Pro-Active health Tips

Natural foods are good; processed foods are bad.

If it has eyes or comes from the ground, it’s better.

When you go to a food store, shop along the perimeter of the store, where there’s fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy. The center aisles are filled with processed foods.

-Growing your own fruit/vegetables will ensure no carcinogenic insecticides, pesticides or wax.

Plastic is not good for you or our environment. Drink, not bottled, but filtered water. Use BPA-free shaker bottles.

To satisfy a sweet tooth, eat natural sweets like fruit, and pair it with protein i.e., nuts.

Instead of artificial sweeteners, use natural honey, stevia or monk fruit.

For earlier detection, schedule a full physical annually.

Ladies-especially those over 40, sooner if family history of breast cancer, remember your bilateral 3D mammography annually. Do NOT rely on thermography over mammography because it misses malignancies. If a mammography states you have dense breasts, get a bilateral ultrasound too.

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Men-schedule your annual full physical exam, including blood test for prostate AND the annual prostate exam. If you’re not comfortable with your doctor/NP performing this exam, schedule an appointment with a urologist.

Stay active-swim, walk the dog, ride a bicycle, go for a hike, play with the kids/grandbabies outside, soccer, join a softball team, meditate, yoga.

Find what makes you happy. As long as it’s legal and morally correct, do it more!

Find your happy place and put it in your schedule!

If you are over age 20, your body does not make as much of the defenses it used to (i.e., AntiOxidants and mitochondria). Thus, everyone over 20 (except organ recipients) should activate these vital pathways to rev up production of their bodies’ good defenses.