Daily Exercise is Good for You!
How much exercise should you do in a day? Well, there’s no hard and fast rule as you have to remember that every person is different. But while every person will require a different amount of exercise, there is no getting away from the fact that it is highly beneficial to your health if you can exercise every day.
So what should that exercise consist of?
Well, again this is something that is completely up to the individual, but any exercise that you can do each day will be of benefit to your health. You can try something as simple as walking, which is surprisingly good for you as long as you walk with a decent pace and not merely stroll along. A good half hour or longer walk each day will help to keep your metabolism in good order so that you will burn off calories every day to stop you gaining weight.
Other good forms of exercise that can be quite enjoyable are cycling or swimming. Cycling is great if you have quiet streets and not too much in the way of traffic or obstacles, although its not so great if you live in a built up area where there is heavy traffic. Swimming is something that everyone enjoys and it exercises all of your body’s muscles. A good half hour a day swimming will keep your body in trim shape and keep the weight off as long as you don’t gorge yourself on cream cakes and other fattening foods as soon as you get out of the water!
Other great ways to exercise include sports such as badminton, volley ball, tennis, table tennis or even having a kick around the park with a football with some friends is useful.
Whatever you do, try to it each day and your health will improve for doing it!
Stinging Nettle Remedy
Here at My Health Today, there are lots of things that I can write about on the subject of health, so this time I decided that something that I found beneficial to me as a natural remedy would make an interesting writeup. That of the old wives tale concerning the stinging nettle remedy.
Except that many old wives tales actually were based in fact and many of them are only recently coming to light as more research is done into them. The humble stinging nettle has long been known to have healing properties but some of the stranger notions of their benefits are actually turning out to be true.
For instance, the stinging nettle juice benefits are many but one of the stranger ones that is now proven to be true is that the juice is actually a cure for stinging nettle stings!
Also the one about using the whole plant to thrash against an arthritic joint or rheumatic pain in a muscle to bring about relief is also true, as the stingers actually promote blood flow to the area bringing the body’s natural defenses to do their job.
Nettle Dandruff Cure
A great natural cure for dandruff comes from nettles and is made simply by making an infusion. Do this by pouring some boiling water on stinging nettle leaves and leave it to stand for a while. The resulting infusion is then used as a rinse after washing hair as normal with a mild shampoo. Make sure that teh rinse is rubbed well into the scalp for maximum benefit.
Nettle Tea
Stinging nettle tea is a great tonic drink and contains a whole range of vitamins and essential minerals making it packed full of goodness. Similarly, nettle soup also contains large amounts of goodness including iron, and vitamins A and C.
Only use the stinging nettle tops of the plant as the stalks are tough and the lower leaves contain gritty particles that can irritate the kidneys. Also, only harvest the tops before the end of June as after that time the plant changes and becomes more laxative if taken in large amounts.
All in all, the humble stinging nettle is a great all round plant that, after reading this and the recommended article about the stinging nettle remedy here, you’ll never look upon this invasive plant as a weed again!
Happy gardening!
