How to Improve Your Health in 30 Days

How to Improve Your Health in 30 Days

Today people are aging faster than ever. The high stress fast paced lives of the 21st century are putting too much pressure on our bodies. We are eating unhealthy fast food meals, dealing with too much stress commuting and at work, sitting in front of a computer screen instead of exercising and we aren't getting enough sleep. Follow these tips to quickly improve your health and prevent aging.

Eat Healthy

The most important thing you can do to improve your health is eat healthy. Your body has evolved to eat mainly protein and fat with a little bit of carbohydrates, however the typical food that most Americans eat are mostly carbs with a little bit of protein and fat. The problem with carbs are that they increase the insulin in your bloodstream. High insulin leads to increased hunger and body fat. High insulin levels are responsible for all kinds of diseases including cancer and diabetes. To lower your insulin level cut out foods with added sugar and grains. Avoid bread, pasta, potatoes, rice, soda, corn, beans and any processed food.

Replace all these unhealthy foods that raise your insulin with healthy meats, vegetables, fruits and nuts, also know as the Paleo diet. These foods give you all the protein, vitamins and minerals that our bodies need. If you follow the Paleo diet then you will lose body fat and have more energy.

Exercise

It is important to exercise if you want to improve your health. You should try to exercise at least 4 or 5 days a week. It is important to get cardio workouts like running and biking to improve the healthy of your heart. You also need to lift weights at least once a week to keep a healthy level of HGH and testosterone. HGH and testosterone are hormones that help the body build muscle mass, maintain bone density, slows down aging and avoid gaining fat. Our bodies produce less of these hormones as we age, so it is important for both men and women to weight lift to increase them and prevent aging.

Sleep

Always be sure to get enough sleep. You should be aiming for 8 hours of sleep every night and never get less than 7 hours. When you don't get enough sleep you release hormones that increase your hunger and cause you to gain weight. When you don't get enough sleep you also produce more cortisol, the stress hormone. Cortisol sends a message to your body to store fat, increase your hunger and burn muscle for energy. It also is known to age people faster.

Getting enough sleep is also important for HGH production. The longer you sleep the more HGH you produce. Taking 5 mg of melatonin right before bed has been shown to increase HGH levels by 157%.

Stress

If you want to live a healthy life you need to lower your stress. Humans aren't meant to deal with the high stress levels of the modern world. High stress from commuting and work increase your cortisol levels. Try to live closer to work to shorten your commute and don't let work stress you out. Try to reduce your caffeine intake as well because caffeine puts stress on your body and increases your cortisol.

If you follow these suggestions for the next 30 days, you will feel better, gain muscle and lose body fat. You will have more energy and be healthier. Your body will age slower and you will live longer.

How to Improve your Health in 30 Days - by Wayne Atwell

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