We are all more mindful of our health these days, probably because not so many of us work strenuously physically any more, our diet of junk food has converted us into blobs and the health care industry is constantly warning us how unhealthy we are in order to sell us more drugs. Whatever the reasons, most people are striving harder to take care of themselves.
There are different ways to approaching this problem of being unhealthy and some of the reason for this depends on why you are unhealthy and some of it on your personal approach to things. For example, some individuals will realize that they have got into an unhealthy rut and will make lifestyle changes like exercising more and eating more healthily, whereas others will buy a load of pills and hope that they work.
Then there is the middle road. We are busy and we do not all have an hour a day to spend at the gym and some of us could not work out even if we wished to. So, the middle way, might be to exercise as frequently as you can by hiking or practicing yoga at home; eating more healthy food, that is foodstuff that you can eat raw or that you cook yourself and by taking a few supplements.
Which supplements might you decide on? Well, that actually depends on your diet. There is not much point in taking calcium tablets if you eat cheese sandwiches for lunch, a T-bone steak for dinner and drink milk every day, but there might be a decent reason for taking calcium supplements if you are a vegan.
I have a friend who will not eat vegetables and especially greens, but, realizing that his diet lacks roughage amongst other items, he eats porridge for breakfast and snacks on fruit. Another friend hates fish, he cannot even look at it, but he is aware of the value of omega 3 essential fatty acids and so he takes it in the form of capsules. He almost certainly gets more omega 3 than I do and I am partial to fish.
So, the first thing to do is note down everything that you eat for a week or two and then analyze what is lacking in your diet. The analysis might be above you, although it probably is not, but you could take your diary or food to your medical doctor or dietitian. It might surprise you a lot to find out exactly what you eat during a week.
As a point of interest, the majority of rural Thais do not eat beef or make cheese or drink milk, so over the centuries they have added small bones to their diet. In the West if we get a tiny bone in our mouth, we tend to remove it, but a Thai will crunch it to tiny pieces and swallow it - fish bones, small bird bones, frogs bones. Not only does it replace the missing calcium but it keeps their teeth strong in a country that is only just creating dentistry for the masses.
There are different ways to approaching this problem of being unhealthy and some of the reason for this depends on why you are unhealthy and some of it on your personal approach to things. For example, some individuals will realize that they have got into an unhealthy rut and will make lifestyle changes like exercising more and eating more healthily, whereas others will buy a load of pills and hope that they work.
Then there is the middle road. We are busy and we do not all have an hour a day to spend at the gym and some of us could not work out even if we wished to. So, the middle way, might be to exercise as frequently as you can by hiking or practicing yoga at home; eating more healthy food, that is foodstuff that you can eat raw or that you cook yourself and by taking a few supplements.
Which supplements might you decide on? Well, that actually depends on your diet. There is not much point in taking calcium tablets if you eat cheese sandwiches for lunch, a T-bone steak for dinner and drink milk every day, but there might be a decent reason for taking calcium supplements if you are a vegan.
I have a friend who will not eat vegetables and especially greens, but, realizing that his diet lacks roughage amongst other items, he eats porridge for breakfast and snacks on fruit. Another friend hates fish, he cannot even look at it, but he is aware of the value of omega 3 essential fatty acids and so he takes it in the form of capsules. He almost certainly gets more omega 3 than I do and I am partial to fish.
So, the first thing to do is note down everything that you eat for a week or two and then analyze what is lacking in your diet. The analysis might be above you, although it probably is not, but you could take your diary or food to your medical doctor or dietitian. It might surprise you a lot to find out exactly what you eat during a week.
As a point of interest, the majority of rural Thais do not eat beef or make cheese or drink milk, so over the centuries they have added small bones to their diet. In the West if we get a tiny bone in our mouth, we tend to remove it, but a Thai will crunch it to tiny pieces and swallow it - fish bones, small bird bones, frogs bones. Not only does it replace the missing calcium but it keeps their teeth strong in a country that is only just creating dentistry for the masses.
About the Author:
Owen Jones, the author of this piece, writes on a number of subjects, and is now concerned with pure omega 3. If you want to know more, please go to our site at Omega 6 9
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