A funny thing happened today. I decided to walk down to the bank instead of driving.
But, I found I COULDN’T WALK! My body wanted to RUN!
Now, I’m not actually a runner. I would much rather workout with Kettle-Bells, but today I wanted to run (only about 4 kilometres return).
The fitter you are, the more your body wants to MOVE and MOVE efficiently. So why not give it a try-even if you have never run before.
Hi there – this is Jill, Sandie’s sister,
Sandie has been busily involved with her clients over the past months (she is a certified personal trainer).
She is also busy learning new techniques and strategies for keeping yourself young and fit and I am sure she will be sharing some of these with you very soon.
There is no doubt about it, if you are going to stay young, healthy and alert a daily exercise plan needs to be a part of your schedule. This is an increasingly accepted truth.
In fact, one mall has taken the need for daily exercise so seriously that they have provided an very interesting and fun way of helping folk choose to walk up the stairs instead of “riding” up them.
There are ‘old’ people who are chronologically young, and then there are ‘old’ people who just don’t seem to be old!
What makes the difference? A lot of it is in the way they use their brains.
Studies have been done to show that people who keep their brains sharp by challenging them can remain ‘with-it’ despite physical evidence of alzheimers in the brain in an autopsy.
Here are THREE simple things you can do right now, and they won’t cost you a cent!
Here’s an old herbal remedy I found in a Herbal Medicine book I have had for ages. I thought it was out of print. Turns out it isn’t!!
Now I am not suggesting that this will prevent swine flu-which should be taken seriously. However, the more we are armed against the “nasties” the better! I thoroughly recommend buying the book!
ANTI-FLU REMEDY – an old herbal recipe that really seems to help us get round colds and flu. (from Herbal Medicine by Buchman, D. 1993 ed, Tiger Books, Twickenham)
You can find this book here Herbal Medicine: Revised & Updated
Most adults can take between a teaspoonful to a tablespoonful of this every half hour. It tastes disgusting but seems to work. Use it at the first, tiniest sign of a cold or flu.
It’s a fairly well-known fact that garlic is a great immune-booster, but getting enough of the stuff can be a bit of a problem. I mean, it’s not that nice is it?
Well – here’s a recipe that I just LOVE. I put it (about a tablespoon) on my vegetables – or anything on my plate actually – every single day!
Now it’s a bit of ‘bucket chemistry” and you do need a fast blender- miracle bullet or similar. Here’s the recipe.
I love my cup of coffee! But there are times when my body says ‘enough already!’ So, I decide to cut it out completely for a while. The problem is always “What do I drink instead?” Decaf? Not my favourite, chances are we are ingesting more chemicals anyway (unless you go for the really expensive stuff).
No for me, it’s zero coffee. My favourite substitute is:
ROOT GINGER “TEA”
By Craig Ballantyne, CSCS, MS
