good things you can do for your body

Good Things you can do for your Body

21. Schedule Weekly Cheat meals
Yo yo dieting is bad, but strategic cheat meals are good very good. Weekly cheat meals that are higher in calories and carbohydrates can help raiseleptinlevels and lower ghrelin, saysBuiltLeancontributor and nutritional scientistEva Lana, MSc. When your hormones return to normal, they can help reverse or even prevent any negative effects on metabolism, hunger drive, and energy expenditure. What s more, she adds, the increased calories may also help to increase thyroid function, further boosting metabolism; so a scheduled cheat meal may actually help optimize your bodys hormones to avoid weight loss plateaus and prevent chronic metabolism depression.
22. Take a nap
If you commute by bus or train, take advantage and snooze before or after work for an easy pick me up. There are so many health benefits of napping especially if you don t get enough sleep at night. A quick 20 30 minute nap can boost short term alertness, according tothe National Sleep Foundation, thatwont leave you in a fog or interfere with sleep later at night. A cat nap can even reverse information overload and protect your brain from mental burnout, according tomaterialsfrom The National Institutes of Health. And a midday nap even appears to lower blood pressure levels and decrease the number of necessary antihypertensive medications in men and women with high blood pressure, according to apress releasefrom the European Society of Cardiology. Find an empty office and snooze away. Just be sure to set an alarm...
23. Eat a protein packed breakfast
Abreakfast containing 35g ofproteinhelps prevent weight gain, reduces your daily intake of food, staves off hunger, and stabilizes your glucose levels, according to astudyfrom the University of Missouri Health School of Medicine. Participants who ate high protein breakfasts (compared to those who ate moderately high protein breakfasts) reduced their daily food intake by 400 calories and lost body fat. Those who ate the moderately high protein morning meals gained additional body fat. Combine high quality proteins like milk, eggs, lean meats, andGreekyogurtand try it for yourself.
24. Stop working yourself to death
Sure, you want to impress your boss and pay your dues at a new job. But after a few years of working 41?48 hours a week instead of a normal 35?40 and you re looking at an increased risk of stroke of up to 10 percent. Log 49?54 hours a week? You re upping your odds by 27 percent. And if you re slaving away for 55 hours? You re raising your risk by a shocking 33 percent, according to astudyfrom University College London. Now do as the researchers tell you: Turn off your computer and run for the door.