{"id":18784,"date":"2013-03-18T09:16:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T07:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/8020-a-healthy-life-philosophy\/"},"modified":"2013-03-18T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T07:16:37","slug":"8020-a-healthy-life-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/8020-a-healthy-life-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"80:20 \u2013 a healthy life philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Considering what it is\u00a0I do (work-wise),\u00a0I\u2019m often asked what my philosophy is on living the \u2018good life\u2019.<\/p>\n

My feeling is that attaining good health and ideal body weight is a fairly simple formula (note –\u00a0I say \u2018simple\u2019, which may be different to \u2018easy\u2019!).\u00a0 In a nutshell it goes like this\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u00a0believe that a minimum of 80% of all the food we eat should be real (by that\u00a0we mean that it should have grown on\/in the earth, or swum in the sea without being processed or had additives, colourants, flavourants or preservatives added to it).\u00a0 Let your hair down 20% of the time.<\/p>\n

Raw food should be consumed before every meal \u2013 even if just a side salad, a fresh vegetable juice, al dente steamed vegetables, or traditionally prepared fermented vegetables.\u00a0 These all contribute vital enzymes that will help you digest your food adequately.<\/p>\n

Drink pure water in quantities appropriate for your body weight and take whole, unadulterated salt with your meals.\u00a0 Drink alcohol in moderation and don\u2019t consume daily.\u00a0 Avoid sugary fruit juices, fizzy drinks and other such beverages.<\/p>\n

Perform some form of exercise daily \u2013 even if only taking the dog for a stroll, walking on the beach, gardening, or house cleaning.\u00a0 Exercise moderately\/intensely at least three times weekly and in the mornings when your cortisol levels are naturally high.\u00a0 Prioritise resistance training over cardio, unless training for a specific cardio event.<\/p>\n

Get enough sleep (between 6 and 8 hours) and get to bed early enough to take advantage of your body\u2019s physical repair phase (approximately 10.00pm-2.00am).\u00a0 Get up with the sun, or as close to it as possible.\u00a0\u00a0 Keep lights dimmed at night; avoid working on the computer; avoid watching TV (for at least 60-90 minutes before going to bed) or reading a highly exciting book just before sleeping.<\/p>\n

Practice good breathing technique and become aware of your breath throughout the day.\u00a0 Eat slowly and thoroughly and relax while doing so \u2013 this all aids digestion, which helps promote good health and ideal weight.\u00a0 Stay in the moment as often as you can (avoid dwelling on the past, or pondering over the future).<\/p>\n

Manage the thoughts that cross your mind \u2013 remain positive, stay empowered and be gentle and tolerant with yourself and others.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s about it really.\u00a0 Stay as close to this as possible and I feel sure you\u2019ll experience some pretty phenomenal benefits that\u2019ll make it worth your time and effort\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Considering what it is\u00a0I do (work-wise),\u00a0I\u2019m often asked what my philosophy is on living the \u2018good life\u2019. My feeling is that attaining good health and ideal body weight is a fairly simple formula (note –\u00a0I say \u2018simple\u2019, which may be different to \u2018easy\u2019!).\u00a0 In a nutshell it goes like this\u2026 I\u00a0believe that a minimum of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[1289,5],"class_list":{"0":"post-18784","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-mype","8":"tag-port-elizabeth-2","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}