1. Eat Well - Believe it or not, you are what you eat and food really does affect your body in some major ways! Delete saturated fats (pre-packaged fast foods) from your diet and eat a diet high in vegetables and lean protein, whole grains as this will reduce your cholesterol levels just a effectively as statin drugs without the side effects!
2. Take a really good vitamin/mineral supplement daily - our bodies need to have all of the proper nutrients to run efficiently and let's face it, we just don't get enough in the foods we eat, so it is a great idea to supplement with a good multi-mineral vitamin every day.
3. Exercise - I know the dreaded "E" word. Don't panic, your heart will love you if you just start simple by walking 10-20 minutes a day, you can work up to 30 or 40 later, just as long as you start. Walking is the best exercise of all, it is natural, is free and the side effects will be less stress and quite possibly less weight to carry around!
4. Reduce Stress - Take inventory of the stressful things in your life and work on constructive ways to deal with it, such as yoga, putting your favorite dance-mix on and dancing like crazy in your living room, or just planning a new strategy on how to deal with difficult situations and get out and walk!
5. Be light-hearted and joyful - bring back the joy in your life by doing the things you love to do, some me time, giving back to others in need, take a class, get a massage. Come on, you deserve it!
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I do that, and it works...
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