Healthy Ageing Tips

• 1. Integrate exercise into your life with walking, sports and social activities.
• 2. Use Sea Salt and Black Pepper to season food. Sea salt is full of minerals and pepper boosts digestion.
• 3. Eat when you are hungry and always to appetite. Never under eat to lose weight.
• 4. Carbohydrates are fine but make sure they are unrefined and whole (potatoes, squash, sweet potatoes,brown rice, whole grains etc)
• 5. If you are going to eat junk food, do it with a smile on your face
• 6. Stretch in the evening before bed. Especially the shoulders it will help you sleep.
• 7. Have a hot bath regularly - a cheap easy way to relax
• 8. Exercise should be short, and intense but infrequent.
• 9. Try to go vegetarian a 1-2 days a week
• 10. Taking a nap in the afternoon is totally fine and even beneficial, but keep it under 30 minutes.
• 11. Start the day with hot water and the juice of a fresh lemon
• 12. Forget supplements and get your vitamins and minerals from real food
• 13. Don't be scared of eating late at night. A small snack can lower stress hormones and allow you to sleep better.
• 14. Sometimes the things you are looking for in life come when you stop trying so hard to find them.
• 15. Snack on fruit and almonds.
• 16. Have one banana a day for the potassium and unique fibre.
• 17. Use spices to season food - they add flavour and are very healthy aiding digestion and controlling blood sugar (cinnamon) and inflammation (turmeric)
• 18. Take advantage of the summer and berries being is season, eat lots of blueberries, raspberries and strawberries.
• 19. Do 20 bodyweight reps of either squats, pushups or lunges every morning after brushing your teeth. It will rev up your metabolism.
• 20. Stop using Vegetable Oils (rapeseed, canola, sunflower) when cooking - they are not stable at high temperatures and therefore make for bad cooking oil.
• 21. Try Coconut oil for cooking, and as a cheap efficient moisturiser.
• 22. Sneak in 20-30 minutes of walking everyday
• 23. Never stop learning, make sure you always have one book on the go about a topic you love.
• 24. In the evening dim the lights for a few hours prior to sleep. This allows melatonin to be releases, also sleep in a pitch black room.
• 25. Never exercise hard when you have slept badly or for only a few hours. Your body needs rest not more punishment.
• 26. Everyone should do 1-2 resistance training workouts a week.
• 27. Sprints are a cheap and easy form of exercise that are great for fat burning.
• 28. Try Yoga, either by attending a class or even by following a Yoga DVD.
• 29. Workouts should be simple and mainly consist of bodyweight movements (Squats, Dips, Chin-ups, Pushups etc)
• 30. If you can afford it, have a weekly back and shoulder massage. This will relieve the tension built up by living in the modern world.
• 31. Drink a maximum of 2 coffee's or tea's a day. Make sure they are high quality.
• 32. Hours of sleep before midnight are twice as effective as those after.
• 33. Don't drink water with meals, it dilutes digestive enzymes.
• 34. Eat locally and seasonally when you can. Try new local vegetables. This food is more nutrient dense.
• 35. There is nothing wrong with real butter, eat it and cook with it. but use it in moderation.
• 36. Do healthy things to help live your life well. Don't let your life revolve around being healthy!
• 37. Don't overdo it on the animal protein. Buy high quality meats less often.
• 38. If you can't get to sleep try a herbal tea and an apple.
• 39. Always breath into your belly through your nose, not through your mouth into the chest.

These tips are provided by Chris from ZenToFitness.com. Visit the site for more tips!