| A checklist for making your new start: |
Nutrition |
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Nourish your body with healthful, full-fiber, nutrient-rich foods. |
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Increasingly move toward a totally vegetarian lifestyle. |
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Enhance digestion by breaking the snack habit. |
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Schedule regular mealtimes, four to five hours apart. |
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Eat larger breakfasts and smaller evening meals. |
Exercise |
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Strengthen your body and increase your enjoyment of life with daily active exercise, outdoors if possible. |
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Aim for at least 30 minutes of exercise a day. Walking is the safest exercise and one of the best. |
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Physical exercise reduces stress, combats depression, restores energy, improves sleep, and strengthens bones. |
Water |
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Rinse out and refresh your insides by drinking a glass or two of water on arising. |
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Come alive with an alternating hot and cold shower in the morning. |
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Lighten your body's metabolic load and increase circulation by drinking plenty of water—at least eight glasses per day. |
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Through the agencies of nature, God is working,
day by day, hour by hour, moment by moment,
to keep us alive, to build up and restore us.
—E.G. White, Ministry of Healing |
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Sunshine |
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Pull back the drapes! Fill your home with sunshine! It will lift your spirits, brighten your day, and improve your health! |
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Spend at least a few minutes outdoors every day. |
Temperance |
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Live a balanced life. Make time for work, play, rest, exercise, and hobbies. |
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Nurture relationships and spiritual growth. |
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Protect your body from harmful substances such as tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, and most drugs. |
Air |
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Air out your house daily. Sleep in a room with good ventilation. |
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Keep your lungs healthy by taking frequent deep breaths. Walk outdoors when possible. |
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Fill your house with green plants that absorb carbon dioxide and increase oxygen. |
Rest |
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Reserve seven to eight hours a night for rest and sleep. The body needs this time to repair and restore the damage of daily wear and tear. |
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Go to bed early enough to wake up feeling refreshed. Devote time to a change of pace. Attend church, go on a picnic, plant a garden, pursue a hobby, take relaxing, enjoyable vacations. |
Trust |
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A life of quality and fulfillment includes spiritual growth and development. |
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Love, faith, trust, and hope are health-enhancing. And they bring rewards that endure. |
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Trust in God augments all healing—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. |
