1. Evaluate
what you eat.
There are two kinds of foods — acid and alkaline. Your body was
designed to function in a more alkaline state, which requires
alkaline foods — mostly fruits and vegetables. Eating too much
of the acid foods makes your body acid, causing acute physical
stress.
2. Evaluate what you drink.
Your body is mostly water and needs water as its primary liquid.
Since your body was designed to regulate itself internally,
drinking external stimulants puts added stress on your body and
interferes with the regulation of blood sugar.
3. Evaluate how
you exercise.
Your body needs exercise that increases your heart rate,
promotes muscle activity and aids neurological integration, so
your body works as it was designed. Excellent exercises that
achieve all three are swimming or walking correctly.
4.
Evaluate how you rest.
Adequate, uninterrupted sleep each night is essential for cell
repair. If you eat large meals too close to bedtime or drink the
wrong liquids throughout the day, you over-stimulate your body.
This makes uninterrupted, restful, repairing sleep difficult.
5.
Evaluate how and what you breathe.
How: Correct breathing is important because it activates the
diaphragm in a manner in which it was designed, which augments
heart action. Correct breathing helps rebalance the autonomic
nervous system.
What: If you can smell the air you breathe, it's stressful to
your body.
While the toxins in your food and liquids are cleaned by the
liver before entering the bloodstream, the toxins you breathe —
from smoking or living/working in a smoke/smog–filled
environment — go directly into your bloodstream.
6.
Evaluate what you think about.
What you think about affects your body. Think about a lemon and
your mouth fills with saliva. If you are angry or in fear, your
body is as uptight as if you were fighting a tiger. If you
worry, your nervous system triggers more acid in your stomach
even if you have nothing in your stomach — producing indigestion
and ulcers. And most of these physically harmful feelings come
from replaying the past. |
