88 Secrets for Healthy Living

1. Say a morning Prayer

2. Start your day with 1 glass of plain water

3. Decide to be happy today

4. Go for a pre-breakfast walk

5. Quit smoking

6. Have a healthy breakfast every morning

7. Laughter is the best medicine

8. Spend time in a garden

9. Take responsibilities for your emotions

10. Practise a healthy diet

11. Plan ahead

12. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind

13. Walk 10,000 steps daily

14. Eat regular meals

15. Sing in the shower

16. Maintain a healthy weight

17. Listen to your body

18. Include a variety of wholegrain in your healthy diet

19. Talk to your neighbours

20. Don't gossip

21. See all relationship as fruitful

22. Eat a rainbow of fruits and vegetables

23. Keep a healthy perspective on work problems

24. Exercise 5 times weekly

25. Keep a sense of humour

26. Eat a variety of nutrient-rich foods and take high quality nutritional supplement

27. Surround yourself in positive image

28. Avoid alcohol and narcotics

29. Be kind to yourself

30. Focus on quality source of protein

31. Don't compare your life to others

32. Write down your worries

33. Think positive

34. Never skip meals

35. Settle a quarrel before bedtime

36. Go for regular medical check-ups

37. Forgive everyone

38. Enjoy healthy fats and avoid unhealthy fats

39. Give yourself a present on your birthday

40. Watch a comedy

41. Learn your natural sleep cycle

42. Eat to live, not live to eat

43. Let music fill your heart

44. Discover the benefits of massage

45. Tape a list of goals to your computer

46. Drink at least 8 glasses of plain water daily

47. Don't try to resolve everything in  a day

48. Never take work to bed

49. Be kind and courteous to your family

50. Downsize your portions

51. Play gentle music quietly in your bedroom

52. Sleep 6-8 hours daily

53. Make time for laughter

54. Limit sugar and salt intake

55. Accept change

56. Grow your own vegetables

57. See life as a journey, not a destination

58. Cut down on processed foods

59. Cultivate positive challenges

60. Do a few exercise during TV and breaks

61. Manage your stress level

62. Grill, steam, bake and broil your food instead of frying

63. Go on a mini-retreat for just one day

64. Take up dancing or a team sport

65. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone

66. Avoid all-you-can-eat buffet

67. Create positive self-image on the screen of your mind

68. Practise safe sex

69. Enjoy your meal with friends whenever possible

70. Stop eating before you are full

71. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time

72. Do some gardening

73. You don't have to win every argument, agree to disagree

74. Reduce, but don't deny food treats

75. Write reviews of your most pleasurable experiences

76. Climb the stairs at work instead of taking elevator

77. Cross a bridge from a problem to a solution

78. Take time to chew your food, relishing every mouthful

79. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does

80. Write a "have done" list

81. Find a sliver lining in every cloud

82. Eat half a handful of unsalted nuts

83. Give yourself the time and space to enjoy life

84. Mix your exercise to prevent boredom

85. See the light at the end of the tunnel

86. Reduce caffeine intake

87. Keep your promises

88. Go to bed early

Eathing Fruits the Right Way

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.

What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.

If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.

FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.

In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil....

So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining — every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet, etc — actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the purifying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.


WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene — the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

GUAVA & PAPAYA:Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

If you are not eating enough fruits in a day, then you shall consider to take supplements to cover your body daily nutrition.