Inspiring Quotes on Health, Life & Balance

If you are on a journey to a well-balanced life, then enjoy these quotes curated by the Hubbelt review team,

“Health is a state of complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit. When one is free from physical disabilities and mental distractions, the gates of the soul open.” – B.K.S. Iyengar

“To ensure good health: eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.” -William Londen

“Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.” – Joseph Pilates

“The human body has been designed to resist an infinite number of changes and attacks brought about by its environment. The secret of good health lies in successful adjustment to changing stresses on the body.” – Harry J. Johnson

“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep the mind strong and clear.” – Buddha

“Good health is not something we can buy. However, it can be an extremely valuable savings account.”-Anne Wilson Schaef

“You can’t control what goes on outside, but you CAN control what goes on inside.” – Unknown

“The cheerful mind perseveres, and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.” – Swami Vivekananda

“It is health that is the real wealth, and not pieces of gold and silver.” – Mahatma Gandhi

“Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos- the trees, the clouds, everything.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

“Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it, and watch the whole transform.” – Rene Descartes

“Every negative belief weakens the partnership between mind and body.” – Deepak Chopra

“Health is a state of complete mental, social and physical well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” – World Health Organization, 1948

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will instruct his patients in care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” – Thomas Edison

“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.” – Voltaire

“A sad soul can be just as lethal as a germ.” – John Steinbeck

“If you know the art of deep breathing, you have the strength, wisdom and courage of ten tigers.” – Chinese adage

“Remain calm, because peace equals power.”- Joyce Meyer

“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.” – Winston Churchill

“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” – Irish proverb

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Lifestyle Changes To Help You Feel Your Best in 2021

The New Year is just around the corner, and with it will come the inevitable New Year’s resolutions, many of which center around losing weight. Losing weight, for many, means dieting, and there’s certainly no shortage of diets to choose from, be it Paleo, Keto, Raw Food, Zone, or any other. But rather than dieting, which has been proven to be unsustainable time and time again, the team here at Hubbelt dug into our collection of ebooks and audiobooks to bring you the following lifestyle changes that will have you feeling your best in 2021.

Exercise regularly. Exercise brings about so many more benefits than just the obvious physical ones. But while exercise alone can’t make up for a poor diet, it’s nothing short of essential for maintaining good overall health. Resistance training and cardiovascular exercise are extremely beneficial, but they can be worked up to by starting slowly. For starters, consider walking instead of driving or public transit, or taking the stairs for a couple of flights instead of the elevator.

Keep an eye on calories. You don’t have to meticulously count every calorie you consume, but it never hurts to take a look at nutritional labels and portion sizes before you eat. After all, there’s a considerable difference in calories between a rounded tablespoon and a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter. Being mindful of what we’re consuming can go a long way towards making healthier choices, which will have us feeling better in the long run!

Get a good night’s sleep. Sleep is how the body repairs and regenerates, and without it it’s only a matter of time before we cease to function. Prioritizing sleep, and getting at least 7-8 hours a night, will do wonders for overall health and have you feeling good before you know it.

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Sustainable Strategies for Intermittent Fasting

Far more than a mere diet fad, intermittent fasting can be an effective way to maintain a healthy body weight and composition, not just in the short term, but for the rest of your life. Rather than a restrictive regimen designed to maximize immediate results, intermittent fasting should be thought of as a lifestyle change, one that should be approached with a sustainable strategy. Here are a few strategies to consider:

The 5:2 strategy: An excellent starting point for the uninitiated, the 5:2 strategy involves eating as you normally would for 5 days of the week, with 2 days a week of fasting. The fasting days can be one after the other, or spaced throughout the week, and can be 14, 16, 18, or even 20 hour fasts depending on your preference and ability.

The daily restricted time window: Exactly what it sounds like, this strategy involves daily fasting, with restricted time windows during which you can eat. One example would be the 18:6 approach: 18 hours of fasting and 6 hours during which you can eat. Other options could be the 20:4, 16:8, 14:10, or 12:12 approach.

The full day fast: Although not recommended for beginners, great results can be obtained from a full 24 hours of fasting once a week, possibly even twice a week if done safely while ensuring proper nutrition throughout the week.

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Surprisingly Sugary Foods to Avoid

We’re often told we should be eating less sugar, but with sugar making its way into a surprising number of foods it can be tough to do. Here are three surprisingly sugary foods worth taking note of, they may inspire you to start checking labels next time you’re grocery shopping.

Breakfast cereals. It’s how many of us start our day, and often advertised as part of a nutritious breakfast, but many of our favorite breakfast cereals are loaded with added sugar. Some, in fact, will contain as many as many as 15g of sugar per serving. It’s well worth checking nutrition labels before buying your next box.

Barbeque sauce. For many, BBQ sauce is an absolute necessity for the summer, but while it’s a staple of summertime foods, it’s also packed with plenty of sugar. With ingredients that typically include corn syrup, brown sugar, molasses, or honey, each serving of BBQ sauce can contain roughly 10g of sugar, a number which can quickly add up considering the average serving is anywhere from a mere tablespoon to a tablespoon and a half.

Fruit juices. While fruit juices may seem like a healthier alternative to sugary sodas, commercially processed juices often contain just as much sugar per serving. Even though some juices claim to be 100% natural and only contain natural juices, they can still contain as much as 30 grams of sugar per 10 oz serving, which is a considerable amount to consume in one sitting.

