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There are a lot of health tips on the Internet. Eat right, exercise regularly, avoid vices, avoid stress, but some do not deal with healing or maintaining a healthy lifestyle in a natural way.

Not that these are the health tips that ends all and be all, but this top ten health tips are the most natural things that you can do.
Meditate once in a while. This maybe done by incorporating yoga in your routine. The balance that your body can achieve by meditation will tremendously help in keeping you healthy.
Have a positive outlook. It says that most of our sickness are stress induced, thus reducing stress by having a happy disposition will greatly aid in your quest to have a healthier body.
Eat healthy foods. This has always been part of everyone’s top ten health tips that it sounds cliche. But in regards to alternative medicine, it says that there are foods that feed your chakra points. And these are the things that we might consider when trying to determine which diet works to achieve a healthier life.
Drink plenty of water and liquids. This is in connection with health tip number three above. Teas feed the heart chakra while water and juices feed the throat chakra which means that drinking natural stuff are the way to go in order to get the health life you want.
Cleanse your body regularly by detoxification. This process maybe done either by fasting or by eating raw foods only on certain number of days. There are various kinds of detoxification, liver, kidney and colon cleanse are the most popular. But fasting for some days usually does the job to clean the whole body from toxins.
Stop taking in toxins in your body. Although there are detoxification methods, it is not an excuse to continue your bad habit. Smoking, drinking and binge eating should be stopped immediately after deciding to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Cigarettes and alcoholic beverages are known to have harmful substances that alter our body’s condition. Some foods also contain toxins. Too much meat, too much sweets and too much salt can also harm our body, so with that in mind, moderation is advised.
Exercise religiously. This health tip is something that can’t be omitted. Making sure that our body have regular, intense yet relaxing movements is a must. Doing taichi and yoga are two of the best ways to achieve the goal of exercising and creating balance with spirituality and emotions.
Think of yourself in a positive manner. In Emotional Freedom Technique of EFT, saying good things to yourself is a must. It is necessary to affirm yourself and speak positive things to yourself out loud. Your body appreciates that and it makes you feel important and happy.
Try to be all-natural. Purchase household products that are earth friendly. This means that the chemicals contained in these products are lesser compared to others.
Love yourself. The only way you could treat yourself right, which gives you the will to do all these top ten health tips is if you love yourself enough to desire to live long. By doing this, all the other nine will follow suit, naturally.

By: Denver Ng

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Many women’s lifestyle magazines frustrate us by providing exercise regimens for work and then adding: “You can do this exercise in your office!” What about those of us who work in a cube or other small space (with no floor space for Pilates-style stretches) that’s not very private (do you really want your boss to wander by right when you’re doing jumping jacks?). Even if you are cube-confined, you can maintain your health in a cube.

Make A “Health” Drawer

Your filing spaces are your friends. Most cubes have lots of little drawers. Make one of them a “health” drawer. Add a ziplock bag or two with healthy non-perishable snacks in it (maybe dried veggies), a few bags of herbal, non-caffeinated tea (switch over from coffee midday to help you sleep better at night), and a travel-size hand-sanitizing gel for use regularly when there’s a cold going around the office (did you know most colds are transmitted through shared objects like doorknobs?). A decorative canvas bag can store an extra pair of athletic shoes in case you can take a 10 minute walk or stretch break over lunch.

Get Blood Back To Your Brain:

Pop goes the weasel. When you sit in a cube in front of a computer or on the phone for hours at a time, gravity pulls your blood towards your feet. It pools in your feet, ankles, and fanny; if you’re ever noticed your feet looking puffy towards the end of the day, the puffiness may be a side-effect of having blood spending so much time down there! Our arm and leg muscles function as “pumps” to get blood back to the heart.

While you could just do jumping jacks to get the blood flowing back upwards, there are less noticeable ways to get blood moving: If you’ve got a shelf in your high in your cube, keep daily useables (paperclips, stapler) there; getting up regularly will remind you to stretch. While standing lift your legs up at the knee, one at a time, to help get blood flowing. One enterprising woman kept a postcard pinned up towards the very top of her cube wall – and kept an ever-growing collection of postcards that she exchanged every day in the afternoon. The new postcard each day perked her up, and it gave her a reminder to get up and stretch several times a day.

Muscular injury is common in the desk-job world. The Center for Disease Control reports that 92,576 injuries resulted from repetitive motion, including typing or key entry. Make sure to take breaks from the keyboard at least once an hour. Use a wrist support at your computer when you are typing or browsing, Your forearm, wrist, and hand should be on a level, not making a V. The Harvard RSI action group suggests some exercises to help prevent repetitive stress injuries (http://www.rsi.deas.harvard.edu/). If you spend a lot of time on the phone and can’t use a speaker phone, don’t hold the phone by crunching your shoulder against your ear. Instead, invest in or ask for a headset or shoulder support for your receiver.

