It is very uncomfortable and frustrating after age 50, to fetch this heavy apron in front of us. HAVING DEVELOPED EASILY, IT PROGRESSES TO OVERWEIGHT, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, HEART DISEASE, STROKE, ASTHMA and SLEEP APNEA.
The following 10 steps can work wonders if you are regular in the applications:
1. Cut back on SUGAR, high GLYCEMIC FOODS such as rice, flour, Irish potatoes (our culture foods) and switch to HIGH FIBER FOODS: yam, sweet potato, boiled green bananas, coco or eddoes, and cassava. SMALL PORTIONS YET SATISFYING: three times per day, practical!
2. Avoid SWEETS: sodas, juices, honey, coconut water, ice-cream, and chocolates. Plenty vegetables, 8 glasses water and one fruit / day.
3. Improve PROTEIN consumption: milk, eggs, fish, meat (chicken) and peas (beans, nuts and corn) PROTEIN BUILDS MUSCLES, BOOSTS METABOLISM, and INCREASES IMMUNITY.
4. EXERCISES: both aerobics (walking, running) and strengthening (weights). STRONGER MUSCLES burn up unnecessary fat.
5. GET MORE SLEEP: Our body rectifies itself – It promotes WEIGHT LOSS, INCREASES IMMUNITY, IMPROVES MEMORY AND REDUCES INFLAMMATION. Lack of sleep causes weight loss increases Insulin Resistance & development of Diabetes.
6. CUT BACK ON ALCOHOL (best to avoid completely: BEER BELLY, FAMILY DESTRUCTION, and LOSS OF POWER – not good).
7. EAT MORE GOOD FATS: Avocados, seeds, nuts, corn. AVOID TRANS FATS found in processed and deep fry foods.
8. REDUCE STRESS LEVELS by Lifestyle changes: Yoga, Meditation, Walking in Peaceful areas with company, and confidence. Fresh air, Sunshine, Outdoor activities, gardening, smiling with the flowers, resting, and fasting intermittently – are all helpful.
9. POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE OF Love and Laughter (Forgiveness), Peace and Prosperity, Health and Harmony: are therapeutic. A happy mind is a healing mind, an unhappy state is destructive, deep to the bone.
10. LET GO and LET GOD: direct our paths.
Patient: “I keep thinking that I am a strawberry all the time!“
Doctor: “You are really in a JAM , aren’t you ?“
Inspiration by Hame 