Download or read book Mastering the Health Continuum: 8 Daily Practices to Boost Energy, Optimize Health, and Age Gracefully written by Nancy Miggins and published by Dr. Nancy Miggins. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering the Health Continuum If you are tired of experiencing chronic health issues, a decreased quality of life, and constant doctor visits, it's time to optimize your health, focusing on your own bio-individuality. Our bodies are miraculously designed to protect us and to help us heal. But if we don't take care of our body's needs, we can experience painful, debilitating symptoms. Treating these symptoms often fails in the long run because the underlying cause often remains. To fix this, you just need to know how to optimize your body. Part one of Mastering the Health Continuum addresses the science behind how your body works, how disease and stress are related, and how to give your body what it needs. Understanding the importance of this and how it all works will give you the necessary motivation for change. With that motivation, you can then implement the eight daily practices (found in part two) that your mind and body need: Stay hydrated Breathe slowly and deeply Nourish your body with the correct foods Reduce your stress to optimize your zen Get adequate sleep Exercise and move Purify your body by reducing your exposure to toxins Show gratitude Each practice contains the science behind it, how to optimize that bodily need, and practice insights to help you implement it well. Part three will then bring it all together to help you record your metrics, see your growth, personalize you plan, and implement various strategies for success. The truth is we all age, but we can increase our quality of life and our health span to age more gracefully. And we all struggle to find the time to prioritize our health, but by taking the time to master daily habits, you do have the power to improve your health.