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A Good Place To Start

There is no better way to rejuvenate your health than by eating more nutritiously. In fact, even a few simple changes in your diet and lifestyle can have a positive impact on your health-and can also prevent a variety of health problems in the future. The traditional coffee and doughnuts for breakfast; a hamburger for lunch-or no lunch; candy, cookies, and a soft drink for a snack; followed by a huge dinner with more protein than a person needs are simply unhealthy dietary choices. As a result, younger people are starting to suffer from heart disease, not only because of poor diet, but also because of an epidemic of inactivity. To reverse the alarming trend, many doctors of chiropractic urge patients to stop smoking, eat a balanced diet, drink plenty of water, exercise regularly, and augment their balanced diet with appropriate nutritional supplements. What can you do? Lifestyle changes, including dietary changes can have a huge impact on your health:

Lifestyle Changes:

• Exercise at least 20 to 30 minutes three or four days a week.
• Eat out more sparingly. Food preparation methods in restaurants often involve high amounts-and the wrong types-of fat and sugar.
• Brown-bag your lunch to control your fat and sugar content while adding nutritious fruits, vegetables, and grains.
• Limit your intake of alcohol and quit smoking. Drinking alcohol excessively and/or smoking hinder your body's ability to absorb nutrients from your food.

Dietary Changes:

• Eat more raw foods. Cooking and canning destroys much of the nutrition in foods. With the exception of canned tomatoes, (this can help prevent prostate cancer). Fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables always have more natural vitamins and minerals then canned.
• Select organically grown foods when possible, because they have much lower amounts of toxic elements, such as pesticides and heavy metals.
• Take Whole Food supplements to fill any gaps in your daily nutritional requirements.
• Drink eight to ten 8-ounce glasses of water a day. Coffee, tea, soft drinks, and alcohol are dehydrators. Don't substitute them for water.