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| Your Skin & You - 8 weeks to Optimum Health |
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| 8 weeks to Optimum Health by Dr. Andrew Weil |
- "Start by going through your pantry and refrigerator to identify and discard common unhealthy foods. Throw out all oils other than olive oil. Get rid
of any margarine and solid vegetable shortenings, and products (such as cookies and crackers) made with them. Throw out any artificial sweeteners such as saccharin
or aspartame, or any products made with them. Throw out any products containing artificial coloring, indicated on the label by phrases like "color added" ,
"artificially colored" or the name of a particular dye, such as FD&C red #3). Make a commitment to read the labels of all food products you buy."
- "Increase your intake of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. If you don't like fish, buy some flax seeds at a health-food store, grind them, and sprinkle them
over some of your food once or twice a week. Flax is a good source of omega-3."
- "Make a conscious effort to eat extra servings of fruits and vegetables with at least one meal. Scientific evidence for the protective effects of
vegetables on health is very strong."
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- "Try to walk. If you are already on a program of aerobic exercise, do the walking in addition. The advantages are numerous. You do not have to learn
how to do it. It does not require any equipment, except a conformable pair of shoes. You can do it anywhere: in cities, parks and even indoors in shopping malls if
the weather is inclement. The chance of injuring yourself is small, in great contrast to running and competitive sports. You can walk outdoors and enjoy the beauty
of nature. You can also walk with friends and enjoy the company."
- "Find out where your drinking water comes from, if you don't know, and what impurities it might contain. Stop drinking chlorinated water. If you don't
already have a water-purification system for your home, get information on one. In the meantime, buy bottled water."
- "Buy some Japanese green tea and try it. If you drink coffee or black tea, try to substitute green tea for some or all of your usual beverages.
Recently, medical researchers have discovered a number of health benefits of the tea having to so with its content of polyphenols (catechins). Green tea provides
more caechins than black tea…Catechins lower cholesterol and improve lipid metabolism.
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- "Visit a park or some other favorite place in nature. Spend as much time as you can there, doing nothing in particular, just feeling the energy of the
place."
- "Try a on-day "news fast". Do not read, watch or listen to any news for a day and see how you feel.
- "Focus on breath observation for five minutes a day. Pay attention to your mental imagery and make a few notes on the kinds of images that have a strong
emotional impact on you. Think about how you might adapt them for healing visualizations."
- "Make a list of friends and acquaintances in whose company you feel more alive, happier, more optimistic. Resolve to spend some time with one of them
this week."
- "Check your bed, mattress, and sleeping location. Is an uncomfortable bed or noisy bedroom interfering with restful sleep? Or can you identify some
other impediment to getting a good night's rest? If so, consider making appropriate changes."
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- "Listen to a piece of music that you find inspirational and uplifting. Music has a special power to influence consciousness…One of the highest purposes
of music is to raise spiritual energy and get us more in touch with the higher self. If the musical key to your higher self is "Home on the Range" or the
"Marine Hymn", go for it. As with food, one persons meat (or, better, salmon) is another's poison."
- "Visit an art museum, or view some works of art, sculpture, or architecture that you find beautiful and inspiring."
- "Think of some kind of service work that you can do this week, such as volunteering for a few hours at a hospital, or charitable organization, or
helping someone you know who is disabled or shut-in - any activity in which you give some of your time and energy to helping others."
- "Reward yourself with especially beautiful flowers for completing this program. Why not also buy some flowers for someone else?"
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