An important part of preventative wellness is catching problems while they are small. Just as you should take your car in for regular oil changes and tune ups, you should also get regular health check-ups, depending on your age and gender. Doing so may help catch potentially serious health issues before they become health or financial tragedies for you and your family.
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We live in an increasingly stress filled world, and stress contributes to the majority of diseases (both acute and chronic) plaguing us today: angina, asthma, autoimmune disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, the common cold, depression, type 2 diabetes, headaches, high blood pressure, immune suppression, irritable bowel syndrome, menstrual irregularities, PMS, rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and ulcers1 (just to name a few).
How can you relieve stress? There are many techniques and methods, and it is very individual which ones will work best for you.
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Walking is fun and free! Moderate exercise (such as walking briskly 30 minutes per day) can help improve mood, decrease stress and worry, reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and breast and colon cancer, and osteoporosis. Continue reading
A simple to remember guideline for how to eat comes from food journalist Michael Pollan in his book, “In Defense of Food”:
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.1
Using Pollan’s guidelines as a starting point, here’s more on how you can eat healthy and well:
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The economic downturn has got most of us worried about money. Health care can become expensive, and many are losing health care coverage due to job losses or the expense of insurance policies. What can you do about this? One important answer is prevention. Most preventative measures are either low cost or free. Additionally, by taking care of your health before you have problems, you can greatly decrease how much you will have to spend on your health in the long run. Even if you already have health issues, the following five tips can help you improve your health. Continue reading
