6 Best And Strongest Of Your Health Pillars/Knowledgesource2

6 Health Pillars Of Good Health 

Hello everyone out t specifically I want to cover the 6 pillars of good health.About, I here, How's it going? I want to talk about how to start a healthy lifestyle.I want to go over the basics here today and want to say 6 months ago or a little longer, 

 get started.So pillar number 1

Hydration

 Hydration.Making sure that we're drinking enough water every single day.The human body is made up of 50-60% water, and it's really essential for a number of different things.For making sure that we can properly distribute nutrients throughout our body, healthy bowel movements, right, staying hydrated helps to support our digestive function.

Our skin health, our energy levels as well.There are definitely a number of filters out there that you can get for filtering your water.We use a Brita filter, we use like a pitcher that we have in our fridge.So we just fill it up with tap water and then we keep it in our fridge.And that's what we're currently using right now, but there's a Santevia filter, there's the Berkey filters.

If you are able to then definitely look into getting some filters for the water you drink.And a little hack that I have here to share with you that can help you to drink more water each day is to keep a glass of water near you or a water bottle near you, a reusable water bottle ideally.I've always found this to be helpful.And really this goes for kind of trying to get into other kinds of healthy habits, is if you see it, then you're much more likely to do it, or eat it, even having a bowl of fruit on your countertop, or seeing your yoga mat, or your running shoes.Just having them visible is going to make it much easier for you to make use of them.So the same goes for water.

Nutrition

Number 2 is of course nutrition.Everybody is so different when it comes to what diets are best, what foods are best, I want to talk about here is really to not over complicate it.What I mean is eating real, whole, unprocessed foods as much as possible.And to cook from scratch as much as you can as well.

When you do that, you know exactly what's going into the meals that you're making, you're able to choose the ingredients yourself, and you're much more likely to be making, or to be getting, more nutrition into your diet when you are making food from scratch.

And also something that you want to do here is to get inspired as much as you can.When I think back to over a decade ago when I was just embarking on my health journey,one of the books that stands out in my mind that is still one of my favourite to this.The more colorful fruits and veggies that you can throw into your cart or into your basket, the better.You know that you're on the right track if you're doing that.

Better sleep

Pillar number 3 is sleep.Making sure that we are prioritizing sleep.So, did you know that we spend about 1/3 of our lives sleeping?

Crazy, right?That's a lot of sleeping.And it's easy for us to feel, like for us to overlook sleep and how important it really is.Or perhaps, you know, sometimes it's just harder for us to get a good night's sleep.

You know, maybe we have young kids, maybe we're having other issues with sleeping. But it really is so key to the overall health of our entire body.And the reason for that is because when we sleep, our cells and our tissues have a chance to regenerate, it's really good for our cognitive function and our memory for the next day.When we're sleeping our mental, kind of our mental, brain's cache is cleared out through the night.It's almost like a cleansing experience for our brain.So some things that you can do to try and get a better night's sleep are to go to bed and to wake up at the same time.

You also want to try and sleep in a dark room, and a cool room.And if you want to you can even try using some essential oils to help you sleep, like lavender is one of my personal favourites.So if you have a diffuser or if you have like a roll-on you can do that as well.I have a few different essential oil roll-ons.But those can really help to act on the limbic system in our brain and help us to calm down.

Exercise daily

Next up is exercise and just daily movement.And something that I want to have you remember here is that our bodies love movement.We thrive off of movement.It is what we are designed for.

In today's day and age a lot of us spend a lot of our time sitting, lying down, you know,being kind of stagnant.And really though our bodies are meant to move in all different kinds of ways, different paces, different speeds, different you know positions.And we feel good when we move, too.

Exercise is really good for our mental health, our mental and emotional well being.It's also really good for our bone health and our heart health.Even some simple stretching in the morning is really good to just get your blood goingand blood circulating.So really put an emphasis on making sure that you're moving your body every single day.And I don't care when, just whenever and however.And again, if you're kind of new to moving your body more often, then don't feel like you have to be doing, you know, an hour long workout five days a week, absolutely not.Even, honestly, even just ten minutes of a good brisk walk in the morning or after dinner is really wonderful.If we over-exert ourselves, not only can that actually add an added stress onto our body,so it can actually be not so good for us when we're pushing ourselves harder than we need to, but it's also, it can be discouraging because we often feel like it's too hard,we don't enjoy it, we don't want to do this.So, you know, pace yourself.Start slowly, and also find something that you love.

Personal Care Products

Pillar number 5 of good health is making some swaps to your home and your personal care products to less toxic options.What we inhale, what we absorb through our skin on a daily basis can add to our toxic load.

There's also a number of different additives and preservatives in different products that can be endocrine disruptors. Some ingredients that you want to look out for on packaged labels are things like parabens,fragrance, which by the way, fragrance on its own, just the title fragrance can contain in and of itself up to 12 ingredients.And what I would say here, 

my suggestion, is don't feel like you have to make swaps overnight or you have throw out every single thing in your cupboards, you know, today.Just make some swaps over time and start with the ones that you use most often, or that are being spread all over your body most often.So like lotions, foundation, aluminum-based antiperspirant, those kinds of things.

Your Mental Health

Pillar number 6 is mental health. So, our mental health is just as important as our physical health.They really, you know, can't be separated.They're very much so intricately connected.We want to manage our stress levels and try to reduce our stress levels as much as we can because stress is one of the biggest culprits for all manner of health conditions.And also just affecting us mentally and emotionally.And even something to consider here too is your mindset and your internal dialogue.

 Our thoughts impact our emotions, our emotions impact our actions, and so we just want to be aware of this, and doing our best to do things like practicing some self-care as much as we can, prioritizing activities that we enjoy, or speaking to a therapist or a friend that we trust.

You know, opening up about the things that are on our mind.Even journaling can be really great.But speaking of friendships and relationships, that brings me to our final pillar here of good health, and that is relationships and community. So have you ever heard of the saying that you become like the five most people... five most people?

 Five people that you spend the most time with.You become like the five people that you spend the most time with. That's it. It's a really good and I actually feel like I can very much so relate to that.The people we surround ourselves with, that we spend the most time with, can really shape us and influence us.Can influence the way that we think, the choices that we make, how we feel, what we believe in even.So be aware of the types of people that you're spending a lot of your time with and how they are making you feel.If they're lifting you up, if you feel really good when you're spending time with certain people, or if there are people in your life that are bringing you down.The relationships, the people in your life that do make you feel really good, make sure that you're nurturing them and you're prioritizing those people and you're spending time with those people.

Leave me a comment below with which one of these you think that you need to maybe workon the most, or if you have any other tips to share.