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How to keep healthy the easy ways By Daisy Dukes

As an adolescent, Friday was a day I never looked forward to at home, this is because my mother would buy a Basket full of Vegetables and instructs myself sister and I to single handily take out the stems from each of the Vegetables, it was not a pleasure picking out dirt’s and stems from Vegetables such as Soko, Tetete, Gbure etc… As it was tedious and it put me off eating Efo Riro (traditional Vegetable Stew)… My mother loved Efo or Efo Riro, as she believed it was healthy. Yes, vegetables are healthy to eat, but not the Nigerian style. When we cook Efo Riro, we cook it for more than twenty minutes and by this time the antioxidants found in Vegetables which are meant to be good for us would have been killed off by over cooking…

Another way to make our Vegetables healthy for us is by juicing… Vegetable juicing is critical to good health because it is an important source of raw food. Each of us needs raw foods every day, and juicing is an excellent way to make certain you receive large quantities of such raw foods. Fruit juicing is certainly good for you, but it has one disadvantage over vegetable juicing: fruit juice tends to increase insulin levels when consumed.

Vegetable juice does not raise insulin levels like fruit juice. The only exception to this would be carrot or beet juice which functions similarly to fruit juice. Nevertheless, fruit juicing is certainly better for you and your children than drinking soda, which is a very bad idea. Vegetable juice is one of the most perishable foods there is and ideally it would be best to drink all of your juice immediately. However, if you are careful you can store your vegetable juice for up to 24 hours with only a moderate nutritional decline.

You can do this by putting the vegetable juice in a glass jar with an airtight lid and filling it to the very top. There should be as little air in the jar as possible because it is the OXYGEN in air that will "oxidize" and damage the juice. Think of a cut apple turning brown when exposed to air. It's a good idea to use an opaque container to block out all light which would also damage the juice and then store it in the refrigerator until about 30 minutes prior to drinking since ideally the juice should be consumed at room temperature.

To maintain a healthy lifestyle does not have to break your bank account, you do not have to register at a Gym or hire a Personal Fitness Trainer to keep in shape… To improve purging through the skin, regular exercise is important to stimulate sweating. Exercise helps overall with detoxification and also improves our general metabolism. Regular aerobic exercise is a key to maintaining a non-toxic body in our toxic environment. On the other hand, exercise increases the production of toxins in the body and it must be accompanied by consuming a lot of water, antioxidants, and vitamin (Ginseng Vitamin is very good if you are exercising, as it energises your body) and mineral replenishment.

There is a diabetes epidemic in

Nigeria

; one of the most important ways to prevent/help diabetes is DAILY EXERCISE. My favourite form of exercise is jumping on the mini-trampoline, because of its effects on the lymphatic system and the way it involves every cell in the body, rebounding is one of the most beneficial exercises one can do to maintain health. If you're going to exercise KEEP AT IT REGULARLY, you will need to find a form of exercise which YOU enjoy doing.

I like to rebound several times a day, while listening to Pod-casts on my iPod or watching TV. I also enjoy bicycling and swimming. Some people prefer outdoor exercise to working out indoors because it offers distractions and visual stimulation. You're focused on your surroundings, and because you're enjoying yourself, time flies and you feel more invigorated than you would if you did the same amount of exercise indoors. It's a matter of personal preference.

Experience various forms of exercise to find out what you like best: Walk or jog in nature: a forest, up a mountain, by a river, on the beach, etc. Fishing, horseback riding, rowing, golf are all good. Explore Yoga, Meditation. Try your hand at martial arts: Karate, Judo, Tai Chi, Kung Fu, Aikido. Dancing, aerobics, gymnastics, weight lifting, stretches. Swimming is a wonderful low-impact exercise. No need to exhaust yourself! MODERATE exercise is best.

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