You can have a positive effect on your health with some simple, straightforward guidelines. These are health tips, not necessarily weight loss tips. Natalie Sansonetti

1. Thirteen Health Tips For A Busy Life
NATALIE SANSONETTI

2. You can have a positive effect on your health with some simple,
straightforward guidelines. These are health tips, not necessarily
weight loss tips. But making sure your body has the nutrients,
vitamins and minerals it needs is the first step to losing weight. A
body lacking these essential elements is going to stay hungry and
get hungrier the longer it lacks what it needs to thrive.
Natalie Sansonetti

3. Microwave in glass | Natalie sansonetti
Pop-your frozen entree onto a glass plate or
dish before microwaving. The thin plastic
containers used for frozen foods have already
been through several degradations when
formed, then loaded with hot prepared food, and
then frozen. The degradation of plastics caused
by extreme heat and cold have been linked to
cancer. If you must heat your food in them
occasionally, do so, but NEVER reuse them
over and over. The same advice goes for your
plastic water bottle. Never freeze it!

4. Avoid aspartame and other sugar substitutes | Natalie
Sansonetti
Otherwise known as nutrasweet, aspartame was
pronounced "safe" by the FDA only after political
manipulation by the system in 1981. Although
the government declared it safe for 20 years,
they have now quietly downgraded it to
"probably not safe" after several lawsuits were
filed against the makers of popular vitamins,
sodas, yogurts, and gums. Long-term studies
show a direct correlation between its use and
lung cancer in women, the primary users of
sugar substitutes.

5. Can the sodas | Natalie sansonetti
Sodas either offer you lots of high-fructose corn
syrup (leading contributor to diabetes) or
artificial sweeteners (their use correlates to
higher cancer rates). Why play Russian roulette
with these empty calorie drinks? Soda also
dehydrates you so you actually need more
water, not less, when drinking them. Why put
dirty brown chemical water into your body?

6. Eat a minimum of 5-6 vegetables and fruits a day |
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The ONLY positive effect on pre-cancerous cells
is a diet high in fruits and vegetables. 5-6 is a
minimum.

7. Avoid white in your diet | Natalie sansonetti
Not the egg whites! You know the whites that
are nutritionless: white flour, white sugar,
potatoes. A baked potato, if topped with low-fat
items might be OK once in a while but white
flour and white sugar items like cookies, cake,
donuts, scones, muffins and bagels add a ton of
empty calories with no nutrition to your diet. You
can literally eat these items all day and stay
hungry. If you eat bread, make sure it is 100%
whole wheat or whole grain.

8. Mind your fats | Natalie sansonetti
Not all fats impede weight loss. Good fats such
as olive oil and omega-3 oils from fish like
salmon and tuna give your body a positive boost
in many ways. Avoid solid fats such as butter,
lard and shortening. Another fat to avoid:
anything used in a fast food restaurant where
oils in deep fryers are often used way beyond
any nutritional value.

9. Move every day | Natalie sansonetti
If you don't currently exercise, start moving in
some way for 10 minutes every day. Our bodies
were meant to move and they shut down if they
aren't given a range of motion... joints and
muscles begin to atrophy, backs stiffen up,
hearts lose strength. Even the busiest executive
can find 10 minutes in the beginning of a new
fitness plan to take a short walk or hop on a
stationary bike. Another alternative: put on some
music and dance before your day begins or
ends or even while making dinner. The idea is to
make a start, however limited you think your
time is.

10. Get into the sunshine | Natalie sansonetti
Yes, extreme exposure can cause skin damage
but human beings need the vitamin D they get
from the sun. Doctors are often prescribing
megadoses of vitamin D because their patients
have been using such a high level of sunblock
that they wound up deficient in D. In the winter
and in northern regions, this is especially
important. If the sun peeks out on a grey winter
day, run out and grab some rays --- without
sunglasses! Don't look directly at the sun,
however, just bask in the rays and, if
temperatures allow, roll up your shirtsleeves and
open your collar.

11. Avoid toxic people | Natalie sansonetti
Negativity breeds more negativity. Our bodies
hear every thought we think so don't get sucked
into coworkers', friends' or family's toxic venom.
Your job is to maintain the best possible attitude
about yourself, your health/fitness and the world
in general. If you listen to negativity, jealousy
and discontent all day, no wonder the gym
doesn't look inviting at 5 p.m.!

12. Address addictions | Natalie sansonetti
Feeling compelled to eat, drink or otherwise
avoid life limits your power of choice. If you feel
you cannot stop certain behaviors that are
detrimental to your health and well-being, it may
be an addiction. Addictions include food,
alcohol, drugs, excuse-making, emotional
drama, procrastination, TV, inactivity... anything
that impacts your health in a negative way.

13. Pop a vitamin | Natalie sansonetti
A multi-vitamin cannot make up for poor food
choices but it can help you get some of the
nutrients you need. I recommend a quality multi
from a reputable dealer, not drugstore type
vitamins, which have been shown to have lots of
fillers and ineffective ingredients. Good brands
are Usana, Shaklee, Nature's Sunshine. Women
over 40 need calcium supplements as well.

14. Get plenty of sleep | Natalie sansonetti
First, you'll need to determine how much you
need. It will probably be between 7 and 10 hours
per night for an adult. Only about half of
Americans get the sleep they need each night.
Lack of sleep is one of the biggest components
of overeating. When you are not fully rested,
you'll eat more in an attempt to get the fuel you
need to make it through the day. The truth,
however, is that no amount of caffeine, sugar or
fat will make up for inadequate sleep.

15. Nourish your soul in positive ways | Natalie sansonetti
What really feeds you at a soul level? What
calms you and makes you feel valued? It might
be a bath, a book, meaningful conversation,
time alone, a nap, a cup of tea or playing with
your kids or grandkids. The key is to discover
what feeds your soul and makes you feel
satisfied in life.

16. It may feel overwhelming to tackle all these changes at once. Changing one thing
at a time is just as good, sometimes better, because that allows better focus and
concentration on the change.
Thank You
Natalie sansonetti