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I have so much to share with you in the days ahead. My life has been very colored these past few weeks. But before we get into the story of my ongoing love and life sagas, I wanted to take a little detour.
I came across this article from one of my favorite sites: www.DrMercola.com
Close friends and family who know me, know that I'm a bit of a "Freddie" (Think "A Different World"). I'm a bit of a boho broad. I'm not completely juices, nuts, and berries, but I'm on a road that seems to be leading more and more into wild open spaces.
With that said, I love how God has made our bodies. I'm constantly fascinated with the care and complexity of which are bodies have been made, and that our bodies have the ability to heal themselves, blows my mind. And to top it all off, the fact that nature (Water, sunlight, etc.) works in symphony with our human experience almost makes me want to cry.
Dr. Mercola stresses a more natural and holistic approach when it comes to heath and wellness. He's not simply about treating the symptom and the surface effect, but rather he is constantly dealing with the root issue of the things that have made us sick...as a culture (which many times involves a lifestyle change, not just pills). Thus his website is a wellspring of knowledge. I urge you to take a peak at it sometime or hop on his email list.
So as I was saying, I was on Dr. Mercola's site and I came across this...
Dr. Northrup’s Top 10 Health Tips for Women:
In this interview, Dr. Northrup shares her top 10 tips for women’s health:
1. Get enough sleep: Proper sleep is essential for optimal health, and it helps metabolize stress hormones better than any other known entity.
2. Meditate for at least 3-12 minutes each day, to calm and soothe your mind.
3. Begin your day with a positive affirmation.
4. Exercise regularly. Ideally, aim for a comprehensive program that includes high intensity exercises and strength training along with core-building exercises and stretching.
5. Breathe properly. When you breathe in and out fully through your nose, you activate your parasympathetic rest-and-restore nervous system, which expands the lower lobes of your lungs, and therefore engages the vagus nerves.
“Relax the back of your throat. So many women have thyroid problems – it’s from chronic tension here; because you’re pretty sure your feminine voice isn’t going to be heard. It hasn’t been heard for 5,000 years. You’re not alone. But it’s being heard now,” she says.
6. Practice self love and unconditional acceptance. Dr. Northrup suggests looking at yourself in the mirror at least once a day, and saying: “I love you. I really love you.”
“After 21 days, something will happen to you. You’ll see a part of you that looks back at you, and you begin to believe it. “I love you. I really love you.”
7. Optimize your vitamin D levels. Get your vitamin D level checked. Ideally, you’ll want your levels within the therapeutic range of 50-70 ng/ml. According to Dr. Northrup:
“Sunlight is not the enemy. It’s lack of antioxidants in your diet that is the enemy. Natural light is a lovely source of vitamin D; you can’t overdose. But many people – to get their levels of vitamin D into optimal – are going to need 5,000 to 10, 000 international units per day. So, vitamin D is important. You can get your level drawn through MyMedLab.com without a doctor’s prescription."
Just remember that if you take high doses of oral vitamin D, you also need to boost your intake of vitamin K2. For more information on this, please see my previous article, What You Need to Know About Vitamin K2, D and Calcium.
8. Cultivate an active social life; enjoy some face-to-face time with likeminded people.
9. Epsom salt baths (20 minutes, three times per week) are a simple, inexpensive way to get magnesium into your body.
10. Keep a gratitude journal. Each night, before you go to bed, write down five things that you are grateful for, or five things that brought you pleasure.
“Remember: every emotion is associated with a biochemical reality in your body. So, you want to bring in the emotions of generosity, pleasure, receiving, and open-heartedness. The same things that create heart health create breast health.”
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And there you have it ladies.
So make sure, that in this fast-paced, whirlwind of a year called 2013 and every year to come, that you truly take the time to treat yo'self right.
Wisdom's Knocking:
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
