Good Things you can do for your Body

1. Meditation may seem like a passing trend, but the newly popular practice touts some serious health benefits.Om ing is optional, but regularly taking 10 20 minutes to unwind and focus on yourself is one of the greatest secrets to longevity. Meditation is going to help with stress reduction,better sleep, lower blood pressure, improved immunity, and improved cardiovascular function, says Kerry Bajaj, a certified health coach at the Eleven Eleven W .....

sleep

2. Its no secret that most hard working guys are sleep deprived, but just because its common does not mean its OK. Sleep makes or breaks a healthy lifestyle. All that time and effort you spend eating right and working out wont be as effective and your physique will actually be harder to maintain if youre not getting seven to eight hours a night. Catching up on sleep on the weekends wont work either. Research from Rochester University suggests that .....

Drink warm water with lemon

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Drink tea

4. Drink more tea. Just do it. Aside from water, tea might be the best beverage for your body. Research published in theEuropean Journal of Clinical Nutritionshows that regular consumption of green tea can improve memory and cognition in men. Green tea is also credited with a host of other health boosting benefits, like firing up yourmetabolism, lowering blood pressure, preventing bad breath, boosting immunity, and acting as an anti inflammatory age .....

Floss

5. Flossing wont just make your pearly whites brighter, the habit will improve your health on a much deeper level. If your gums get infected, the bacteria in your mouth can enter the bloodstream and lead to inflammation throughout the body, says Bajaj. .....

Take Probiotics

6. Check in with your gut a healthy digestive system is often seen as the window to your overall health. One way to boost good gut bacteria and keep things running smoothly: take a daily probioticsupplement. Probiotics help with digestion, and theyre good for your immunity, says Bajaj. Fixing the balance of good bacteria in the gut can even improve your mood. A lot of our serotonin is actually produced in the gut, so theres a big connection betwe .....

Warm Up Befor Workout

7. Static stretching before aworkoutdoesnt do your body much good. In fact, research from Stephen F. Austin State University found that exercisers who did static stretching before lifting had impaired strength compared to those who performed a dynamic warm up, a muscle warming routine that includes moves like walking lunges and high skips. Get in the habit of performing a dynamic warmup before any kind of workout and you ll not only enhance your per .....

Sweat wit HIIT

8. According to research from Liverpool John Moores University and the University of Birmingham, high intensity interval training (HITT) can result in the same benefits as those you get from endurance training but you ll spend a hell of a lot less time in the gym. While breaking a sweat of any kind is vital, HIIT improves your fitness while also fighting heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. .....

Avoid BPA

9. BPA stands for Bisphenol A, a chemical used to produce many common household products, like water bottles and food cans. In recent years, the compound s effects on health and human development have generated quite a bit of controversy, and for good reason. Research has found links between exposure to BPA and reproductive disorders, diabetes, andcardiovascular disease. While the FDA reports evidence on both sides of the debate, its better to be sa .....

Clean UP Your Skincare regimen

10. Your skin is your largest organ, so youve got to take care of it like you would any other part of your body. That means applying sunscreen daily and being picky about the products you use. Look at your hair and skincare products, and clean up those products so youre not putting chemicals on your skin, advises Bajaj. Check labels for Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate, and toss products that contain these compounds. Sulfates not onl .....

Wear Sunglasses

11. Slapping on sunscreen is incredibly important when it comes to protecting your skin from the suns harmful rays. However, it s easy to forget about protecting our eyes. The only way to do so is by wearing sunglasses. Remembering to throw on your shades every day will guard against sunburn, cataracts, and evenskin cancer. Choose sunglasses with 99 100% UV absorption or UV 400, and maybe draw some inspiration from your girlfriend s oversize shades t .....

Get more Fiber

12. Fiberis a key component of any healthy diet, and by now weve all learned it doesnt just come from a morning bowl of Wheaties. There s actually very little that fiber cant do. A diet high in fiber will keep your body running smoothly for a long time, really research shows that those who increased their intake actually live longer. What s more, a study published inNutritionfound that fiber may aid weight loss. Shall we go on? Fiber also regulates d .....

Go Green at every meal

13. If you dont have something green on your plate at every meal, youre cheating your body out of essential nutrients. According to the USDA, antioxidant packed dark leafy greens may be some of the best cancer preventing foods. They also help with weight management and regulate the digestive system. If youre short on time (or just lazy), try supplementing with a green powder like spirulina. Its a type of green blue algae thats rich in protein, omega .....

Weigh yourself daily

14. The simplest way to lose, track, and maintain weight loss is to weigh yourself every day, according toresearchfrom The University of Manchester. In the study which was conducted in partnership with Withings, the French connected health technology manufacturer 975 men and women participated. Users who interacted the most with their smart scale lost the most weight: the equivalent of an extra 2.5 pounds for men and 2 pounds for women over the span .....

Strenththen your lower back

15. About80 percent of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lifetimes, according to theNational Institue of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The culprits and causes fall in one of two categories: a sedentary lifestyle or heavy use. (Though you probably fall into the latter.) Fortunately, exercising can alleviate these aches and pains if you know which ones are best, and how to do them correctly. Try these3 Workouts to Bulletproof .....

Fry and saute Veggies in olive oil

16. This may seem nonsensical from a nutritional standpoint, but frying andsaut eing vegetables is better for you,according to a newstudyfrom the University of Granada. By cooking veggiesin extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) you increase the presence of dietary phenols. These are the compounds said to ward off cancer, promote healthy aging, and have antioxidant effects since they capture free radicals before they can cause damage in your body, which can p .....

Stop yo yo dieting

17. If the weekends are when you cut loose on your diet, drink more booze, and go indulge in unhealthy habits, you re really doing your gut a disservice (in more ways than one), according to astudyfrom the University of New South Wales. Researchers sayyo yodieting can throw off the 100 trillion microbial cellsin your gut, which control and influence your metabolism, immune function, and overall nutrition. But these levels and diversity of bacteria ar .....

Stop Smoking cigs and hookah

18. Are you seriously still smoking in 2016?! Cigarettes increase your risk forheart disease(which accounts for 35 to 40 percent of all smoking related deaths), emphysema, cancer, stroke, asthma, lung infections, and dementia, and hookah isn t any better, according to ameta analysisfrom theUniversity of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences. Researchers boiled540 articles down to 17 relevant studies in which they discovered hookah smokers are in .....

Use weekends to catch up on sleep

19. Growing up you were considered lazy for sleeping in on the weekends, butresearchfrom the University of Chicago considers it a sound health investment. In the study, participants who wereallowed to have two consecutive nights of extended sleep (an average of 9.7 hours a night) after four consecutive days of sleep deprivation (4.5 hours a night) exhibited a reduced risk of diabetes.After the four night sleep restriction, the volunteers insulin sen .....

Eat 7 Serving of produce

20. Squeeze as many greens you can into your meals and snacks:A 12 yearstudy from the University College Londonfound eating a combination ofseven or more servings of fruits and vegetablesper day could decrease your chances of death from any cause by 42 percent (compared to people who consume less than one portion each day). More specfically, seven or more portions of fruits and veggies per day dropped the risk of dying from cancer by 25 percent and c .....

Take a nap

22. 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 .....

Eat a protein packed breakfast

23. 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 mor .....

Stop working yourself to death

24. 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 .....