With the source of the River representing optimal health, we will work with you to first understand where you are on the river. Once we know where you are on the river, we will coach you upstream to the source of the River, where you can enjoy optimal health.

River of Health Tips

Below are some general tips to help you to get upstream.

During treatment, we can customize, suitable lifestyle changes for you.

• Deep Breathing
  Unfortunately, in our culture, we are often stressed. As stress & tension builds, we forget to breathe properly. An exercise to enable proper breathing to occur is to inhale for 1 count; hold for 4 counts; and exhale for 2 counts. Doing sets of 10, 3 times a day allows for not only proper breathing to occur but also releases stress & tension.
  
  
• Drinking Water
  How many glasses of water should you drink a day? There is much conflicting information on how much water an individual should drink per day. As we all know, water is essential to good health; however, the amount of water an individual should drink, interesting enough, varies from individual to individual. In general, an individual should drink one half his / her body weight in ounces.
  
  
• Movement
  Unfortunately, we are all too familiar with the statistics. Recent reports indicate that 66% of Americans are overweight. In general, 30 minutes of brisk walking a day benefits health. Movement and breathing continuously bathes each cell and drains away the detritus in the circulatory system.
  
  
• Sleep
  In general, if you get less than eight hours of sleep a night, you are operating impaired. In other words, your alertness, productivity, creativity, and general health are all affected. Also, “between the seventh and eighth hour is when we get almost an hour of REM sleep, the time when the mind repairs itself. If you’re a six-hour sleeper [, which most Americans, unfortunately, are,] you’re missing the last, important opportunity to repair and prepare for the coming day.”
  
  
• Sunshine
  Minimum of 20 minutes a day. “Brief but unfettered exposure to sunshine or its equivalent several times a week can help to ward off a host of debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases, including osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, depression and cancers of the colon, prostate and breast.”
  
  
• Pain
  If you are in pain, foods to avoid (i.e. foods that are pro-inflammatory in nature) include:
  • Wheat, corn, and flour products
  • Dairy products and commercial eggs
  • Red meat (beef, pork)
  • Refined sugars
  • Peanuts, tomato, and potato
  • Fruit juice and citrus fruits
  • Processed foods
  • Hydrogenated oils
  • Fried foods
  • Alcohol
  • Coffee

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