Name: 30 Ways to Reboot Your Body
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Author: Ben Greenfield

What’s in it for me? The healthy body you’ve always desired.

How healthy do you think you are? Very? Well, perhaps you don’t run a marathon every few months. But you’re probably healthy enough, which is the category that most people find themselves in. You might not be a dedicated athlete, but you move around enough to stay in shape.

And that might be just fine for you. But did you know that with just a few changes, you could easily become a very fit person, able to take on challenges you never before thought you could achieve? These blinks showcase the highlights of the author’s 30 easy ways to become a fitter, stronger, healthier person.

In these blinks, you’ll also discover

how a microwave can help get you moving;
why no exercise regimen is as important as a good night’s sleep; and
why you need to be wary of electrical pollution.

To start pushing your health and fitness goals forward, identify which habits hold you back.

Let’s face it: you’re not as fit as you’d like to be. But that doesn’t mean you should just give up.

The first step is learning what can be improved. Do you eat too many processed foods, drink too much alcohol or caffeinated beverages, or take paracetamol or other medications unnecessarily? These are the kinds of bad habits that lead to chronic inflammation and damage your body.

Consuming these “bad” foods essentially wreaks havoc on your gut. You might not know it, but your gut is one of the most important systems your body has. It makes up three-quarters of your immune system! And yet so many people don’t properly care for their gut. Their poor diets strain their digestive systems, which leads to hormone imbalances, excessive hunger, fatigue and worse.

It’s not just what you eat that can damage your gut, but your stress levels have a powerful impact, too.

We accept stress as a normal part of our professional lives. But stress is dangerous. Constant stress increases levels of the hormone cortisol in the body. When it’s produced at high levels for extended periods of time, cortisol can harm bones and muscles, and disrupt normal hormone regulation.

Our jobs and relationships aren’t the only sources of stress, either. Excessive exercise can stress your muscles and joints. Many think that staying active means exercising hard and pushing yourself to the limit. But guess what: people burn more fat by performing lighter exercises more frequently.

By all means, keep up your heavy program if you like it! But do so only occasionally. Regular, light exercises will help you stay fit, and they’re much easier on your body, too.

With these basics in mind, let’s move on to a more detailed fitness strategy.

After rebooting your body, introduce new elements into your health and fitness routines.

So you’ve built the foundations for a healthier body. But why stop now? There’s so much more to gain.

Learn how to consume delicious things in a more sustainable way and take your body to the next level. Food, after all, should be enjoyable. And eating a restricted diet, while useful during a reboot, isn’t a long-term solution for your health.

Live to the fullest by vitalizing your body with smart exercises and solid routines.

If you’ve come this far, your body is performing better than ever. If you’re ready to kick things up yet another notch, then it's time to get vitalizing.

Start by incorporating new tricks into your training routine. When you perform daily exercises and sprint a few times a week, you’ll get tired and fatigued. But highly specialized training can fix that. For example, you can try hypoxia, the exercise of depriving yourself of oxygen for brief periods. You can do this by swimming 25 meters without breathing – it can help keep you fresh and fight off your body’s aging mechanisms.

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What is 30 Ways to Reboot Your Body about?

30 Ways to Reboot Your Body (2015) gives you the keys to repairing and regenerating your body so you can take your health and fitness goals to the next level. These blinks explain the importance of digestive health, light exercise and solid routines. Get ready to have your ideas about diet and exercise challenged.