Drink Plenty Of Water:

Drinking water is very important. It can help you recover from a cold more quickly (though it doesn’t “cure” it), replenish lost fluids after exercise, and assist in weight loss (many people think they are hungry when they are actually thirsty, so make sure to take a drink before diving for the candy machine). Keep a four-cup bottle or thermos near the computer and replenish daily. Don’t overdo though – excess water can dilute important minerals and vitamins in your blood stream.

Make Sure To Take Your Vitamins & Other Pills:

Pill reminders. Do you need regularly forget to take vitamins because you’re busy? Find an attractive, desk-top container to put the bottle in – a decorative flower pot is one option. Something attractive and eye catching will remind you it’s there. This can also work for daily medications, but keep in mind that some medications can be toxic to others or have street-value (many prescribed pain killers), so these are medications that should stay with you, rather than your desk.

American Council on Exercise, “How much water is too much?,” 2005

Center for Disease Control, “Repetitive Stress/Strain Injuries,” http://www.cdc.gov/od/ohs/Ergonomics/Ergohome.htm

Tyrrell, D., Fielder, M. , Cold Wars: The Fight against the Common Cold,
Oxford University Press, 2003

By: Ian Mason

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The holidays are great times where we get to share time with friends and family but it is also known that the holidays can cause us to be very unhealthy. That is why health advise that are easy to follow during the holidays are a great way to get rid of that holiday fat everyone gets used to.

We do not have to gain weight every winter and even though we hate it, we still do it every year. While you may still splurge a little if you do incorporate some of these health advises then your new year may be better than the previous ones.

Eating almonds and walnuts is one of the best health tips around because they are loaded with Omega 3′s. If you don’t know, Omega 3′s are great for your heart so while you are eating pounds of turkey, these nuts could help keep things balanced. Drinking water will also help reduce the amount of extra pounds you pack on for the holidays. Most health tips recommend that you drink 7 to 9 8 ounce glasses of water every day.

Tomatoes sit at the top of quite of few health tips because of all of the benefits that they have. These juicy fruit can help decrease wrinkling skin, chances of a stroke, impotency, heart disease and even memory loss. Antioxidants are great for staying healthy and one of the health tips you may enjoy is to drink red wine. Wine relaxes you and allows the blood vessels open and breathe. Try out these tips this holiday season and see if they do not work out for you. After all you only get this one body so if you want it to last a while then you have to follow health tips in order to stay in shape.

By: Eddy S. Lee

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Everyone loves to go flying away on tropical holidays. But do you know how to keep you and your family healthy and safe whilst up in the air? Below is a health guide to flying, some health tips and some important information.

Air Quality

When you fly, the air is recirculated for use for the whole flight. This results in poorly oxygenated air that can be high in carbon dioxide and germs. The symptoms that you can experience from breathing in the aircrafts stale air include headaches, colds, flu’s, dry skin and sore eyes. Those with respiratory problems and cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of developing some of the above problems. Drinking water helps your body minimize some of the above threats. Make sure to never drink alcohol on a flight. Skin moisturizes and saline sprays can also help your body from becoming dry and dehydrated.

Pressurized Cabin

Planes are also pressurized but as a plane increases in altitude, the pressure in the cabin does decrease slightly. This change in pressure can cause health problems such as earaches and hemorrhaging, chest pains, severe intestinal gas and even toothache. To try to limit these problems, wear loose fitting clothes, do not fly immediately after having surgery and try to avoid flying if you have a cold or the flu. Also try to have food and drink that is bland and does not contain any carbonation (no fizzy drinks).

Pregnancy & Flying

Pregnant women should also be wary of when they fly. Flying exposes individuals to levels of radiation higher than that experienced on land. Flying can also place other stresses on a developing babies. Mothers planning to fly should always seek advice on whether flying will be safe for the week of pregnancy they are in.

Fear Of Flying

Some people also hold great fears of flying. Although the statistics show flying is extremely safe, people still often have a morbid fear of getting up in the air. People who experience these symptoms should always see their doctor before flying. Your doctor will be able to prescribe you with sedatives that will relax you during the flight.

Blood Clots – Deep Vein Thrombosis

Deep vein thrombosis and blood clots are another danger of flying. Deep vein thrombosis is also known as ‘economy-class syndrome’ because of the close and cramped seating experienced by these passengers. Deep vein thrombosis however can effect all people within a plane including those in first class. There has been many suggestions on how to combat dvt, but many of these have proven unreliable. Asprin can help minimizing the chances of having a stroke or heart attack but does little use to prevent blood clots. Likewise, compression stockings are of little use unless they are custom designed and fitted. The best way to minimize the chances of dvt is to walk around the plane at least once every 2 hours. You should never sleep on a plane as this increases your chances of developing a blood clot.

