This is episode 2 of Sonima presents "Becoming Pain Free" with Egoscue. (View episode 1 here) "Becoming Pain Free" is the video story of one man's journey to become pain free with Egoscue.
In episode 1, Steven learns how Postural Alignment Therapy can help him eliminate his many chronic pains and allow him to enjoy being active with his wife and 5-year-old son.
In episode 2, Steven learns how diet and nutrition play a crucial role in his body's health and ability to respond to posture alignment therapy.
In episode 1, Steven learns how Postural Alignment Therapy can help him eliminate his many chronic pains and allow him to enjoy being active with his wife and 5-year-old son.
In episode 2, Steven learns how diet and nutrition play a crucial role in his body's health and ability to respond to posture alignment therapy.
As the saying goes: We are what we eat. What we eat and drink are the building blocks that our body uses to repair and build every cell in our body (from muscle, bone, and nerve cells, to heart, lung, and kidney cells, to skin, hair, and nail cells). Our bodies need macronutrients like carbohydrates (main fuel for our brain and important fuel source for exercise), fat (excellent fuel source for daily activity and exercise) , and protein (major structural component of cells) and micronutrients like vitamins and minerals (important for normal building and function of bone and blood cells, immune function, growth, healing, and metabolism) along with water (hydrate joints and discs in the spine along with maintain blood volume and flush out waste products) and oxygen (necessary for production of energy and elimination of waste products).
Eating a diet consisting of simple carbohydrates (high calorie, high sugar, low nutritional density) and energy drinks (containing stimulants rather than real energy sources like high quality complex carbohydrates and balanced fats) like Steven shares in the video, will not give the body fuel for every day life or exercise and will not provide adequate nutrients for repairing and building cells. This type of diet will allow the body to slowly get sicker and weaker over time. Poor diet can result can be chronic pain and fatigue or even chronic sickness or disease.
In order for Postural Alignment Therapy exercises to work, the body needs to have an adequate nutritional diet that provides all essential nutrients that will give the body energy to do the exercises and respond to the demands and have the necessary building blocks for new muscle, bone, and nerve cells.
Easy ways to help improve your body's health is to:
I think Michael Pollan, who has written the best selling books including "The Omnivores Dilemma", "In Defense of Food", "Food Rules", and "Cooked", has some of the best, easy to follow, advice anywhere. A great place to start learning about how to eat better is his article Unhappy Meals published in the New York Times Magazine in 2007.
Related articles/videos:
Becoming Pain Free episode 1
East-West Breathing
How Posture affects lung capacity
New Beliefs about Pain
10 Things that cause posture imbalances and pain
Eating a diet consisting of simple carbohydrates (high calorie, high sugar, low nutritional density) and energy drinks (containing stimulants rather than real energy sources like high quality complex carbohydrates and balanced fats) like Steven shares in the video, will not give the body fuel for every day life or exercise and will not provide adequate nutrients for repairing and building cells. This type of diet will allow the body to slowly get sicker and weaker over time. Poor diet can result can be chronic pain and fatigue or even chronic sickness or disease.
In order for Postural Alignment Therapy exercises to work, the body needs to have an adequate nutritional diet that provides all essential nutrients that will give the body energy to do the exercises and respond to the demands and have the necessary building blocks for new muscle, bone, and nerve cells.
Easy ways to help improve your body's health is to:
- Breathe slowly and deeply - mainly in and out through your nose - also called East-West Breathing
- Drink lots of water and little else (coffee, soft drinks, juices, energy drinks, alcohol, etc)
- Eat a diet consisting of mainly fresh fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and legumes, and moderate amounts of whole grains and rice, leans meats, fish, eggs, and dairy, and very small amounts of processed foods of all types.
I think Michael Pollan, who has written the best selling books including "The Omnivores Dilemma", "In Defense of Food", "Food Rules", and "Cooked", has some of the best, easy to follow, advice anywhere. A great place to start learning about how to eat better is his article Unhappy Meals published in the New York Times Magazine in 2007.
Related articles/videos:
Becoming Pain Free episode 1
East-West Breathing
How Posture affects lung capacity
New Beliefs about Pain
10 Things that cause posture imbalances and pain
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