Optimal Health And Longevity

These days it's practically impossible to turn on the TV or open a newspaper without seeing some kind of evidence that eating poor-quality food can make you ill or at least below par, while eating fresh, wholesome food gives you a much better chance of staying fit and healthy. This 'Optimal Health Action Plan' will provide you with a step by step action plan to help you prevent illness, increase longevity and boost your energy levels!

As Patrick Holford says "we have to stop digging our graves with our knife and fork". So in this case the best measure is prevention and the logical route is to change what you put in your mouth, exercise more and learn how to handle stress better. To help you on your way we have come up with some step by step guidelines below.

Watch Food Matters

Healthy living starts with addressing your belief systems and then following with consistent action towards total mind-body wellness. Understanding the problems with conventional agriculture and the real motives behind the health care and pharmaceutical industries is a critical step in making discerning decisions for your health. This film helps you not to fall victim of these revolving door establishments.
Watch Food Matters
Get A Good Quality Fruit Juicer

Juicing is critical for optimal health as it helps to deliver life-giving nutrients to the cells and eliminate toxins. This simple process builds immunity helping activate and strengthen the body's immune system. A good quality ‘cold pressed’ juicer is an essential tool in the kitchen.
Choose Organic

Using organic produce in the process of healing the body is essential. Reducing toxic load in all forms is a primary aim so as to reduce the load on one's immune system allowing it to activate the body's own healing mechanism. It should go without saying but eat less processed foods and more wholesome foods! This means reading labels. The fewer ingredients the better, and if you see chemical additives, preservatives, artificial colors or flavors (usually represented by numbers) leave it on the shelf or as David Wolfe says "use it as a house brick".
Eat More Super foods

Super foods are a special category of foods found in nature. By definition they are calorie sparse and nutrient dense meaning they pack a lot of punch for their weight as far as goodness goes. They are superior sources of anti-oxidants and essential nutrients - nutrients we need but cannot make ourselves. Incorporating more of them into your diet makes perfect sense for optimal health.
Learn How To Prepare Delicious Healthy Foods

Knowing its important to include fresh/raw foods in your diet and actually doing it are two different things. We have received hundreds of emails from people asking to be shown how to prepare more healthy and delicious meals. watching cooking class series on DVDs and Television is the best way to start preparing delicious and easy meals for the whole family to enjoy.
Detoxify Your Body

It is super important to remove unwanted toxins from the system that may be interfering with the natural pathways of the brain and vital organs.
Supplements

Supplementing your diet with essential immune boosting nutrients is essential part of any healing program. Learn more about synthetic vs natural wholefood supplements and what might suit you best.
Read The Following Books On Longevity

There are many must-read books on Health and Longevity and we have put together a list of some of our A-Listers. Many include recipes, all of them have lots of important research and most importantly they are easy to read and from reputable sources.
Practice Yoga And Meditation

A regular practice of Yoga and meditation has a profound effect on physiological systems and one’s state of mind. Yoga is well known for its therapeutic health benefits, especially as it is such a great tool to help to deal with stress.
Join The Food Matters Community

Sharing your ideas and successes with other like minded people is a great way to learn and grow. Healing is as much about good nutrition and good decisions as it is about connecting with like minded individuals in a nurturing environment.