Jet Lag

Jet lag is the change of your ‘body clock’ that occurs when you fly across different time zones. Jet lag occurs when your body gets out of sync with the date and time. The symptoms of jet lag include fatigue, exhaustion, irritability, disorientation, head aches and general tiredness. Preventing or minimizing jet lag involves some of the points above. Don’t drink alcohol and be sure to drink plenty of water during the flight. You can also try to adjust your body clock before you leave. If you work out what the time difference will be when you arrive, you can start adjusting your body clock before you leave for your trip. Maybe start waking up earlier by an hour each day, and going to bed an hour earlier before you leave. Obviously this will depend on which way the time will alter depending on if you travel east or west. You can also plan your travel times so you arrive in the daytime, as this will give you time to adjust. Arriving at night time often makes it hard for you to go straight to sleep on arrival.

In summary, below are some healthy flying tips:

- Drink plenty of water during your flight
- Never drink alcohol when on a plane
- Wear loose fitting clothes
- Walk around regularly on the flight. This can help stop life threatening clots from forming. Speak with your doctor before you fly about other ways to combat clots.
- See your doctor if you have a fear of flying. Your doctor will be able to prescribe some sedatives.
- Pregnant women should seek advice of their doctor before flying
- Try adjusting your body clock before traveling to minimize the experience of jetlag

By: James Fletcher

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Since we freelancers pay through the nose for health insurance (and insurance doesn’t cover nose injuries due to high healthcare costs), follow these tips for staying healthy on the cheap.

1. Prepare to Live

Spend some time once per week cooking and cutting up lean meats like chicken breast, making hard-boiled eggs, and chopping veggies. An hour or so of prep-time will yield enough healthy salads, stir-frys, and pita sandwiches to last through the week. You can also make healthy meals and stow them in the freezer so you’ll always have something good to eat, even when you don’t have time to cook.

2. Supplement Wisely

Last winter I went through a period of feeling terribly depressed, and in a moment of desperation I went to a homeopath who sold me a month’s worth of vitamin supplements — for $125. (I know better than that, I swear — but like I said, I was desperate. She also sold me some tarantula venom, but let’s not even go there right now.) I recently interviewed a nutritionist who said that a vitamin is a vitamin, no matter what the price or how fancy the packaging. Some of the pricier vitamins contain vast quantities of certain vitamins. Sounds great, until you realize that our bodies take what they need of water-soluble vitamins like C and excrete the rest, giving you what the nutritionist called “The most expensive urine in town.” Fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) can build up to toxic levels if you take too much. So invest a few bucks per month in a basic multivitamin as a kind of “health insurance” on top of your healthy eating, and skip the costly brands.

3. Join the Gym

Many of us penny-pinching freelancers claim that the gym is too expensive. But you can often find deals: I pay $20 per month for a membership at Planet Fitness, and I’m allowed to being a guest every time. I bring my husband, which means that we’re really paying $10 per month each. You can also ask your local gym to waive the initiation fee or give you a discount. According to one of my fitness sources, gyms often run membership drives where they’ll waive or discount the fee, and they may even do you this favor at other times if you ask nicely. If you’re lucky enough to have health insurance coverage, find out whether the plan will pay for part or all of your health club membership. (Oh, and do I need to tell you that after you join the gym you need to actually go there and do cardio and lift weights?)

4. Be Proactive

Get your yearly physical exam even if you have to pay for it yourself, and get all the tests you need at your age. Visit the dentist for an exam and cleaning twice per year. Do breast self exams or testicular self exams (depending on, you know, your gender). If you can’t rely on health insurance to take care of you when you get sick, staying healthy is up to you. (Well, it’s always up to you, but there’s even more of an incentive to stay healthy when you have to shell out lots of cash every time you get sick.)

5. Put the Kibosh on Colas

Y’know how recovering alcoholics can’t have even one drink or they fall off the wagon? That’s how I am with Pepsi…one of those babies, and I just want more, more, more.

Studies show that even though beverages like colas have plenty of calories, they don’t fill us up. When people ate jelly beans before a meal, they ate fewer calories at the meal to compensate — but when they had a calorie-laden beverage before eating, they consumed the same amount of calories they would have eaten anyway. Sugary drinks like sodas and juice drinks (or as I like to call them, “froot jooces”) are expensive and full of sugar to boot. Healthier drinks include tea, seltzer with a splash of fruit juice (I like pomegranate juice), lowfat or nonfat milk or soymilk, and, of course, plain old H2O. I don’t like water, so I keep a bowl of lemon slices in the fridge to help perk up the flavor.

6. Stretch

I love stretching. I guess that makes me weird, because I’ve read that most people skip it. Stretching keeps you flexible, helps you keep stress at bay, and works out the kinks that form when you’re sitting at a desk typing words all day. If you don’t already have a good repertoire of stretches that you like to do, try a stretch deck.

7. Do What You Love

Instead of cutting out Ho-Hos, forcing yourself to take the spinning class from hell, and making yourself meditate even though you’d rather put spikes through your forehead, try to find healthy things you love. Enjoy baked sweet potato fries, get a massage, indulge in a glass of wine (hey, they’re now saying that white wine is healthy, too!), join your friends for a long walk, steal some “me time” and take a yoga class or do a Tai Chi video. Staying motivated is easier when you actually prefer the healthy choices.

By: Linda Formichelli

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