Monday, November 21, 2005
TIPS 4 Health
First list of 20 tips
More tips to come and, in the next posts, I'll expand each of these first 20 ones.
- Exercise regularly
- Protect the skin against excessive sun exposure
- Use of specific anti-aging agents to apply upon the skin surface
- No smoking or tobacco usage - avoid also tobacco environment, even better avoiding tobacco people
- Just a moderate consumption of tranquilizers/stimulants as alcohol and caffeine, but in moderate amounts these contribute to slow down the aging process
- Do not add salt to the food. Salt is needed and is important but most people consume too much of it. Salt is already contained in the food, there is no need to add it. If the weather is warm and you are in high activity, you need more salt than by cold weather and low activity.
- Do no add sugar and prefer food without sugar-added
- Just a very moderate amount of butter and olive oil
- Never eat food with trans-fat
- Try to avoid food with E249 and E250. Avoid food with E251 and E252
- Try to achieve right balance among carbohydrates (40%-50%), proteins (25%-30%) and fats (25%-30%)
- Get slim (For men BMI < 22 or Fat% < 12% - For women BMI < 20 or Fat% < 20%) [BMI=Weight/H**2]
- Stay Slim: Calories per Day for men =600*H**2 For women 540*H**2 --> achieve it trying to eat "efficient food"
- When you eat, just eat don't do anything else (reading, watching tv, working,...)
- Eat small parts (smaller than your thumb) and chew a lot (more than 10 times)
- Try to reduce bread, especially avoid it before eating
- Reduce sweets and desserts (Calories and carbohydrates bombs) as well as any drinks other than water or herbal tea
- Eat food rich in fibers
- Reduce stress as minimum
- Do something interesting every day
More tips to come and, in the next posts, I'll expand each of these first 20 ones.
# posted by MecPod @ 3:03 PM 
