LIFESTYLE NEWS - The New Year always brings about a fresh perspective and the need to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Here are some life hacks you might have forgotten along the way that can you jolt you back into becoming the new you.
1. Taking up running this year?
Exhale on alternate feet while running to avoid cramps. This prevents adding extra stress to one side of your body.
2. Want a healthier diet?
Replace refined carbs like white bread, sugary cereals, cakes, desserts, soda drinks with whole wheat, green vegetables and fresh fruit. You’ll be one step to eating healthier.
3. Want to keep your cholesterol levels down?
Warm lemon juice with a pinch of salt every morning lowers your cholesterol levels and will help keep your weight down.
4. Beware of your cellphones radiation
Your phone emits radiation 1000 times stronger when the battery is low. Avoid answering it when this is the case. Put your phone on airplane mode when you’re not using it, this will cause less radiation.
5. Want a brighter smile?
To whiten your teeth the DIY way, mix one part baking soda and two parts water, add toothpaste and you’ll have your own teeth whitening paste. Use it once a week for a few months and you’ll see amazing results.
6. Simple way to get rid of stress daily?
When you run a bath, add five bags of green tea and soak in it. This will relax your mind, detox your body and give your skin much needed minerals.
7. Rewire your brain to think more positively
Every morning when you look into the mirror, think of three things you are grateful for and if you make this a habit, your mind will be rewired to think positively over time.
8. Want to exercise more this year?
If you exercise for 30 minutes a day and rest for one day you will be able to spread your exercise time across six days and get a three hours of exercise a week. You do not even have to join a gym, 10-15 minutes of jump rope burns 200 calories alone.
9. Get your 30 minutes of sunlight a day?
Exposure to natural sunlight triggers our body’s serotonin, increasing feelings of calmness and goodness.
10. Want to remember your dreams?
Drinking a glass of water before bed and half a glass when you wake up can serve as a psychological cue to remember your dreams. It also helps activate your organs.
