Here are your Top Ten Health Tips for the month of May! Enjoy!

1. Be Positive. More and more research continues to show the benefits of keeping a positive mental outlook in life. Positive thinking has been found to help boost the immune system and helps fight off diseases and infections.
2. Forgive yourself and others around you for any wrong doings. Holding resentments only increases stress levels. Let’s face it, holding a grudge doesn’t benefit anyone. Make it a goal to forgive someone today that you’ve been holding a grudge against.
3. Cross Fitness is extremely beneficial in helping achieve your fitness goals. For example: Designing a workout routine that involves yoga, weight training, agility training, core training and cardio. Not only does your body tend to respond better to training like this, it keeps it interesting and fun.
4. Spring Cleaning Time? Many studies have show that clutter and disorganization leads to high levels of stress, specifically it increases the cortisol levels which impairs you ability to think, concentration and also effects your memory.
5. Lean Mean Fat Burning Machine. Want to be one? Then strength training is a must. Muscle is your number one fat burning machine. If you are serious about burning fat, then a strength training program is a must. Nobody is saying that you need to look like a body builder and you won’t because that takes more work than you can even imagine, but strength training is the foundation of a good fat burning program.
6. Volunteer. There is something really incredible about helping others. In a study of men over the age of 55, those who did volunteer work were 44% less likely to die than those who did not. Doesn’t surprise me. I am an advocate of the law of karma and this would be a good argument that karma is true. Not to mention the positive feelings and mental benefits can only be good for your overall health.
7. Health or Wealth? “So many people spend their health gaining wealth, and then have to spend their wealth to regain their health” A great quote from A.J. Reb Materi. Do you value your health more? Do you put your health first? A wealthy dead man is of no benefit to anyone.
8. Food Only at meal time. As a force of habit we feel like we need to have something to drink with dinner whether it’s water, juice or some type of alcohol. This doesn’t really do anything for us. In fact, fluids will dilute your natural digestive enzymes which will make it harder for your body to digest it’s food. Poor digestion puts added stress on your entire body. It’s best to drink fluids about 30 minutes before you meals or 30 minutes after meals.
9. Sugar, The Culprit Again! Once again we have learned that refined sugar is to blame for something else. The British medical journal states that refined sugar increases acidity substantially about normal levels which leads to heartburn and even stomach ulcers. Splenda anyone?
10. More Than Just A Fancy Garnish. Parsley that is. Since I can remember, this is something that has always been put on our dinner plates, never eaten and then just thrown away. What a waste! Parsley actually works great as a cleanser for the body. It helps in reducing gallstones, kidney stones, and maintaining healthy blood vessels.