Healthful Tips

Here are a few healthful tips to improve health/fitness.




To Improve Nutrition --


1. Buy whole foods -- whether canned, frozen, or fresh from


the farm -- and use them in place of processed foods when-


ever possible.

2. Reject foods and drinks made with corn syrup, a calorie-


dense, nutritionally empty sweetener that many believe is


worse for the body than sugar.

3. Start each dinner with a mixed green salad. Not only will


it help reduce your appetite for more caloric foods, but


it also will automatically add veggies to your meal.



To Improve Physical Fitness --

1. Do a squat every time you pick something up. Instead of


bending over in the usual way, which stresses the lower


back, bend your knees and squat. This forces you to use


your leg muscles and will build strength.

2. Every time you stop at a traffic light (or the bus does),


tighten your thighs and butt muscles and release as many


times as you can. (Don't worry, no one will see it!) This


will firm leg and buttock muscles, improve blood flow and


keep you mildly amused!



3. Whenever you're standing on a line, lift one foot a half-


inch off the ground. The extra stress on your opposite


foot, ankle, calf and thigh, plus your buttocks, will help


firm and tone muscles. Switch feet every few minutes.

Blessings!