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OPINION

Eat and Exercise
for a healthier you

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Perhaps one of your local posho mill (and they are there), and of 6-8 glasses of water a day. Good
resolutions this year was grind your maize, husk and all. hydration helps your kidneys to function
to live a healthier life; to better. Stubborn headaches of unknown
trim your waistline, reduce Thirdly, increase your fruits and vegetables causes can be traced back to poor
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smoking. Perhaps you are doing well on variety of fruit and vegetables each day.
your resolution, or perhaps you have There is strong evidence suggesting that Now let us turn our attention to physical
slackened and need a friendly nudge. people who eat lots of fruit and vegetables activity.
Well, it is not too late to get back on are less likely to develop chronic diseases
that saddle. This article will help you such as coronary heart disease and some Why torture ourselves through exercise?
achieve a healthier you through two types of cancer. They also boost your ( ?MC LXRDKE @RJHMF SG@S PTDRSHNM VGDM
things; diet and physical activity. Let us immunity. Since we are going into the wet cycling up Naivasha road twice or thrice
begin with your food. season, eat generous amounts of fruits a week. Yet when all is said and done, I
and vegetables to keep cold at bay. ?MC LXRDKE EQDRGDQ LNQD RNADQ @KDQS
One of the biggest favours you can do and feeling like I can take any curveball
for yourself is to cut down on sugar. Choose your fats wisely. Olive and canola thrown at me.
By taking just this one step, you can oil are your best bet for a healthy heart.
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They form that group of oils known as Adults should aim to be active daily. Over
One will feel an energy slump in the Monoun saturated Fats (MUFAs). These a week, activity should add up to at least
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over time the energy levels will be Mediterranean diet. Your second best intensity activity in bouts of 10 minutes
constant and serve when you need it bets are, you guessed it-polyunsaturated or more – one way to approach this is to
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in your tea, bring it down to one. Then are a pastoralist and love your milk whole good for your heart and absolutely
after two weeks, go cold turkey on the and creamy, you might want to cut back enjoyable.
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commercial juices. Be wary of hidden much saturated fat. In fact, diet guidelines There you have it. Now eat and exercise
sugar in pastries. strongly suggest that saturated fats form to a healthier you. Cheers!
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Secondly, choose wholegrain The writer is a Nutritionist at the
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carbohydrates. The rule of thumb here VHRCNL HM SGD LTBG PTNSDC FTHCDKHMD
is brown over white. How do you like
your Ugali? Super white? If so, you are
denying your body some much needed
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is essential for bowel movement,
weight management, mopping up bad
cholesterol from your body, regulating
your blood sugar and has been credited
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So buy yourself some maize, go to your

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