Health habits to live to an old age

Over the years of being involved in the health and nutrition industry, I have developed some habits that I truly believe will help me live past 100 years of age.

The following is a list of what I think are some of the most important ways to stay healthy:

WATER – Doctors recomend we drink a minimum of 8 glasses of purified water a day. The water should not be filtered by a Distiller or Reverse Osmosis, as you want your drinking water to have the minerals intact. (See my site on water purifiers)

AIR – Purify the air in your home and office.

FOODS – Always scrub and wash your fruits and veggies in filtered water. (Why add more carcinogens) Prepare your food properly. Cook your vegetables in a Vacumatic saucepan, which will preserve all of your vitamins, nutrients, color and taste. Steam comes to 100° and micro waving boils the vegetable within its own juice, so either raw or cooking in a vacuum vapor will preserve the natural goodness of your foods.

Never have a cold drink drink with your meal. Always drink something hot.

Avoid Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables.

Remember, you are what you eat.

JUICING – Juice every morning. I start my day with a big glass of carrot and apple. If I miss lunch I don’t end up with a headache. It is not normal to ever have a headache. We seem to treat our cars better than our bodies. I found an excerpt in the book ‘The Juiceman’ where they say the best way to eliminate a headache is to drink 1 full liter of purified water within 20 minutes.

SHOWER AND BATH – I have heard from many of my clients in the medical fields that a very large percentage of Chlorine and chemicals from city water is absorbed through our skin when we bath or shower. The best way to eliminate these carcinogens from entering our bodies is with a ‘whole house’ water filter. For those of us with out the disposable income for such a costly toy, the next best thing is a shower filter. After I installed mine, I immediately noticed a difference with my skin and my wife noticed a softness with her hair. Most importantly, it gives us a piece of mind knowing that our children are not bathing in a ‘chemical cocktail’.

TRANSFATS & ACRYLAMIDES – I was shocked at the foods that I thought were healthy that are actually killing my family (see the articles).

FREE RADICALS – If we don’t take powerful antioxidants daily to fight the free radicals we could end up being one of the thousands of people who die daily of cancer. I found two antioxidants in the health food stores that impressed me. One is called ‘ALL GREENS’ and the other ‘GREEN +’. A combination of both gives me every thing I want.

Now, for the logical things we must do for our health:

  • Don’t snack past 3 hours before bed. Try to keep your snack healthy. Veggie dips and fruit platters are my favorites. Flavoured popcorn can be nice but stay away from potato chips as they are usually loaded with transfats.
  • Try to remain close to your ideal weight. I find if I stand on the scales in the morning it will remind me daily to eat the right things.
  • Avoid smoke and second hand smoke.
  • Get enough ‘deep’ sleep. I used to snore and never felt rested so I spent a night at the ‘sleep clinic’ and they found that I only got a few minutes of deep sleep and would wake about 20 times an hour. My dentist made me an appliance for at night that would keep my lower jaw forward and prevent me from snoring. It worked so well that it not only saved my life, (as you can die from Sleep Apnea) but also my marriage. (The snoring drove her nuts) For more info on this, contact Dr. Greenacre’s clinic in Ottawa.
  • Stay active. Limit your TV viewing. Make time to exercise, even if it’s just awalk around in the mall.
  • Watch your stress level. Get a hobby or a pet. Our Lhasa Apso and ShitZu mellow us out after a hard day.
  • Avoid caffeine and alcohol. I like Swiss Water decaffeinated coffee. I’ll drink the 0.5% beer and never drink fountain pop when I go out. (Made with city water).
  • A nap or 30 minutes of TM feels great when you’re a bit older. (Over 50).

People always guess my age to be in the mid 30’s. Even the ‘age & weight’ guessers at the Ex want to see ID because they don’t believe I’m over 50. I truly believe that if you feel younger, you look younger. It’s all up to us. Lets get started!

Call Ron at (613) 523-7800 (local calls)
1-877-523-7800 (toll free – outside Ottawa) or ron@belkraft.com now.