase when you choose healthy foods and in turn this will encourage you to lead a more active lifestyle.

      Eating habits, too, can have an impact on your health. It's important, for instance, to chew your food properly. The reason I say this is that carbohydrates can only be digested if properly chewed. And there are some people who tend to rush everything including what they eat. Those who live busy lives may also tend to bolt down their food.

      Efficient digestion is important for good health and dieting. Chewing also releases the flavour of the food and helps you feel much fuller than you otherwise would. So get into the habit of chewing your food properly and never swallow without thinking.

      Did you know that it takes about 20 minutes for the stomach to tell the brain it is full? That's one reason why people tend to eat more than they need. And another excuse to eat slowly!

      Think about the food that you eat. What type of food is healthy and what's best avoided? If you must snack between meals, make it a healthy one. Active people need a regular intake of food to keep the energy flowing. In which case think about snacks that are rich in protein such as yogurt and cheese. Avoid sweetstuff and go for fruit, whole-wheat fig bars, raw carrots or rice cakes to keep snacks healthy.

      There are some foods that you can eat in generous portions without this affecting your weight. Here's list of vegetables and salads for instance that you can eat in generous quantity. Remember that you can add them to any of your meals as and when you feel the need for something extra.

      This is good news for people who like to see lots of good wholesome food on their plate. It's good news too for those who like to make their meals look attractive. And think of all the colour in the food I'm about to list:

      These are: cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, brussels sprouts, onions, leeks, peas, beans, sweet corn, turnip, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms and watercress.

      With so much to choose from, you won't complain about being hungry! Remember, you can eat as much of these as you wish.

      A nutritional diet will help you combat illness caused by dietary factors. Protein from meat, fish and eggs aids blood formation and tissue repair. Fat (in moderate amounts) from margarine, nuts and cream provides energy and keeps the body warm. Calcium in milk, cheese and eggs helps strengthen the bones and iron (found in lamb, sardines, prunes and eggs) works along with protein in the formation of haemoglobin.

      A healthy, balanced diet will help keep you feeling more energetic, more active and happier within yourself too.

      Health and Nutrition - What a Healthy Diet Should Include

      How Food can help make you Healthy -

      It's not easy to estimate a person's precise daily nutritional requirements. As really, this would require complex medical tests. But you could assess your own need for different nutrients through experiment and experience. Think of the old saying: YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT.

      The food you eat affects your health and general well being as well as your body shape. Nutrient requirements also change with age. Protein, for instance, is essential during childhood as these are the main building units from which skin, muscle, hair, blood and the internal organs are made. Even after the age of 18, once people have stopped growing, a good supply of protein is necessary for the repair of damaged tissue and the replacement of worn out cells. You will find the main sources of protein in meat, eggs, fish cheese and milk.

      Carbohydrates usually provide about half an adult's daily energy intake. Sources of carbohydrates are: bread and cereals. Some lucky people seem able to eat anything without putting on weight but most folk have to take more care. One of the best ways of doing this is to avoid cakes, pastries, sweets and alcoholic drinks.

      As it is, you'll probably find that as your body adjusts to a well-balanced diet, the longing for sweet and starchy foods will vanish.

      A healthy diet should include: carbohydrates, fat, protein, mineral elements, vitamins and water.

      Water is vital. We are actually losing water all the time, in the urine, from the skin, in the breath and it must constantly be replenished. You should aim for at least one pint a day and sometimes more. Did you know that we can live for many weeks without food but we can live for only a few days without water?

      Vitamins are very different, one from the other, and each has a different job to perform. It is usual to call them by the letters of the alphabet because when they were first discovered, their chemical composition was unknown. Nutritionists can today give them chemical names but they are still best known as Vitamins A, B,

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