Health Insurance-
Real Insurance for good health is to stay healthy. As we have consistently seen in the top four reasons to take vitamins the one common thread is that vitamins contribute to good health and prevention of health problems. Medical insurance is not health assurance. Medical insurance only helps if you get sick with minimal focus on prevention or regaining optimal health. The American health system is a medical system not a health system. Hence the old saying an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The best way to insure your health is to stay as healthy as possible and avoid the costly and statistically dangerous encounter with the medical system whenever possible. Scientific Study after scientific study over decades and in some cultures over thousands of years have proven that prevention is a far better option and always less expensive.
Real Health Insurance is simply choosing healthy life style habits, eating a well balance diet, giving your daily nutritional needs a boost with proper vitamin and mineral supplementation, getting proper rest, drinking clean pure water throughout the day, and getting regular exercise, staying both physically and mentally active.
With all the choices in the vitamin isle these days it is not hard to understand why most people get overwhelmed and intimidated trying to figure out what is right for them. Add to that tying to decipher the ingredients and those cool Latin words becomes nearly impossible unless your are an herbalist or nutritionist.
So where do you start? It is not as complicated as you may think. Most people that have a fairly healthy lifestyle such as eating right, regular exercise and adequate rest can usually start with a high quality whole food vitamin supplement to give them that added nutritional boost. After that depending on additional lifestyle factors such as stress and health situations you may want to start a customized plan. For example you my consider adding additional vitamin B-12 for stress situations or vitamin C to boost your immune system . For a truly customized plan it is best to consult a health professional trained in nutritional evaluation for your specific needs. Once you have done that shopping for vitamins gets easy, just look for the recommended high quality product at the best price.
Theories come and go about what type of exercise is optimal for ageing well and living a full active life into our golden years. In the 70’s and early 80’s jogging and aerobics such as jazzercise was believed to be the best because of the cardiovascular benefits. Unfortunately because of repetitive over use and jogging on hard surfaces such as pavement, ankle, knee, hip and low back injuries became problematic. The backlash being once injured getting adequate exercise became difficult and sometimes no longer possible due to the injury.
Science has now shown us that a variety of activities in moderation is best. One of the key components found to be the most important was resistance training better know as weight training. Research has confirmed that strong muscles mean a strong stable skeletal system and the lean muscle helps burn calories reducing body fat. The good news is you don’t have to join a gym and start pumping iron to get this benefit. Anything that causes an additional workload for each muscle group such as resistance bands that you can use at home will give you great results. Even good old fashioned calisthenics using your on body weight as resistance such as push-ups will work.
So what are you waiting for no more excuses you can keep fit in the privacy of your own home with just simple inexpensive training equipment. Better yet invite a friend over for a healthy breakfast and exercise together. Just keep consistent, be patient and don’t get discouraged. And remember if you are just starting out, start slow and get a health evaluation form your family doctor before starting.