The Importance of a Holistic Lifestyle

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• A holistic lifestyle focuses on a persons
  overall wellbeing, including emotional, physical,
  mental, and even spiritual health. Rather than
  provide short-term cures, a holistic approach
  instead promotes lifelong positive habits.
• Benefits of a holistic lifestyle include
• Improvement of overall general health
• Long-term pain relief
• Fostering the routine of a well-balanced
  lifestyle
• The use of safe and natural treatments, including
  herbs and medicines

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• A holistic lifestyle can help lessen or
  completely eradicate pain or other symptoms
  related to common chronic health conditions, such
  as
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• Asthma
• Cancer

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• One of the most beneficial aspects of a holistic
  lifestyle is its stress-management capabilities.
  Stress can have a detrimental effect on our
  health and wellbeing. When we are stressed, the
  bodys response systems dont get the rest and
  repair they need to function properly. Without
  rest, stress can inflict wear and tear on the
  brain, heart, vital organs, and immune system.
• Holistic treatments such as meditation, social
  support, and spiritual practices can all have a
  positive effect on relieving stress and promoting
  overall wellbeing.

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• A sedentary lifestyle can severely impact our
  health. Exercise is important for both our
  physical and mental wellbeing, and has many
  helpful benefits.
• Exercise has been shown to decrease the risk of
  heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and many forms
  of cancer.
• Physical activity is the best natural remedy for
  reducing mild to moderate depression.
• Even a mere thirty minutes of moderate exercise
  five days a week can benefit your health and
  boost endorphins.

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• One of the core pillars of a healthy lifestyle is
  holistic nutrition. Since a poor diet can lead to
  a life of chronic disease, holistic counseling
  uses a reverse approach. Most practitioners
  believe that simple foods are best, such as
  fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds for
  protein, and healthy fats such as avocado.

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• A holistic lifestyle encourages adequate sleep to
  promote rest and relaxation for the body and
  soul. Sleeplessness can be as detrimental to our
  health as smoking is, and comes with as many
  long-term consequences. Here are a few reasons
  why sleep matters
• The body repairs itself while we sleep, in order
  to promote proper healing and detoxification.
• Sleep restores our physical and mental energy,
  and lack of can lead to fatigue, stress, and
  irritability.
• Adequate sleep is even more important for
  individuals living with chronic illness or pain.
  Lack of sleep in the chronically ill often
  exacerbates the symptoms they typically
  experience.

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• Sports nutrition is a highly-focused area of
  applied food concepts that examines the
  catalyzing role of digestive enzymes and
  absorption of food nutrients. This area of
  nutritional counseling is designed to increase a
  person's power, strength, and endurance during
  movement and activity. Sports nutrition generally
  believes in limiting acid-forming diets that
  weaken the quality of body tissue and can leave
  an athlete prone to injuries.

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• Often overlooked in traditional medicine,
  spirituality plays an important role in a
  holistic lifestyle. Spirituality pertains to the
  nonphysical aspects of your mind and soul, and
  has many facets, including
• Awareness of the world around you
• Fostering a sense of gratitude
• Promoting kindness
• Listening to intuition
• A sampling of what enhances spiritual health
  includes meditation, yoga, music and art therapy,
  breathwork, laughter, and martial arts.

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• University of Natural Health College of Natural
  Health are accredited distance learning schools
  dedicated to providing students with an elite
  Holistic Education. Their degree programs produce
  a Bachelor, Master and Doctor's degree in
  Holistic Nutrition and a Bachelor, Master and
  Doctor's degree in Natural Health.
• For more info, call 1-888-397-9394 or visit
  http//www.naturalhealthcollege.org/.