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HEALTHY FOODS The foods you eat affect your lung health
Eat Your Greens
ACTION: Eat 9-14 small portions of fresh/frozen veggies every day. Aim to eat half of these raw.
REASON FOR ACTION: Quality nutrients are vital to your recovery. Veggies are packed with nutrition
Healthy Fruits
ACTION: Eat 5 portions of dark-skinned fruits every day. Include avocados - preferably 2 every day!
REASON FOR ACTION: Dark-skinned fruits are low sugar and packed with anti-oxidants - essential for healing.
Limit Meat Intake
ACTION: Limit your weekly meat intake. Eat pasture-fed meat wherever possible.
REASON FOR ACTION: Meat is acidic - bad for cell health. Grain-fed meats include toxic antibiotics, hormones, etc.
Eat Beans, Pulses, Nuts and Seeds - Essential Fatty Acids and Nutrients
ACTION: Eat 5 portions of beans, pulses, nuts and seeds every day
REASON FOR ACTION: High in Omega 3 and balanced Omega 6, essential for good health and healing - anti inflammatory
Eat Oily Fish - Essential Fatty Acids and Nutrients
ACTION: Eat 3-5 portions of oily fish per week. Vary your fish choices for optimum nutrient intake.
REASON FOR ACTION: High in essential fatty acids, vital for cell health and anti-inflammatory
Include Healthy Oils - Anti-inflammatory oils
ACTION: Include healthy oils like olive oil, hemp seed, coconut, avocado and sesame seed oils
REASON FOR ACTION: High in HEALTHY mono-unsaturated fats and Omega3. Replace unhealthy oils with these for better health.
Substitute Starchy Carbs
ACTION: Replace inflammatory starchy carbs like white rice, breads, pasta, cakes, cereals with healthier alternatives. Try Quinoa, Millet, Amaranth and Chia Seeds instead.
REASON FOR ACTION: Reducing inflammation is essential to your recovery. Starchy carbs cause inflammation.
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DRINK ENOUGH WATER Water intake is essential for lung health
ACTION: Drink 6-8 glasses of water. Add a pinch of bicarbonate of soda to each glass.
REASON FOR ACTION: Helps all major organs to function properly. Dehydration linked to degenerative diseases. Baking soda helps alkalise the body (acidic body = ill health)
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WALK AND MOVE Exercise and strengthen your lungs.
WALK EVERY DAY
ACTION: Walk every day. Build up to walking 3-5 miles per day
REASON FOR ACTION: Ideal exercise to use and strengthen your pulmonary system. Low impact and stress-relieving
KNEE TO CHEST EXERCISES
ACTION: Practise Knee to Chest exercises every day
REASON FOR ACTION: Start with these if you cannot walk far at first. Gentle exercise to ease you into a new routine.
Max It For 2 Minutes
ACTION: Move your body at maximum rate for 2 minutes. Eg, jog on spot, star jumps, skipping, etc. Up to 6 times per day
REASON FOR ACTION: Working at maximum rate for a short burst of time will strengthen lung and heart muscles.
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BREATHING Learn to breathe properly for lung health.
Relaxed Breathing
ACTION: Practise relaxed breathing technique every day
REASON FOR ACTION: Breathing from your diaphragm helps clear cortisol and CO2 from your blood.
Use Acupressure Point - Technique to reverse stress breathing
ACTION: Use your acupressure point CV17 with manual stimulation or Healthpoint device whenever needed.
REASON FOR ACTION: This technique will quickly reverse stress breathing and restore relaxed breathing.
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SOLAR POWER Use the sun to help heal your lungs.
Sunshine Healing
ACTION: Get outside into the sun every day. Use your daily walking time to do this.
REASON FOR ACTION: Your body creates VitD3 when your skin is exposed to sunlight. VitD3 is vital for the immune system to fight infections and is also anti-inflammatory
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