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Fitness/relaxation
Besides massage some of us deep breathe, some look out the window, some play music. Discover what helps you relax and enhance it with special classes, e.g. if stretching helps try yoga or if deep breathing helps try breathing-orientated meditation.
Sneak in physical activity throughout your day try parking further away from your workplace, park in the fartherest park at the supermarket. Minor changes in your daily routine can boost your fitness level without major time commitment.
Nutrition
Healthy food groups:
Grains:
High-fibre whole-grain cereals, breads, crackers, or rice
Vegetables;
Juice blends that contain green vegetables, drinkable vegetable soups
Fruits:
Fruit smoothies, dried cherries or berries added to cereal
Dairy:
Drinkable low or fat free with active cultures
Meats/Proteins:
Soups with beans and legumes, sandwiches with lean meat. Baked, broiled or grilled.
Fats:
Olive oil added to salad or pasta, nuts and seeds |
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Ten Healthy Gift Ideas:
1. CalmerTherapies Gift Voucher
2. Starter lesson in karate,
6. swimming, boxing, or Pilates.
3. Skipping rope
4. Heart rate monitor.
5. Pedometer
6. Pilates ball
7. Stationary frame for your road 6. 6. bike.
8. Exercise tapes or videos
9. Pilates mat
10. Gym membership
More Healthy holiday eating:
Apples
Raw or baked with the skin to get a potent flavonoid called quercitin, which helps prevent heart disease.
Cheese
Bone-building calcium and protein from hard cheeses.
Dark Chocolate
Seventy percent dark chocolate for flavonols -- helps decrease cholesterol.
Green Beans
Low in calories, string beans, loaded with vitamin K, helps protect your. Good source of vitamin C and vitamin A. Try beans lightly tossed with olive oil and lemon.
Nuts
Full of heart-healthy unsaturated fat, vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients.
Pumpkin
Contains carotenoids for making vitamin A and fighting free radicals. Good source of potassium and fiber.
Sweet Potatoes
For carotenoids, potassium, vitamin C, and fiber. Bake with a bit of brown sugar, or with artificial sweetener, for the taste without the calories.
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