subject: Healthy Living Starts At Home [print this page] Simply put, to live healthier is to live longer. With all the processed foods, pollution and stress that you carry on a daily basis, you may wonder how you could possibly hope to live that long and healthy life that scientist are saying you can. Fear not, you do not have to grow old into sickness. Health can be yours with just a few tweeks and tricks learned along the way.
One main way to stay healthy is to sleep well; something many people forget to do. The importance of good sleep cannot be overstated. In fact, it is too often far understated. Sure, you'll get plenty of sleep when you're dead, as the saying goes; but what about how you feel and function while you're supposed to be living? Sleep is important.
Today, there are organic mattresses to help you get the best night's sleep possible. A natural mattress is made from materials coming from nature, not man-made, chemical laced materials. Organic mattresses can be made from cotton, wool, and even latex. The point of a natural mattress is to sleep great and maintain health. How does a natural mattress keep you healthier? Some organic mattresses, like the latex kind, actually inhibit the existence of dust mites. Since dust mites post problems for your respiratory system, you've got a much healthier sleeping area.
When you are snug and cozy in your home, you may have the general feeling of well-being. However, the air that you breathe at home could be far worse than the air you are breathing outside on the streets. One big reason why indoor air quality is so poor today is because houses are built more air-tight that they used to be. So to clean up the air, open some windows when you come home after a long day. The air flow will dissipate the small particles that float through the air and into your lungs.
Sometimes even when you come home from a hard day at the office, the stresses of the day are still with you. Stress is a major ager and very bad for your overall health. If stress is a big part of your life, you need to create some new habits when you come home in order to leave stress behind. Your home is your refuge; the place where you recharge for the next day. It needs to be as stress free a place as possible in order for you to relax appropriately.
Upon arriving home, reach for your tennis shoes instead of the television remote. Watching the news, especially, is not recommended after a particularly stressful day. The goal to de-stress is to reduce adrenaline; and news or scary movies or books work against that goal. If you can get out and walk for even 15 minutes after work, you will find that your stress is dissipated. You may even meet a few neighbors that you never met before!
Living a healthier lifestyle is really not too difficult. The reward of more pep in your step and a smile on your face is worth the little extra effort you make.
