Performing without pain? It's possible.In her book Performance Without Pain, Kathryne Pirtle says, "For artists and athletes, our health determines whether we can continue to pursue and enjoy our high level of performance-or be cut short, perhaps long before we are ready to retire." Here are some quick tips from the book to help you keep on your toes for years to come. * Avoid sugar, sugar substitutes, and high fructose fructose (frŭk`tōs), levulose (lĕv`yəlōs'), or fruit sugar, simple sugar found in honey and in the fruit and other parts of plants. corn syrup. They can impair the body's ability to repair and maintain tissues, and lead to a predisposition to inflammation. Instead try raw honey or maple syrup. * Lay off coffee, tea, and alcohol, which drain adrenal glands Adrenal glands The two glands that are located on top of the kidneys. These glands secrete several hormones, including the glucocorticoids which, among other things, influence the way the immune system works, and the mineralocorticoids, which affect retention of and deplete de·plete v. 1. To use up something, such as a nutrient. 2. To empty something out, as the body of electrolytes. the body of nutrients. * Remember, every meal and snack counts. Add these foods to your diet: nuts, eggs, coconut oil or milk, sea salt, wild-caught fish and red meat, organ meats and poultry. * Add some supplements to your life: a multivitamin mul·ti·vi·ta·min adj. Containing many vitamins. n. A preparation containing many vitamins. multivitamin , calcium/magnesium, vitamin E vitamin E or tocopherol Fat-soluble organic compound found principally in certain plant oils and leaves of green vegetables. Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant in body tissues and may prolong life by slowing oxidative destruction of membranes. (for circulation, tissue repair and healing), and vitamin C (tissue growth and repair). * Don't eat too quickly, and chew thoroughly; it helps your body absorb nutrients. |
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