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Eat More Fiber
It is easy to add more fiber to your diet by eating the right foods. Canned beans, bran cereal, apples, pears, nuts, broccoli and avoiding overly sugary or processed foods can help your daily fiber intake.
Learn more about proper fiber intake & fiber rich diets here.
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Exercise Dos and Donts for Staying Healthy
You wake up feeling tired, and get achy and stuffy as the
day goes on. Should you make your regular gym time, or go
home to your couch? Use the following tips to help you
determine when you're well enough to exercise and when you
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- Do you have a fever? Are you achy and fatigued?
If your body temperature is over 98.6, you may be
fighting an infection. When you have a fever, you
are supposed to rest, drink liquids and wait for
your body's immune system to beat the germs.
Exercising with a fever will only make you sicker or
keep your sicker longer, and could even kill you.
People have died of heat stroke or heart failure
when ignoring their bodies' pleas to stop.
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- Do you have diarrhea? Are you nauseous or even vomiting?
Then, what are you thinking? You must be really sick if
you're thinking about doing a workout in your condition. With
diarrhea and vomiting (as well as fever) come dehydration;
get thee to your home, and if you're not better tomorrow, to
your doctor.
- Is your throat sore? A sore throat is usually a sign that
something infectious is going on. It might be the dreaded
strep throat, complete with pain and a course of antibiotics,
or maybe you're getting a cold that you will freely share
with all in your workout environment should you continue your
exercise program. As a public service, as well as a way to
keep your immune system stronger while under attack, reach
up, up for that can of chicken soup.
- Let's say you're sick. Cold, flu, nasty cough, stomach
issues all call for a break in your routine. Take a couple of
weeks off, until you're totally well, and then resume
training at about half speed for a couple of days before
trying to power up. Exercising while you're still recovering
should be relatively gentle; take your time.
- You are not Superman, even if you look like him. You
can't "power through" if you're sick. It's risky to even try.
Now, where are those fuzzy slippers your mom made you last
year? Where's your teddy bear and that DVD of Casablanca?
- It's just a cold. If you don't have a fever but are just
feeling stuffy and snotty and lousy, cheer up! You can still
exercise if you want to. Just try not to touch anything or
breathe on anyone, okay?
- Prevention. Exercise can help you keep from getting sick
in the first place. But in flu season, try to use the gym
when it isn't too crowded with sneezing, snuffling Type-As
who will infect you with more than their enthusiasm for a
brisk workout.
- Don't forget how to exercise. Sometimes a long bout with
injury or flu can get you out of your routine and turn you
into a couch potato. Don't let this happen! Call in all your
resources, get with a trainer or your best buddy and get back
on track once you're healthy.
Read the next lifestyle workout plan article on
Physical Activity.
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