The Daily Apple™© Volume 2, Number 7
Friday, June 28, 2013
PGY #40 Day #363
Take The Best Care™© of Yourself
From Dr. Mike and Infinity Health Solutions
HOW TO FEEL BETTER MORE OF THE TIME AND REDUCE YOUR CHANCES OF A MAJOR ILLNESS
From The Stress Management Workbook: An action plan for taking control of your life and health
Pages 156 and 157
The last blog post made reference to these pages, so here they are. These 11 rules will help you get healthy and stay healthy.
Dr. Mike
HOW TO FEEL BETTER MORE OF THE
TIME AND REDUCE YOUR CHANCES
OF A MAJOR ILLNESS
The following list of rules gives you a general
summary of what we
think is reasonable health behavior. Review them and
keep the list
for future reference.
1. Awareness of Behaviors You Can Change:
You
have control over many factors that may significantly affect your
health. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn how your own behavior
affects your health. Strive to change your behavior in such a
way
as to promote
your health. Learn to
differentiate
between those
things you can change and those you must accept.
2. Preparation for Conditioning:
Establish
a relationship with a physician whom you can trust. Make sure .you are
able to communicatewith your personal physician. Visit your physician
annually in order to continually assess your health status.
Do not
start an exercise program without a health
evaluation and advice
from your physician.
3. Immunizations:
Be
sure you are fully immunized. Diphtheria/tetanus
should be received at least every 10 years. Other
immunizations
may be necessary under certain circumstances.
4. Exposure:
Avoid physical, chemical, and
biological hazards in the
environment. This is the essence of risk reduction.
Some things
are obviously more hazardous than others depending
on your age.
The major health hazards for the 30- to 40-year-old individual
are the automobile, alcohol, smoking, and weapons.
There are
other significant factors such as drugs, air and
water pollution,
and food additives that have adverse health effects,
although they
may be difficult to quantify.
5. Diet:
Learn what you are eating and
what you should not be
eating. Food additives, such as flavor enhancers,
artificial flavors,
artificial colors, artificial sweeteners, and
preservatives, as well
as hormones and antibiotics, are chemicals. Some are
known to
be hazardous and others are suspect. These should be
avoided. In
addition, excess sweets, starches, and fats should
be avoided.
Your diet should contain fresh fruits and
vegetables, lean meats,
fish, and low-fat dairy products. Excess salt can be
a problem.
Obesity or overweight is a major health hazard.
6. Drugs:
Avoid the use of drugs unless
absolutely necessary. All
drugs are potentially hazardous. Their benefit must
be carefully
weighed against their danger. Discuss this with your
physician.
7. Exercise:
Develop a regular exercise
program and go through
your daily activities in a way that promotes
fitness. Exercise, if
done regularly and under supervision, reduces the
risk of hypertension
and heart disease.
8. Recreation and Relaxation:
These
two are critical to
your sense of well-being. They probably also prolong your life.
9. Sleep:
When you are tired, go to sleep. Distractions such as
television
that keep you awake during your period of greatest
evening
fatigue are the single greatest cause of insomnia.
10. Goals and Expectations:
Examine
your personal expectations and
the expectations which you have of others very
carefully. Make
sure that they are reasonable. If unreasonable, they should be
changed. If you
are unable to
examine or change
them on your
own, seek help.
11. When and How To Seek Aid:
A serious, or
persistent problem deserves prompt evaluation by your personal physician, or, if necessary, the physician who is on call.
The following list of rules gives you a general summary of what we
You have control over many factors that may significantly affect your health. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn how your own behavior
2. Preparation for Conditioning:
Establish a relationship with a physician whom you can trust. Make sure .you are able to communicatewith your personal physician. Visit your physician annually in order to continually assess your health status. Do not3. Immunizations:
Be sure you are fully immunized. Diphtheria/tetanus4. Exposure:
Avoid physical, chemical, and biological hazards in the5. Diet:
Learn what you are eating and what you should not be
6. Drugs:
Avoid the use of drugs unless
absolutely necessary. All7. Exercise:
Develop a regular exercise program and go through8. Recreation and Relaxation:
These two are critical to your sense of well-being. They probably also prolong your life.
