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6 Things to Help You Stay Alive

4. Detox
Just like you might keep your car finely tuned – using only the best fuel and oil, knowing this is the only way to ensure it continues to run optimally – you need to make the same choices when it comes to your body. A regular tune up and service is vital to ensure that everything continues to function as well as it can. Start the New Year off by completing a detox. There are many well-structured detox packs available, that require little or no life style changes. If this isn’t for you, then increase your daily water intake and eat fresh, raw fruits and/or vegetables at each meal. Those from the brassica family are some of the best for helping with better detoxification in the body, so a stir-fry and coleslaw are good additions to the diet. Remember that you will benefit from any improvement, so don’t make excuses.

5. Hormones
Stress, alcohol and recreational drugs can negatively affect sexual performance, hormonal levels and balance. As well as this, many common foods eaten on a daily basis contain residues of hormones, which enhanced the growth of that food. When we ingest this, it has a direct impact on our own hormones, mainly by increasing estrogen levels. A high estrogen level in men is not good and can shut down or affect the normal production of testosterone in the body. High serum levels of estrogen trick the brain into thinking that enough testosterone is being produced, thereby slowing the natural production of testosterone.
One of the easiest ways to determine your existing hormonal levels is to have a hormone test. Armed with the results from this, you will be able to target any hormone specifically, whether high or low, to correct any imbalance that it showed.

6. Sleep
Some sleep specialists estimate that fifty percent or more of us suffer from sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is more about lack of quality sleep rather than lack of hours of sleep. This distinction explains why some people wake rested and refreshed after six hours while others are still weary and bleary-eyed after nine hours.
The human body carries out many vital processes while sleeping, including the production of growth hormones and other chemicals, the regeneration and/or repair of damaged tissues, recharging and strengthening of the immune system, preparing the body’s energy stores for the next day and the removal of toxins in the body.
If you have a problem with getting to sleep, consider taking a supplement high in magnesium with co-factors such as calcium and zinc. These minerals help to sooth and calm nerves and muscles, promoting relaxation in the body. Common deficiency symptoms of these include muscular cramps and twitches, jumping at sudden sounds and being unable to switch your brain off at night time to fall asleep.
We all consume far too many stimulants. Keep tea and coffee to no more than two cups a day and don’t consume them past 2 pm. Consider caffeine-free alternatives such as Caro, Ecco or Inka, herbal teas such as chamomile, lemon balm or rooibos (not green tea, which contains two thirds the amount of caffeine as found in a cup of coffee).

Leanne James is a medical herbalist and health coach at
Ideal Health.

Phone 0800 HEALTH.

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