Guide To Maximize Your Health
Having vibrant health is important for us to show up as our best selves. We can’t control everything and sometimes health complications are a result of something spiritual going on. Nonetheless, we must be proactive in preventing and maintaining good health.
For the basics, it is important to adhere to the following:
Get adequate nutrition through the right foods. This requires you to actively learn more about your body and the appropriate diet for you, know the difference between healthy vs. unhealthy foods, and learn how to cook wholesome meals.
Make sure you are supplementing what you are not getting from your diet or can mainly only get through supplementation. This will help you prevent nutritional deficiencies and avoid long-term health consequences. You can get various tests to learn what your body is deficient in or has too much of.
Get enough Vitamin D from the sun. Some people fear the sun because they primarily associate it with skin cancer, but the sun gives vitality to the cells, helps contributes to more positive moods, among other benefits.
Get quality sleep. If you get poor quality sleep or not enough sleep, this will have an adverse effect on your health. Even if you sleep too late, you can get back to sleeping in a timely manner. If you suffer from insomnia, there may be underlying health problems you need to address. It may be a physical issue or it can be a spiritual one.
Stay out of toxic environments and relationships. It is enough to deal with mental warfare in our own minds, but when you have to deal with toxic environments, such as the workplace, or relationships, the stress this causes oftentimes has negative effects on your body and can even cause illness. Sometimes, the wrong living situation can also produce stress on the body, so you want to get out of there if possible.
Cultivate a positive mindset. There are some people whose health is not in good condition because they are extremely pessimistic, ungrateful and/or negative. If you think terribly about yourself and/or others, and if you are always focused on the negative things going on this world, then your health can suffer.
Exercise. Do some form of exercise as often as possible for what your body needs. You don’t have to go overboard, but be consistent.
Avoid tainted water with fluoride and other toxins. Drinking too much poor quality water can cause heavy metals to accumulate in the body and create possible brain fog.
Alkaline, mineral and spring water is usually fine.
Most bottled water is also terrible for you, especially from huge-name brands like Nestle, Arrowhead, and Dasani.
Practice breathing exercises. This provides more oxygen to the cells and is helpful for anti-aging and being emotionally balanced.
For actual food and drinks, here are some suggestions:
High quality meat – ideally organic and grass-fed; organ meats are good if you can stomach them
Beef
Chicken
Lamb
High quality fish – get wild-caught and not farm-raised
Pork – I recommend mostly avoiding this because most pork has parasites
Eggs
Healthy Fat Sources
Genuine olive oil – many on the market are inauthentic
Avocado
Raw ghee, butter
Vegetables
Sweet potato
Onion
Garlic, ginger
Carrot
Beets
Zucchini
Kale, spinach, lettuce, chard, cabbage, bokchoy, endive
Cauliflower, broccoli, broccolini
Asparagus
Celery
Eggplant
Mushroom
Bell peppers, chili peppers
Radish, turnips
Green beans
Sprouts
Tomatoes
Fruits
Blackberries, raspberries
Papaya
Coconuts
Citrus: grapefruit, lemon, lime
Herbs
Supplements – Amazon is a great place to buy supplements since you can read many reviews to compare and research.
Zinc
Magnesium
Vitamin A
Vitamin C
Vitamin D
Iron – if anemic
B Vitamins
Anti-virals, anti-fungals, anti-inflammatories, & antioxidants
Electrolytes (sugar-free)
Nice to have (all in organic form)
Apple Cider Vinegar
Coconut water
Lemon/lime water
Tumeric and ginger root tea
Green juice - great if you can have daily, although this can be quite costly if you are buying organic vegetables from the store
What is best to AVOID or consume in low amounts:
Note: Sometimes, due to financial reasons, busy schedules or appetites, we have times where we cannot eat as clean. Do your best to eat as healthy as possible and don’t be too hard on yourself.
Sugar, including the “natural” alternatives
Sugary Beverages
Carbs
Cheeses
Sweets