- Drink enough filtered water. Drink half your body weight in ounces every day. If it’s clear and has no taste, then it’s water. That excludes coffee, tea, soda, etc.
- Get enough restorative sleep every night. Most people need 8 hours or more. The body heals as you sleep. Magnesium is especially helpful for those who have difficulty falling sleep. Also, read this blog post for more on sleep.
- Reduce or discontinue intake of the following:
- Refined sugar
- Caffeine
- Alcohol
- Nicotine
- Recreational drugs
- Preservative-laden foods (i.e. packaged food)
- Unfiltered water
- Dairy products (especially important for allergy, asthma & digestive problem sufferers.
- Exercise regularly. Choose something you enjoy and chances are you’ll do it.
- Handle stress. Do at least 1 stress-relieving activity every day.
- Improve your nutrition. One place to start is decreasing sugar and increasing green vegetables.
- Supplement a good diet with probiotics to restore healthy gut bacteria.
- Make it a priority to handle problematic people and difficult relationships in your life.
- Make an effort to eliminate overwhelming and ineffective schedules.
- Organize your home and workplace. Read about it. Or watch it.
- Receive acupuncture regularly. Make sure you go to a nationally board certified acupuncturist.
- Take Chinese herbs. Make sure you go to a nationally board certified Chinese herbalist.
