3 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Feel Better Tomorrow
Want to feel better? Here are three easy ways!
Feel Better – Easy Changes That Can Vastly Improve Health, Happiness, and Well-Being
by Dr. Frank King
“Imagine you’re a spider with just one leg,” says Dr. Frank King.
“You put forth immense effort to try to haul yourself around and not only does it wear you out, but it also’s frustrating and you don’t get far.” King is a chiropractor and doctor of naturopathy specializing in homeopathic remedies and author of The Healing Revolution.
“It gets a bit easier with two legs and easier still with four legs. But it’s not till you have all eight legs that you can really dance.”
Dr. King explains that the eight legs represent Eight Essentials we need for optimum mental, physical and spiritual health:
The Eight Essentials
1. Empowering your human spirit;
2. Water;
3. Nutrition;
4. Fitness;
5. Sleep;
6. Nature;
7. Relationships;
8. Hands-On Techniques (touch).
“It would be overwhelming and self-defeating to look at all eight areas and think, ‘I have to make significant changes in every area immediately!” Dr. King says. “You don’t have to and who could? I know from my experience with countless patients and friends, and even in my own life, that you can see immediate results by making a few small changes at a time.”
Dr. King describes three that are easy to make and make you feel better quickly.
3 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Feel Better Tomorrow
1 – Drink half your body weight in ounces of spring or well water every day.
If you weigh 150 pounds, that’s 75 ounces of water (about 9 cups).
“Many of us walk around dehydrated without realizing it and that can have a significant effect on our health and how we feel,” Dr. King says. Dehydrated bodies trap toxins and encourage water retention – a natural defense against the chronic “drought.”
“Our bodies need the steady flow of pure, spring or well water. If you don’t like the taste, try mixing up to a teaspoon of sea salt into a quart of water,” he says.
A simple test for dehydration: Pinch the skin on the back of your hand and hold for three seconds. When you release, if the ridge from the pinch remains for more than a second, you’re probably dehydrated.
2 – Take at least a few minutes every day to connect with nature.
Nature brings perpetual revitalization and ongoing renewal, especially when experienced through multiple senses: the smell of freshly turned earth or evergreens in the woods; the touch of cool stream water on your face or feet; the sight of birds on the wing and budding blooms.
“These are not just pleasant little gifts to experience – we need them for restoration, renewal, revival, and rehabilitation,” Dr. King says. “The more disconnected we become from the Earth, the more we inhibit our body’s natural ability to heal.”
3 – Take a brisk, 10- to 20-minute walk every day.
Walking is the simplest, most natural form of exercise. You might walk a nature trail, walk to the store instead of driving or take your pet for a stroll.
“Three brisk 10-minute walks a day are as effective at lowering blood pressure as one 30-minute walk,” Dr. King says, citing an Arizona State University study.
“Outdoor walking is preferable to walking on a treadmill or other machine since the uneven surfaces and changing directions of natural walking will engage more muscles and tendons.”
Swing each arm in synchronization with the opposite foot to strengthen your cross-crawl functionality and mind-body balance.
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About the Author
Dr. Frank King is a chiropractor, doctor of naturopathy, and founder and president of King Bio, an FDA-registered pharmaceutical manufacturing company dedicated to education, research, development, manufacture, and distribution of safe and natural homeopathic medicines for people and pets. Dr. King is also the author of, The Healing Revolution: Eight Essentials to Awaken Abundant Life Naturally! (www.kingbio.com). A fourth-generation farmer, Dr. King raises yak, camel, boar, wisent and American bison sold under the Carolina Bison brand. He is a member of the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia Convention of the United States.
Is that kilos or pounds?
Half my body weight is say 80 ounces. That’s 5 gallons!
Andrew, that recommendation is very confusingly written, but it’s a well-known concept: I weigh 150 lbs; half my body weight (75 lbs) “in ounces” means 75 fluid oz.; the formula should really say “the number AS ounces”. ?Regardless, it’s always a lot, and often TOO MUCH water. (For you, 80 oz. would be 10 cups or 2.5 US quarts). I don’t follow the formula presently, but I’m almost always aware of hydration. “Your body’s constant cries for water” is a good book on the subject. Also, the quality of water matters in terms of hydration… you may want to get a good filter in the kitchen, and also research “Prill Water” as a way of treating that water to make it “wetter” – less surface tension is better on the cellular level. Distilled water is a no-no for most nutritionists – rumored to leach minerals out of the body; the jury is still out on various forms of “alkaline water.” Also, water nutritionists say that …”if you get thirsty, you’re already dehydrated.” Thanks for the reminder – I may up my intake to attempt to rebalance my aging urinary system ? Good luck!