Maintaining a Healthy PH Level in the Body
It’s important to eat foods that keep your body’s PH from becoming overly acidic. High alkaline foods are best like garlic, limes, raw spinach, and olive oil. The worst are beer, soft drinks, processed sugar, and white flour.
A food’s acid or alkaline forming tendency in the body has nothing to do with the actual pH of the food itself. For example, lemons are very acidic, however the end products they produce after digestion and assimilation are very alkaline so, lemons are alkaline forming in the body. Likewise, meat will test alkaline before digestion, but it leaves very acidic residue in the body so, like nearly all animal products, meat is very acid forming.
Click here and scroll down the page for a great chart of foods that are best for your health
Breathing Deeply to Increase Oxygen Levels and Decrease Carbon Dioxide Levels
In a 2005 review and analysis of several studies, Richard Brown, MD and Patricia Gerbarg, MD reported that yogic deep-breathing techniques were extremely effective in handling depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders. These techniques can serve as an excellent adjunct to conventional medical treatment — or in some cases as a suitable substitute — in treating myriad psychological disorders, as well as eating disorders and obesity.
Simple breathing exercise: Sit in a comfortable position with your hands on your knees. Relax your shoulders. On your next exhalation, breathe out slowly through your nose, counting to five. Tense your abdominal muscles, drawing in your diaphragm to help your lungs deflate. At the bottom of your breath, pause for two counts, then inhale slowly to the count of five. Expand your belly as you breathe in. Now close your eyes and repeat 5–10 times. Think of your diaphragm as the pump and your breath as the power.
The Healing Power of Music
Music can have a profound effect on the body and psyche. It has been found to help cancer patients, children with ADD, and even hospitals are starting to use music and music therapy to help with pain management, to help ward off depression, to promote movement, to calm patients, to ease muscle tension, and for many other benefits.
Music with a strong beat can stimulate brain waves, while slower tempo music can promote a calm, meditative state, activating the body’s relaxation response to counteract the damaging effects of chronic stress. It can increase levels of optimism, lower blood pressure levels, ease muscle tension, and more.
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