5 simple steps for optimal health

Following a healthy lifestyle often seems incredibly complicated and out of reach. It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re continuously bombarded with advertisements and experts giving conflicting advice all while a new trend pops out, every other day!

However, having a healthy life doesn’t need to be complicated and it’s truly more accessible than you think.
To gain optimal health and feel better every day, all you need to do is follow these 5 simple steps:

1- Don’t put toxins in your body:
Many things people put in their bodies are downright toxic. Alcohol, cigarettes, drugs, junk food, added sugar and…to name a few.
If you want to gain optimal health, you need to minimize or in some cases eliminate your consumption of these things.
 
2- Move around and lift:
Use your muscles!
While lifting weights and exercising can certainly help you look better, you also need to exercise to ensure your body, brain and hormones function optimally. 

Lifting weights lowers your blood sugar and insulin levels, improves cholesterol and lowers triglycerides.
Exercise can also help reduce depression and your risk of various chronic diseases, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and many more.

Fortunately, there are many ways to move your body. You don’t necessarily need to go to a gym or own expensive workout equipment, you can go outside to hike or take a walk.
The key is to choose something that you enjoy and can stick with in the long run.

Please remember, if you’re completely out of shape or have medical problems, it’s a good idea to talk to your doctor or a qualified health professional before starting a new training program.

3- Sleep:
Sleep is super important for your overall health. Multiple studies have shown that sleep deprivation correlates with many diseases, including obesity and heart disease, so opt-in to make time for good, quality sleep

4- Manage stress:
The way you feel and how you think is also very important. Being stressed all the time is a recipe for disaster. Excess stress can severely impair your metabolism by raising your cortisol levels. It can also increase your desire and cravings for junk food.
Although you may not be able to eliminate stress completely, there are many tools that can help you manage and reduce it.
To begin, try to simplify your life, exercise, take nature walks, practice deep-breathing techniques and maybe even meditation. 

5- Nourish your body with real food:
The simplest way to eat healthy is to focus on real foods. Choose unprocessed, whole foods that resemble what they looked like in nature.

Probably the single most effective change you can make to improve your diet is to cut back on processed, packaged foods (this can be tough because many of these foods are designed to be extremely tasty and very hard to resist). 

Having a dieting mindset is never a good idea because it almost never works. Knowing that, makes it even more important to aim for a lifestyle change as opposed to choosing quick fixes with no long term impact.
Remember, being healthy is a marathon, not a sprint, it will take time and you need to stick with it.

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Love,
Nousha