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how to live a healthy intellectual life ?
In short my advice would be like this:
food:
- eat 4-6 times a day to keep from getting to low in blood sugar.
- meals containing mostly vegetables such as carrots, spinach, celery, radishes, tomatoes, peas, lentils, beans. A way to define vegetables would be to say it is a less sugary fruit.
- a rule would be 2 vegetables for each fruit such as banana and apple.
- eat oily fish, Salmon, Trout, Mackerel and Herring or vegetable oils, rapeseed, flax and hempseed oil at least 3 times a week. a mix between oil from fish and plants is best.
- use sunflower and corn oil in cooking
- mix the source of protein between, whey protein, egg, low fat yogurt, soy protein, lentils, tuna, chicken etc.
- drink juice, grapes (if you can get juice containing pulp, skins, stems and seeds that is the best also called a “must” ), tropical and cranberry together with your protein shake . remember to eat some vegetables on the side.
exercise
- at least 30 minutes of moderate to intense exercise involving large muscle groups 3 times a week. Cycling, swimming, running are good examples.
- a quarter of an hour every day with exercises like sit-ups, push-ups etc.
- yoga with deep breathing. allowing the breath to become really deep and slow.
- meditation for at least 20 minutes a day
- games such a brain age
- teach somebody else about something. In my case it is computer science and yoga
- write a blog or if you prefer paper write a traditional diary.
- learn a new language
- engage all your senses when you write or teach.
I will keep on updating this list and below you can see the information on each point in full.
So far this is a cut and paste from different sources like wired menshealth and wikipedia
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Comments (3)
At an early age I got interested in Buddhism and the prince who left his kingdom in the search for truth. How can I apply this story to my own life ? to be able to sit I took up the study of yoga. Is there a contradiction between yoga and science ? Sure we can get a theoretical understanding through books, but without the experience we are stuck. Why is it so hard to practice non-violence when the mosquito is landing on my neck ?