{"id":691,"date":"2018-04-15T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/?p=691"},"modified":"2020-03-20T12:31:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T12:31:59","slug":"healthy-is-wealthy-and-wise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/04\/15\/healthy-is-wealthy-and-wise\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy is wealthy\u2026 and wise!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eat-less-salt.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-692\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eat-less-salt-1024x525.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eat-less-salt-1024x525.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eat-less-salt-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eat-less-salt-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eat-less-salt.png 1067w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 7<sup>th<\/sup> of April is World Health Day!\u00a0 I can hear you all groaning\u2026 oh no \u2013 she\u2019s not going to blabber on about eating healthily and getting exercise AGAIN\u2026 is she?<\/p>\n<p>Hahhahaha \u2013 indeed she is. I know it\u2019s really irritating but the thing is \u2013 if you feel good \u2013 your whole life just gets better from all different angles.<\/p>\n<p>So here are a few simple ways that you can adjust your life style without having to bother too much.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat breakfast.<\/strong> The old saying goes \u2013 eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a queen and supper like a pauper. This is because your body has fasted overnight (<em>duh\u2026 break-fast<\/em>) and you need to kick-start your body again. If you are not a fan of eating early \u2013 at least try a banana and a glass of milk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snack on fruit or carrot sticks. <\/strong>Dump the packets of chips and sweets and rather snack on fruit or veggie sticks. Celery sticks filled with peanut butter are pretty delicious too.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat smaller meals.<\/strong> If you can, eat five smaller meals a day rather than three huge ones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the labels.<\/strong> Yup really \u2013 start reading the labels on cans, packets &#8211; whatever. You\u2019ll be amazed at how much sugar, salt and other nasties you are chomping down without even realising it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let your kids help in the kitchen<\/strong> Making food, that is, not washing dishes or laying the table. Figure out some tasty, simple, easy to make recipes and let them help\u2026 chop, peel, mix and stir. (<em>And yes \u2013 do teach caution when it comes to hot surfaces and sharp knives.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eat together as a family.<\/strong> If you know you are all going to sit down in the evening and discuss the day \u2013 it makes sense to prepare a healthy balanced meal to enjoy together. (<em>And turn those cell phones off too<\/em> <em>please<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Practise what you preach.<\/strong> No good being those parents who make your kids eat healthy food if you stuff your face with cruddy stuff on the sly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get some exercise.<\/strong> Walk, run, dance, hula hoop, rebound (<em>aka jump on a trampoline<\/em>), play a sport, cycle, weight lift, roller-skate, go to the gym or whatever. If you really hate exercise \u2013 the very least you can do is park your car at the furthest spot in the parking lot and walk to the entrance. Use the stairs instead of the lift or escalator.<\/p>\n<p>Not so hard hey!<\/p>\n<p>Sibo<\/p>\n<p>Xx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 7th of April is World Health Day!\u00a0 I can hear you all groaning\u2026 oh no \u2013 she\u2019s not going to blabber on about eating healthily and getting exercise AGAIN\u2026 is she? Hahhahaha \u2013 indeed she is. I know it\u2019s really irritating but the thing is \u2013 if you feel good \u2013 your whole life &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/2018\/04\/15\/healthy-is-wealthy-and-wise\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Healthy is wealthy\u2026 and wise!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,31],"tags":[131,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":693,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691\/revisions\/693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.sibo.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}