Almost 85% of immunity is derived from the gut.
Chronic stress, antibiotics and processed food impact the gut microbiome most negatively.
If the gut is inflammed, the immunity is compromised.
Actively CUT OUT STRESS, ANTIBIOTICS and PROCESSED FOOD for better IMMUNITY.
Want to be regular at exercising or any sport?
Be part of groups and make friends who exercise/play by choice and actually enjoy exercising/playing. Don’t let go of these friends. EVER.
Habits are contagious.
SPREAD GOOD HABITS & HEALTH.
Spread them more than the virus.
Stress RESTRICTS blood flow to the gut.
Add processed food and sugar to the stress, the gut microbiome WORSENS further.
Extend this for a long period and the mind-body are in chronic stress or fight & flight.
This is AWAY from rest & digest needed for recovery and growth.
Counting calories alone without bothering about the quality will not get you closer to your health goals.
500 calories from processed food will impact your epigenetics differently than 500 calories from whole food, irrespective of exercise.
Focus on QUALITY & QUANTITY both.
Things to add to your new year’s week long celebrations and beyond:
- Exposure to morning sunlight (before 10am)
- Movement and strength training
- Anti-inflammatory food ingredients (tulsi, ginger, haldi, black pepper)
- Cold showers
- Green tea
Balance the celebrations!
Resistance or Strength Training delivers way more than better looks:
- Accelerated fat loss (even while resting)
- Improved metabolism
- Better mitochondrial function
- Improved mental cognition
- Anti-ageing effect on DNA
#StrengthTraining#ResistanceTraining
Your body should associate your bedroom with rest, sleep and sex only. Bedroom is a safeplace, not a workplace.
For better sleep, don’t have anything in the bedroom that signals your brain about work. Brain connects things with emotions. Work emotions produce stress, not rest
Eating slowly helps you eat less too.
Taking time with each bite, thoroughly chewing and swallowing food, allows the fullness signal from gastric hormones (leptin) to reach the brain, thereby shutting appetite before you eat too much.
#eatslowly#eatless#leptin
Loyalty is harmful when it starts entering codependency zone
Codependency signs: self-doubt, constant/high anxiety, chronic/strong need for approval
Opening to a healthy balance of change & self-reflection helps. Addressing YOUR own feelings & needs FIRST helps
Balance is key
Call THIS whatever:
Id-Ego-Superego
Inner Child-Present Self-Conditioned Self
Unconscious-Preconscious-Conscious
Emotional Brain-Brain-Rational Brain
Limbic System-Brain-Frontal Cortex
Shadow-Me-Higher Self
Understanding THIS is a game-changer in living a fulfilling life ahead
Let’s talk DIGITAL SCREENS / GADGETS
- How many meals do you have in a day without digital screens/ gadgets?
- How much time do you spend without gadgets before going to sleep?
- How is your posture while using digital screens?
#digitalscreens#gadgets#rethink#regulate
Brain on Gratitude:
(1) More dopamine production
(2) Down regulation of cortisol (stress) hormones
(3) Creation and strengthening of new neural connections
(4) Hypothalamus activation and thereby sleep regulation
#Gratitude#BrainOnGratitude#Biohack#Neuroscience
Perfectionism is growth limiting in health & life.
How to escape it?
Acknowledge we are new versions of the old mind-bodies & understand brain patterns to keep us safe.
Perfection is a safety net. To get rid of it, it needs replacement (not just elimination) with Gratitude.