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Winter Self-Care: Nurture Your Biological Clock
The human body has a 24-hour internal biological clock, called the circadian rhythm, which synchronizes to the natural light-dark cycles. Disruption of the circadian rhythm due to poor sleep and lifestyle habits can increase the risks of many chronic diseases/disorders. Sync with the light-dark rhythm of wintertime to nurture your circadian rhythm.
Wellness Tips for the Holidays
Take the opportunity during the holidays to slow down, unwind, rest and re-charge for the new year. Prioritize your well-being during this holiday season. Check out my blog for some tips/resources to help you unwind and relax the mind and the body during this holiday season.
Week #12 Healthy Habits Challenge – Be Thankful
There is one important healthy habit that can help to reduce stress and improve our health & well-being, but it is often overlooked. This healthy habit is the practice of gratitude. Here are some tips to incorporate gratitude practice your daily life.
Week #11 Healthy Habits Challenge – Practice Mindfulness
Mindfulness practice not only reduces stress and improves mental well-being, it also has many physical health benefits including immune, heart & brain health. Here are more details and tips to practice mindfulness in your daily life.
Week #10 Healthy Habits Challenge – Spend Time in Nature
Scientific research has shown that spending quality time and connecting with nature can improve our health & well-being, both mentally and physically. To reap the health benefits, let’s go outdoor and enjoy what nature has to offer. Here are some tips.
Week #9 Healthy Habits Challenge – Manage Stress, for Your Mental & Physical Well-being
In our face-paced modern living, the feeling of stressed out is prevalent in our society. Chronic/excessive stress can adversely affect our overall health, not just mental health, contributing to a long list of diseases/disorders. Here are some tips to manage and reduce stress.
Week #8 Healthy Habits Challenge – Reduce Toxic Load in Your Body
The ubiquitousness of toxins in our modern living (in foods, water, living environment, personal care & household products, etc.) is a major culprit to many chronic diseases. It is therefore important to reduce toxic load in the body. Here are some tips.
Week #7 Healthy Habits Challenge – Get moving, Adopt a Sustainable Exercise Routine
Regular physical exercise can reduce the risks of many chronic diseases and improve immune, brain, and mental health. To reap the health benefits of physical exercise, consistency and the appropriate amount and forms are the keys. Here are some tips.
Week #6 Healthy Habits Challenge – Let’s STRETCH, for Your Well-being!
Stretching exercise has much broader health benefits than merely musculoskeletal health. These other health benefits include lowering blood pressure, improving heart health, reducing blood glucose levels, etc. Why not include stretching into your regular exercise routine?
Week #5 Healthy Habits Challenge – Nurture Your Gut, Eat Probiotic- and Prebiotic-Rich Foods
Gut health plays crucial roles in our overall health. The health of our gut is highly dependent on the composition of our gut microbiota. Eating probiotic-rich foods (e.g., fermented foods, probiotic supplements) and prebiotic-rich foods (whole plant foods) are both important to promote healthy gut microbiota.
Week #4 Healthy Habits Challenge – Maximize Your Antioxidant Intake, Eat Rainbow Color Whole Plant Foods
Whole plant foods contain tens of thousands of phytonutrients and antioxidants that exert various health promoting and disease preventing properties. To maximize the health benefits, it is important to consume a wide variety of rainbow color whole fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds.
Week #3 Healthy Habits Challenge – Maximize Your Nutrition Intake, Eat Whole Foods!
So much of our health (and diseases) is highly dependent on the foods we eat. But what does it mean to eat healthy? Instead of fixated on counting the carbs, fats, and even calories we consume each day, how about taking a more simplistic approach, i.e., EAT WHOLE FOODS!