The older we get, the more we talk about our health. I talk about yoga and I make myself practice it fifteen minutes every morning. This is meant to make my body more flexible, but there are times when my husband thinks I should be practicing yoga for my mind.
My husband goes to the gym every day. I go three days a week to work out with weights. This is meant to increase bone mass, but there are days when I think increasing my own mass would be an easier way to work out with weight.
In spite of that nagging thought, I try to eat right. My body is my temple. It's also a machine that needs fuel to function. Our bodies take sugar from food we eat and turn it into fuel - but this is where it gets tricky. If sugar is fuel, why isn't it one of the basic food groups?
To compensate for not eating right I take vitamins. Recently I ordered vitamins on line. Ever since I' ve been deluged with e-mails about pills - pills for high blood pressure and low libido - for increased energy and decreased stress - for more memory and less creaking and groaning. Frankly, it's a lot to swallow.
Along with eating right, we're meant to drink eight, eight-ounce glasses of water a day. That's four bottles of Fiji or six bottles of Perrier. We drink bottled water because it's meant to be healthier than tap water, but shouldn't we be worried about the health of the planet too?
When I was a little girl, my mother worried about how much fresh air I got. At the time I thought she was more worried about the peace and quiet she got while I was outside, but now I understand the importance of Vitamin D. It helps our bodies utilize calcium and it works with Vitamins A and C to prevent colds. We get Vitamin D from the sun. We also get tans from the sun and tans prevent us from getting Vitamin D. Since God created the world in six days, maybe he could have worked on this on the seventh day.
Maybe I could work on my attitude. Studies have shown attitude affects health. Happiness has a positive effect on our immune system. Even just acting happy has a positive effect. Instead of acting our age, we should just act happy. |
