As we go about our busy lives, our fitness
needs do not often come to mind. In
fact, probably the only thought that is given to our fitness needs relates to
the 15 pounds we think we need to lose.
But even when we are fairly fit, we have needs that help us to sustain
that fitness. Have you ever given
thought to what those needs are?
Meditation, an exercise recommended foreveryone, but especially those of us with hectic, stressful lifestyles, is
defined as an engagement in contemplation, especially of a spiritual or
devotional nature. Meditation has been
shown to relieve stress, and promote overall good health, by simply reflecting
upon our day, and finding happiness within ourselves.
Your nutritional needs levels are dependent
upon your eating habits and whether you use daily supplements of vitamins and minerals
in order for you to sustain optimum physical health. Much discussion is centered on this topic
right now, because our nation faces obesity problems of epidemic proportions. Our eating habits make up a large portion of
our nutritional daily intake. What we
consume goes a long way to keeping our bodies fit.
Do we understandwhat our nutritional requirements are, how to fulfill those requirements, and
how to look for real nutritional value in our foods? I’m not sure that nutrition has been
successfully addressed in its own right.
We hear nutrition in relation to our vitamin intake, our fortified
cereals and milk, and in the context that we need “nutritional value” from our
food choices. But what really is
nutrition when applied to our daily bodily functions? Nutrition refers to the nurturing of our
body, in our ability to keep it healthy and functioning as it is supposed to
do. Our ability to provide the body with
all the necessary food, vitamins, and minerals so that we continue to thrive in
our daily life processes. Quite often,
our vitamin and mineral needs outweigh our caloric needs. In those instances, we turn to manufactured
vitamins and minerals to fill the gap.
Alternative medicine options such as
chiropractic care, acupuncture, herbal cures, and holistic medicine are all
ways we can help to keep ourselves fit.
All of these alternative healing approaches offer ways to incorporate
their use into staying fit and healthy.
Of the examples given here, chiropractic and acupuncture are becoming
more widely accepted as complements to the traditional forms of exercise and
nutrition. Herbal cleansing and healing
are used by many to provide for ways for body keep itself in a state of fitness
and optimal health.
What role does exercise play in thisprocess? Well, exercise conditions our
body to keep it in optimal shape. To
keep muscles functioning correctly and build muscle mass. The more muscle mass we have, the more
calories we burn. The more calories we
burn, the better our metabolism is at using up the calories we take in through
food consumption. Can you begin to see how our body is really a well
functioning machine? It’s a continual
circle of events, one feeding off the other.
When all the events are coming together properly, we are healthy, happy
individuals.
Today, we must determine how much nourishment we
need, how much physical exercise we need, and how best to accomplish those
ends. Calorie needs, nutritional needs,
physical needs, and education about those needs now is information we should
all understand, at least as it applies to our ability to maintain our fitness
levels. If you will visit your local doctor,
library, or fitness center, there is massive amounts of information available
to help educate and to help you make good health choices, no matter what the
ultimate goal, fitness maintenance, or fitness improvement.
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