The New Wellness Revolution

Being healthy means a lot of things. As I have discussed in my previous article, “What is Wellness”, it should be treated not solely on the food but also on other aspects like mental, emotional and spiritual health.

Now, what most people usually do is they consider eating fatty foods as bad. They tend to focus on eating the wrong foods in their struggle to maintain a thin body. I say “thin”, because being healthy doesn’t necessarily mean you are too thin.

Our body needs the right amount of healthy fats, nutrients and fiber to stay healthy. What is amazing is that, eating protein rich foods help a lot in maintaining healthy body. Taking away those excess weight should be done the natural way. Eating a low calorie diet will help a lot in your quest for maintaining a healthy weight.

Please find below the normal FAT - percentage for Men and Women:

Age                     Women                 Men

20- 30             16% -25%             8% - 18%

30 - 40            19% - 27%             11% - 20%

40-50             22% - 29%             22% - 28%

50 - 60             24% - 31%             15% - 24%

60+                     26% - 33%            17 % - 26 %

It is always important that you consult an expert on nutrition and avoid listening outright to what the commercials on T.V. is telling you. Doing research and reading articles about health will give more information on how to keep a healthy body.

As we are in the information age, several relevant information is always accessible through the internet. Be independent enough in your decision by equipping yourself first with the right knowledge you need about health in general. Today, you have a huge responsibility towards yourself and others by simply sharing what you know.

Let’s work together to arrest health problems especially diabetes, hypertension and heart ailment.

Eating breakfast is very important but sometimes taken for granted by many. But sad truth is that most of us doesn’t have the luxury of time to prepare meals before going to work.

The most important meal is still breakfast, simply because your body has been starved for almost 12 hours from the time you had your dinner the other day.

Can you imagine not feeding your body the right kind of nutrients it needed to support you in your day to day life? So basically what happens if you don’t eat your breakfast?

Contrary to what you think that skipping breakfast will help you lose weight, the effect is the other way around. If you skip eating your meal you’re cells will deteriorate and soon will cause to slower your metabolism. With this, it will be much difficult to lose weight.

According to American Dietetic Association, eating your breakfast helps in weight management. It also refuels the body to help provide energy, better concentration and problem-solving ability throughout the day.

Choosing the right kind of food for breakfast plays a very important role in creating a healthy life. A hearty breakfast of protein rich foods and low in fats and sugar will definitely help you through the day.

It doesn’t have to be very complicated though. If you are busy that you have no time to prepare, just blend the 3 tablespoon of Nutritional Protein Drink Mix (Formula 1) of Herbalife with 250 ml cold water, add 1/2 banana, non-fat milk and oats then you get your healthy breakfast. This formula will already give the right amount of nutrients your body needs for the day, at 250 calories.

It takes a lot of discipline to get up early, eat properly, give 10 minutes for stretching and go to work. But the effect will it do to your body will be well worth it.

Take good care of your health and you will get what you want in life.