Good circulation is important for good health. Blood flow is improved by exercise. Even without the suggested and mandated limitations of COVID-19 mitigation, many people do not get enough exercise.
There are many things we can do to improve our vascular function and, thus, make ourselves healthier. The benefits include not only enhanced vitality and vigor, but also increased resistance to infectious diseases like COVID-19. Furthermore, healing of any illness is augmented.
If you make anything healthy, you make everything healthy
Get up and walk around. The more the better. But even a little bit is helpful. Create opportunities to walk around inside. Keep the phone and all remote-control devices across the room. Have your clock facing away from where you are sitting and don’t wear a watch. These arrangements will require you to get up and move about to take advantage of the appliance. In other words, actively make things inconvenient in your home so you must walk at least a few steps.
Take small portions of food when you eat. Keep the food away from where you are sitting. If this was not enough to eat, then you have to get up and get more. You will feel satisfied after consuming less food, because there is a 20-30-minute delay from eating to being satiated.
If there are stairs in your building, walk a flight or two several times a day.
Go outside and stroll for 5 minutes. Hopefully, you’ll like it so much you will increase to half an hour or more.
While sitting, bounce your legs. Make this a habit. Stand while watching television or reading a book or playing games on the phone. Walk in place while standing. You can put one- or two-pound ankle weights on to increase the exercise value.
Raise your arms above your head frequently. If that is too easy, hold a pound or more of weight in each hand. Do this activity slowly.
Use something to strengthen your grip. This device should have a comfortable level of resistance. Squeezing a soft sponge is possible for most people. For a greater challenge, buy a tool that offers more resistance.
Make a list of projects that you want to accomplish in your home. Take five minutes from a sedentary activity and go work on a project. There are many possibilities. Rearranging the closet, vacuuming a room, cleaning something, exchange sites of pictures on your walls, and organizing the kitchen are a few suggestions. Cultivate an old hobby or begin a new one that can take you away from being sedentary for short periods.
This approach to adding variety in life promotes personal health. It also prepares you for dealing with COVID-19.
Health and Spirit by Dr. Jack Zoldan 