It's really not an easy task to be a healthy, balanced individual in the Nervous 1990s. Taking good care of ourselves can become a full time job. As more and more of us juggle a career, bring up children and try to participate in community activities, sometimes our own health suffers. As we approach the turn of the millennium, let's take a look at some simple and maybe startling health secrets everybody needs to know to defy aging and ward off degenerative disease.
Exercise is still one of the very best natural routes to general well being.
It is also one of the best stress relievers known to man. It promotes the production of those happy hormones called endorphins and has amazing health benefits besides. Exercise helps the heart, the arteries and the lungs while lowering blood pressure and cholesterol and triglycerides. While researching my book Super Nutrition for Menopause, I learned that it is none other than exercise which is the best preparation for menopause because it strengthens bone, stimulates new bone formation, and aides in calcium metabolism. Well, O.K., this health secret wasn't a big surprise to most of you.