Zetas Have Heart followed for life. Below is advice to help you and your family stay healthy at home during this period of confinement. Here are 5 New Year’s resolutions you can keep.
1. Sit Less and Move More Whether we have a sedentary job or are simply just inactive, many of us sit more than we should. It can have negative effects on our health. Actually, it can be linked to an increased risk of overall mortality. Make a resolution to sit less and move more. To get started, choose an activity based on enjoyment and whether it fits into your schedule. It is an easy and attainable resolution that can be tailored to fit your lifestyle. For example, if you have a desk job that requires long periods of sitting, make a resolution to go for a 15-minute walk at lunch or to get up and walk for 5 minutes every hour. Also, taking a half-hour walk, jog, or bike ride before work or swimming at a gym that is on your way home are simple and sustainable exercise resolutions.
By Kimberly Morris Dove Director of Zetas Have Heart
By Janet Banks-McElrath Co-Director of Zetas Have Heart During the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us are staying at home and doing less in terms of social interactions and exercise. This can have a negative effect on your physical and mental health. However, with a new year, it often signifies a fresh start for many of us. It means setting new health goals, such as losing weight, following a healthier diet, and starting an exercise routine. But often the health and wellness resolutions chosen are highly limited and unattainable, leading most of us to break our resolutions within a few weeks. Nevertheless, many of us continue to make the same resolutions year after year. To break that cycle, it is important to make resolutions that can not only improve our health but are something that can be 34
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Research shows that following a wholefoods-based diet may significantly reduce heart disease risk factors, body weight, and blood sugar levels as well as decrease your risk of certain diseases, such as type 2 diabetes. Also, research shows that people who cook more meals at home have better diet quality and less body fat than people who eat more meals on the go. Start by making one meal a day; then increase the frequency over time until you are making most of your meals and snacks at home. What is more, adding more whole foods to your diet can be done slowly and consistently.
2. Eat More Whole Foods and Cook More Meals at Home Eating whole foods is one of the easiest and most sustainable ways to improve overall health. Whole foods, including vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and fish, contain a plethora of nutrients that your body needs to function at an optimal level. The Archon Magazine • Spring & Summer 2021
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