How to Stop Stressing and Start Living – Part II

Part II

In my last post, we looked at the first half of a powerful way to prepare your body to deal with stress. It’s called The Four Corners of Optimal Nutrition.

The First Corner is called CRON (Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition) and emphasizes eating nutrient-dense foods.

The Second Corner is about Low Glycemic Response and deals with minimizing grains, breads, starches, and sugar in your diet.

Here are the Third and Fourth Corners.

3. High-Antioxidants

Again compelling research has demonstrated that low oxidative stress or the consumption of large amounts of broad spectrum antioxidants is the other most likely reason CRON works.  Less food results in less free radicals as more antioxidants quench more free radicals.   Free radicals and oxidation can harm your body and be a roadblock to optimal health and performance and directly result in disease and speed the rate of aging.  Consuming high-antioxidant superfoods and supplements that contain high-levels and a wide variety of antioxidants that protect every cell in the body and promote excellent health, vitality, recovery and longevity.

4. Eat and supplement with Superfats. Essential fats such as omega-3 fatty acids found in cold water fatty fish, grass-fed beef, eggs, some nuts and chia seeds and flax seeds are absolutely necessary nutrients for the health of your immune system, heart, skin, endocrine glands, brain function, nervous system and energy levels. Other superfats include almonds, coconut, chia seed, macadamia nuts, flax seed, olives and avocados. One of the most important things anyone can take are the omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish and fish oils EPA/DHA (eicosapentaenoic acid/docosahexaenoic acid). The best source for EPA and DHA is cold-water, oily fish including salmon, herring, mackerel, anchovies and sardines (avoid farm raised fish).

Supplementation with fish oil and GLA (gamma-linolenic acid from borage seed or primrose oils) along with fat soluble antioxidants and vitamins A, E (full-spectrum), D and Astaxanthin (from red algae) may be the safest and most potent way of getting the dramatic benefits of delicate essential fats protected by powerful antioxidants.

Why The Four Corners Work

There is a growing body of evidence supporting this approach.  One clinical research study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (June 2002) suggests that the combination of all Four Corners of Superfood Nutrition magnifies the positive results of each corner individually causing them to work better together than separate.

Just as important as it is to eat the right kinds of foods that help fight stress-induced free radicals in our body — is to NOT EAT the wrong kinds of foods. Those include fried foods, junk foods, processed foods, pork, shell fish, sugar, high fructose corn syrup and sugar-filled drinks, caffeinated drinks, and food and drinks containing preservatives.

The combination of eating the right foods and not eating the wrong foods will get the cells of your body in top shape, ready to deal with any stress that comes your way.

It’s also important to exercise your body and have fun doing it! The combination of moving your body in healthy ways every day and enjoying the movement will go a long way toward preparing your body and mind for the stress that life throws at you.

What are your favorite exercises? Are the movements healthy? Good for muscles, bones and joints? Then get out there and do them! You will feel better and grow stronger every time you exercise. And be sure to have some favorite healthy movements you can do inside during winter weather. Stress doesn’t take time off during the winter months, so neither can we. Stay on your toes 12 months of the year and have fun!

I write more about the importance of healthy nutrition and exercise in my best-selling book “Super Health 7 Golden Keys to Unlock Lifelong Vitality.” It’s about how you can improve your body’s ability to handle stress and come out a winner every time.

Here’s to your Super Health!

K.C. Craichy

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