Eight Ways to Enjoying the Holidays And Thriving in the New Year

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! This time of the year everyone is busy with finishing up the work year, shopping, socializing, cooking and traveling. It is a high stress time because of the large amount of demands on your time as well as the emotions and memories that the season evokes. We at HealthWalk want to support you to be able to enjoy and thrive during this season and launch happily and healthily into the New Year.

Even for the ones who normally eat fresh organic food, exercise regularly and maintain a balanced life style, the holiday season with its parties, travel and irregular schedules can mess up their regimen. So a few tips on staying healthy during this season may help:

1. Relax – allow yourself some latitude but don’t overindulge. Have a “treat” now and then; just watch your portion size.
2. Stop and breathe – as you are rushing through the things you feel you have to do, remember that the most important thing is that you are present with whatever you are doing. Trying to do more than one thing at a time or to “multi-task” just means you paying less than full attention to what you are doing, increasing the chances for mistakes and stressing you out more. Take a deep breath and re-center yourself. Ask if this is what needs to be done now and if it is, do it with full concentration and then proceed to your next project – you’ll be amazed how much better that feels!
3. Seek support – if it feels too much for you, ask for support. Ask a friend, family member, colleague, healthcare practitioner, spiritual minister/counselor for whatever help, physical, emotional or spiritual support that you need. You do not have to do it all alone. A handy support to have around is HealthWalk’s unique formula of Bach Flower essences "Holiday Comfort and Joy" specifically designed to help you remain calm, cool and collected during the hectic, stressful holiday season. ($20.00 from info@healthwalk.com Tel. 877-255-4703)

During or following the holidays you most probably will be making resolutions for the New Year. One resolution on most everyone’s list is to enjoy a more vibrant, happy and prosperous life. You need to be healthy, mentally and physically to achieve this important goal. The simplest and the most effective way to achieve this is by nourishing your body and your mind with wholesome food and a healthy lifestyle.

How do you start? Here are some things you can do right now:

1. Eat as close to nature as you can – organic, local, fresh, raw, or lightly cooked food so that you are getting the most nutrients from the food you eat. Various studies show an increase of 30% up to 75% of nutrients in organic food compared to conventional!
2. Make water your top choice in beverages – limit or eliminate soft drinks (both sugar filled or artificially sweetened), fruit juices (the sugar is more detrimental than any potential vitamin effects) and excessive amounts of caffeinated and alcoholic beverages. Drinking mostly (HydroMag treated) water will boost your immune system, help in weight loss, provide an increase in energy and enhance your vitality. HydroMag™ is a portable and inexpensive water application product you can use to have water that actually creates a higher alkaline state in the body instead of having to consume high alkaline water, along with providing you with better hydration.
3. Eat to nourish and “treat” your whole body – shift from thinking it is a reward when you eat something which is bad for your body such as a sugary fat filled concoction as a “treat”– the true reward is when you eat food that is good for your body because then you are really treating yourself well. When you eat non-nutritional and harmful to your body foods which only please your taste buds for a short time, you are actually hurting your long term health and wellbeing.
4. Recognize that research now proves that most disease, physical discomfort and pain stems from internal inflammation in the body –
   1. Increase the consumption of foods that support your body’s ability to deal with inflammation - fresh vegetables and fruits, raw nuts, whole grains, unrefined carbohydrates, olive oil, and omega 3 and 6, and ensure that you have the proper enzymes, minerals and antioxidants that your body needs to digest and assimilate the good nutrients in your food.
      
      ReGenesys™ is a good supplement to restore your energy and gain nutritional support for healthy neurological functioning. ReGenesys™ contains high concentrations of beneficial enzymes and calcium, magnesium, dimethylglycene and boron for muscle and nerve function enhancement, malic acid for detoxification and adaptogens to help the body recover from stress.
      
      Restore your body’s needed intestinal flora (friendly bacteria) that modern lifestyles often take out of our bodies. BioNue™, a powerful blend of broad-spectrum probiotics can also nutritionally support your body’s normal ability to fight the pathogenic bacteria that you may consume in your food.
   2. Reduce consumption of foods that cause inflammation – sugar, white flour, refined carbohydrates, fats and high amounts of animal protein. If you suspect you have food allergies, avoid common food allergens: wheat, corn, milk and other dairy products and beef. Determine what you may be allergic to and eat accordingly. HealthWalk offers analysis of your potential allergens with Galvanic Skin Response Biofeedback system, available remotely via technology and the internet and Nutritional Counseling to personally support your proper nutrition with information, ideas and recipes.
5. Get adequate sleep – aim for seven or more hours each night. If you have challenges with sleeping or staying asleep, HealthWalk’s MindSoul Brain Technology and MindSoul Emotional Imprint Resolution Technology, EIR therapies can help. Listen to MindSoul Emotional Imprint Resolution CD’s to help relieve anxiety and depression which will then improve your sleep patterns. Also supplementing your body’s low or deficit minerals, amino acids and adaptogens can restore you to normal sleep patterns – ReGenesys™ for sleep support and healthy nerve, muscle and bone tissue growth and Subrexi™ for the 18 amino acids needed to support good mental health and calm anxiety.
6. Recognize that we live in stressful times and take steps to reduce it – stop and take deep breaths when you feel that you are getting anxious, count to fifteen before you react. Ask yourself what is important versus what is urgent and act accordingly. Smile even when you don’t feel like it – the process of smiling produces endorphins which will make you feel better.
   
   Stress is cumulative, to help relieve anxiety and depression listen to MindSoul Emotional Imprint Resolution CD’s to reduce the stress and prevent its toxic buildup. Support your body’s need for the minerals, amino acids and adaptogens which nervous tension depletes. Take natural supplements, AdaptAid™ for stress recovery, immune system enhancement and to fight free radical damage, ReGenesys™ for sleep support and healthy nerve, muscle and bone tissue growth and Subrexi™ for the 18 amino acids needed to support mental health and calm anxiety.
7. Maintain a healthy Body Mass Index, BMI – under 25 and keep your waist size under 35” for women and 40” for men. Stay in a reasonable weight range – do not yo-yo.
8. Exercise regularly – start slowly and gradually increase your activity as you get more fit. Incorporate exercise into your life –walk instead of driving short distances, take the stairs, or even stand when you normally sit. Stay active, your body and mind need to have your muscles, nervous and circulation systems in regular activity to function properly.

Congratulations on taking the first step to making your New Year Resolution come true. By reading this article you have already begun the process to enjoying the vibrantly healthy mind and body you deserve! HealthWalk, we are your partners on your path to vibrant health. You can connect with us on the web at www.healthwalk.com , read the extensive array of articles on health and wellbeing and get ideas and recipes on how to nourish you and your loved ones. You can order natural supplements and products to strengthen and increase your vitality and energy. Please visit us at our Carlsbad CA clinic so we can work with you in person too!

Happy, Healthy and Warmest Holiday wishes to you and yours
from Mark Hinds, Marilyn Tam and the HealthWalk Team