Want More Energy? Not For Your Home, But For You!

Do you need energy? Don't we all. If we don't have energy it is difficult to have a happy, getting things done day, and enjoy the many relationships we engage in. I write reports about health & nutrition, based on my research and my own healthy lifestyle. So let's look at how to acquire enough energy for a healthy, happy lifestyle.

There are tons of articles out their about energy, but they seem so full of things we really don't want to hear, and because it sounds sooooo complicated. So let's keep it simple, easy and to the point. There are 4 rules of thumb that will give us the energy we need:

1. Sleep. Yes, everybody knows we have to sleep 8 hours a night, and none of it while we are at work. I try for 6-8 hour a night. If I only get 4 or 5 hours once in a while, my energy is't affected that much. It's getting only 4 hours of sleep night after night that will lower your engery.

2. Eat a good breakfast. Who has time for that? Keep it simple. A glass of orange juice, hot cup of green tea, whole grain cereal, and sourdough bread toast. I know you love coffee like I do, but it is so abundant everywhere that I wait and have it latter, again and again. There is much more to say about breakfast, and you can find more at my healthy breakfast food, Squidoo Lens site: http://www.squidoo.com/dquentinhealth/

3. Drink 10 eight oz glasses of water a day. Ohhhh, I don't like drinking that much water. But, since about 60% of our body weight is water, we need to keep replinishing it. I don't drink that much water, but I do drink liquids, and they count. Orange juice, coffee, green tea, fruits, and any juice. Limit soda pop, even though a liquid, because of the sugar highs and subsequent lows (energy loss).

4. Eat foods with soluble fiber in them, for snacks and lunch, like beans, oats, barley, whole grain rice, apples, strawberries, oranges and carrots. Soluble fiber aids in keeping blood sugar levels steady, avoiding highs and lows.

I have much more in my health and nutrition reports:
http://www.squidoo.com/naturalhealthconcepts/

D. Quentin Webb, Ph.D., earned three university degrees, not online, during eight years of university studies. This background provides the tools and mindset for the research and writing that he is currently undertaking. During his 40 years in the employment stream, he spent considerable time studying and using, in a “street smart” manner, the healthy living information that he found during his practical research. Diet, nutrition, natural foods, vitamins, minerals, herbs, alternative medicine are the areas of research and practical use.