Five Building Blocks for Better Health By Robert Lund & Jessica Neal

• Block #1: Recapture Your Health
  

Taking charge of YOUR health is a must. You get one body and what you do today affects your body in the future. Making better health habits today can dramatically improve your quality of life in the now and future. Making better health habits includes taking and honest look at what you know and don’t know about health. Be willing to learn, explore, and challenge!

• Block #2: Remove Toxins and Stress
  

We live in a toxic world. Whether we like it or not we are inundated with chemicals and substances that are harmful to our health. Because of this, doing a whole body cleanse/ detox can be very helpful. Cleanses can assist the major detoxification organs and body systems of the body (i.e. Liver and colon), by helping purge toxins. Over time we can accumulate unwanted waste and buildup. Similar to changing the oil in our cars, cleanses
can be very beneficial. Stress is a real burden on our bodies. Learning how to eliminate stressors that wreck havoc on our bodies, should be a mission for us all! Adapt new ways of dealing with it. Take time to breathe. Learn to say no. Aim to get more sleep.

• Block #3: Replenish Nutrients
  

You've heard it before, “Eat your veggies!” Most American’s diets are full of processed, “dead” food. Void of nutrients that are abundant in raw “living” foods. When cooking food it destroys the live enzymes naturally occurring in raw fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. Aim to eat 5 servings of fruit and veggies a day. Try one today that you have never tasted. There are so many tasty fruits and veggies!

• Block #4: Implement a Realistic Exercise Plan
  

Exercise is essential to good health. It really can be easy and fun! The energy you spend exercising will actually give you more energy, and help every system, organ, gland, muscle, and cell in your body function better. There are many forms of exercise to choose from, but just simple walking is very beneficial. Start moving!

• Block #5: Increase Intake of Quality Water
  

Start immediately decreasing water stripping, and dehydrating beverages. Like, soda pop, coffee, and black tea. Caffeine dehydrates the body. Our bodies are made up of approximately 70% water. If we are primarily drinking dehydrating beverages and not enough water then our cells can have trouble functioning properly. Many illnesses can be linked to dehydration. Quality water includes: filtered, alkaline, and void of Fluoride & Chlorine. A good rule of thumb for water intake is to divide a person’s weight in half and drink that in ounces per day (i.e. a 140lb individual divided by 2=70 oz). This can vary though depending on one’s gender, activity level and diet. Set a goal to drink more water and cut down on the dehydrating beverages.