There is an epidemic of hypertension and Blood sugar problems in Canada and the United States.
Young peoples should not wait until they have signs or symptoms to be concerned. Because prevention is the best form of cure, I want to be a voice crying out in the wilderness to help you focus on becoming healthier and keeping your blood sugar and blood pressure in the right zone with each passing day.
Here are a few ideas I have gathered after consulting with more than 120 thousand young people:
- Health First – make this a practical obsession as you journey to the top. Without paying special attention to your health your may never reach where you want to go and if you do, the journey would have been less pleasant.
- Establish a personal nutrition policy. Tell yourself that you will not eat just to entertain your cheeks or please your taste buds, but rather to enhance your health, boost your energy and to make you resilient against blood sugar problems, heart disease, cancer and memory problems to which so many people fall victim. Not you. Every time you eat, make it an activity that will strengthen the immune system, and strengthen the heart and the brain.
- Surround yourself with scientific information about what is good for taking care of your beautiful body and building resistance against disease. Don’t wait until you are 30 or 50 to take your immune system seriously. Do it now. Build a strong refined and integrated physiology that that will resist entropy and serve the world with enthusiasm.
- Think cells. Remember that in your quest for a great you have 50 trillion cells that are depending on you. They want to help you achieve your goals but you must never ever ignore their constant pleas for good nutrition. Before you shop, before you bring any food within range of consumption, think cells. Ask yourself if this is the kind of food that will give you the energy and cellular motivation to conquer the world.
- Refused to be duped by your youth. You are not as young as you think you are. You do not have as much time as you think you do. If you are twenty-three, wink twice and you will be 35 wondering how you so foolishly wasted so many years. Be accountable now for the time you have and use it to build a refined and integrated physiology.
It is not old folks alone who should be saying that all your have is your health. If you are a wise young person you should know this and take it to heart. You can do that by instituting an exercise routine right into your day. Don’t make it complex.
Do it at home if you can and make sure you do certain practices that will increase and maintain the strength and flexibility of your body. I am so glad I do Bikram’s yoga.
Stress is ubiquitous. Everybody is talking about how stressed they are and since stress is a huge component of most disorders, develop a policy to get a hold of stress before it gets ahold of you.
You will have difficulties but they don’t have to give you stress. Stress is the way you respond to the difficulties and hardships of your life. Your response will impact the way your heart functions. It will determine how high your blood sugar will rise. It will determine how much catecholamine will be released from Adrenal medulla. These factors will affect your propensity to develop Diabetes and heart disease and the early you are poised to take control the healthier and stronger and more effective you will be in your life.
The bottom line is – don’t take your health and energy for granted because you are young and have an abundance of energy. Institute these pillars of health NOW.
Prudent nutrition, physical exercise and stress control form the foundation of a successful and happy life.
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