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What You Could do if You Spent Less Time on Social Media

Spending too much time on social media? Here’s what you could do instead:

Exercise to improve your energy and your mood. Exercising regularly comes with a whole host of benefits, but it also takes time, and that’s a big ask of anyone with an already busy schedule. But those who spend more time on social media than they realise could be using that time to exercise instead, which will lead to increased energy throughout the day, a better mood, and increased productivity. You may even end up with a bit of extra time to spend on social media too!

Read books. Don’t we all wish we could be better read? But instead of picking up that book that’s been sitting on the shelf for months we’ll endlessly scroll through posts instead, doing plenty of reading, but ultimately not reading anything useful. Less time on social media could mean more quality time with the books you’ve been dying to read.

Catch up on sleep. Sleep, both how we sleep and how much we sleep, has a tremendous impact on every other aspect of our lives. But not only is social media cutting into our sleep time, the use of devices late into the night is negatively affecting the quality of our sleep as well. Skipping the social media to get a little more sleep will be well worth the effort, and will make a big difference in the big picture.

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Easy Steps to a Healthier Routine

Most of us have a routine that revolves around work or school, and oftentimes it’s far too easy to let that routine get a little unbalanced or completely out of control. Hectic schedules and stressful days can have a negative impact on our health, so here are three easy steps to achieve a healthier daily routine.

Wake up at the same time every morning. Our bodies function on a circadian rhythm that sets our sleep cycles, waking up at the same time every morning regardless of what time we go to bed may seem counter-intuitive, but it actually helps regulate sleep and prevent those sleepless nights.

Plan out meals for the week. It may be difficult to find the time to cook every day, but fast food and vending machine snacks certainly don’t do us any favors. Batch cooking is a great way to ensure healthy meals all throughout the week, and packing some fruits and vegetables to replace salty and sugary snacks will go a long way to help overall health.

Keep work at work. If you work a 9-5, try to make sure you only work from 9 to 5, and when you punch the clock, try to leave anything work-related behind you. Work can be a major source of stress, and taking that stress home with us at the end of the day never helps. Consider a reset, perhaps a good audiobook on the commute home!

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The Importance of Proper Sleep Hygiene

Sleeping is tricky for many of us, often because we don't have the time to schedule enough of it into our night, and often because when we do finally get to bed many of us have trouble falling asleep. This is where “sleep hygiene” comes into play, a set of habits and routines than can lead to better luck sleeping. Here are three tips for proper sleep hygiene and how they can help you sleep better.

Wake up at the same time every morning. It may be tempting to skip the alarm on weekends, particularly after late nights, but the truth is you’re not doing yourself any favors. Setting a consistent wake-up time, regardless of what time you go to bed the night before, helps your body set a natural rhythm and increases your chances of falling asleep easier at night.

Shut off screens an hour before bed. The blue light emanating from the screens of our various devices actually suppresses the secretion of melatonin, a hormone which helps regulate our sleep/wake cycle. Shutting off all screens at least an hour before bed will not only help you relax and disconnect from the day, it’ll prevent the blue light from affecting your sleep cycle.

Avoid late night eating. Digesting is hard work for the body, and odds are that extra effort late at night will prevent your body from shutting down for some shut-eye. Ensuring that your last meal of the day happens at least 2-3 hours before bed means that your body will have the time it needs to digest and you can go to bed knowing your dinner won’t keep you up at night.

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Simple Rules For Staying Fit

There’s no miracle diet, essential workout, or magic bullet that will do it, staying fit requires no less than a lifelong commitment. For those ready to embark on the journey, here are three simple but essential rules for staying fit and living well.

It’s all about consistency. It’s tempting to think that going on a diet or going gung-ho at the gym will lead to fitness and good health, but these strategies are hard to keep up, and the effects don’t last. Better eating habits on a regular basis make for a much better strategy than a temporary diet, and committing to 3-4 workouts per week is far more sustainable than exercising daily until an eventual burnout.

Sleep is essential. Sleep is how our brains and bodies recover and regenerate, without it we can’t work at peak efficiency and will tire or burn out in no time. Prioritising sleep, even over exercise if need be, is a key component of long term health and fitness.

Moderation is key. Carbs are not the enemy, in fact whole grains are essential to a healthy diet. A slice of toast at breakfast won’t balloon the waistline, but half a loaf of bread will. Moderation is the key to a healthy diet, and this is especially true when it comes to sugar and alcohol.

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The Importance of Vitamin D

With the cold winter months bringing shorter days and considerable darkness, many of us aren’t getting the sunlight we need to be healthy and happy. And with the lack of sunlight comes a lack of vitamin D, which is essential to our health. Here are five of the reasons why our bodies need vitamin D.

Vitamin D is essential for strong and healthy bones. Vitamin D deficiency could lead to osteoporosis, and often leads to weaker bones at the very least, which could, over time, increase the chances of a break or a fracture.

Vitamin D helps reduce the risk of cancer. Studies have found that having sufficient levels of vitamin D in the body helps reduce the risk of developing some cancers, especially colon cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.

Vitamin D helps reduce the risk of diabetes. Yes, people with sufficient levels of vitamin D in their systems have a decreased risk of developing diabetes, and this is especially the case in young people and in those living in high altitude.

Vitamin D helps protect against heart disease. Given than diabetes and heart disease often go hand in hand, it comes as no surprise that Vitamin D helps protect against heart disease, including high blood pressure and heart failure.

Vitamin D helps improve mood. Studies have shown that vitamin D can not only help improve mood, it can help ease the symptoms of those suffering from depression.

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