You and Your Health
Story Highlights
- Am I A Healthy Weight?
- Super Foods
- Complimentary Exercise
- The Final Touches
Am I A Healthy Weight?
There’s a simple and free way to determine this and it’s brought to you courtesy of the good old British Government. If you investigate the Food Standards Agency’s website you’ll find a Body Mass Index (BMI) Calculator. Simply by typing in your weight and height you can determine whether you’re a healthy weight for your height. This is only a guideline and it’s not a final indicator of how healthy you are ‐ because it doesn’t factor in any big, weighty muscles. That aside it’s a good indicator of where you are now and whether you should lose or gain weight. To work out your BMI, see eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/healthyweight/bmicalculator/
Super Foods
If, like everyone else who’s human, you put on a few extra pounds over the festive period ‐ you don’t have to panic and you certainly don’t have to resort to extreme work outs. Simply start your health drive by changing the fuel you put into your body. You’ll be amazed at how much money you’ll save by cutting out addictive food ‐ ladled with MSG, and how much healthier you’ll be when you replace this junk with Super Foods.
The Super Food tag is attached to food types that are high in antioxidants like vitamin C. These munchies also commonly pack a Flavanoid (super‐antioxidant) punch. Flavanoids are what give fruits for example, a deep colour, so the brighter the blue of your Blueberry, the better it is for you. These antioxidants are important because they combat free radicals which are harmful molecules ‐ capable of damaging you cells, prematurely aging you and causing heart disease. They’re even linked to cancer, so incorporating this combative food into your diet is not only good calorie control but also very beneficial for your long term health. Just so you know, the top Super Foods include Blueberries, Beetroot, Pomegranite, Watercress, Avocados, Mangoes and Goji Berries.
Complimentary Exercise
Calorie control is of course nothing without a decent dose of exercise, to work out your heart and tone up all the freshly formed, super food enhanced ‐ body parts. The bare minimum amount of exercise to stave off the risk of heart disease in your twenties is three, thirty minute work outs a week. Fitting this in when you’re on the road can be tough ‐ but don’t fear, Beauty Terrorist is here, and so is her good pal ‐ Backpacker Bites. This long running, monthly instalment in our E’zine offers specifically targeted backpacker advice on how to tone up, stay in shape and make as many merry making, exercise endorphins as you can, away from home. This month fitness instructor David Haw talks to you about dynamic stretching and the damage done by not warming up.
The Final Touches
After you’ve ditched the fatty foods, started a rigorous and regimented work out routine, and figured out exactly what you body mass requires, you might feel good but sometimes the aesthetic needs a little help to shine through. The good news is that if it’s weight loss you’re after, you can roll out the beautifying products to help on this front too. Hard to shift, fatty deposits can be reduced with a cool shower, a hard brush (or body buffer) and the right exfoliant. Pick the area you want to reduce, apply said exfoliant and massage it in small circles using the brush. This variety of fat reduction works like a war of attrition ‐ breaking down the fat bit by bit, day by day. For a little luxury try L’oreal’s Body Tonic range, or for a little budget D.I.Y, check out the oatmeal tips in the October Beauty Terrorist.
‐ Rob Savage
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