The best daily health pratice you can do for almost zero cost...

[Lannis]

The knowledge of using cold water has mostly been lost in the west. Too bad. It is one of the best kept secrets for feeling totally alive and radiant. It is only in developed countries where we have the luxury of hot water that people have forgotten how to take cold baths.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGSnd7p9Er0

It's possible that it's a "relative" thing.

Dousing yourself in cold water every day just makes you THINK your life is never going to end.   Oh God when is this going to be over?    When can I be comfortable again?

This theory could be tested by shoving a hot radish up your jacksey every morning when you get up, and see if it has the same effect .... ?

Lannis

[Rough Edge racing]

Even spanking the monkey?

 If that's all you got, yes...

[JJ]

"Eat less...Exercise more..." 

[webmost]

I go to the Elkton YMCA in neighboring Elkton MerryLand because it only costs like thirty bucks a month, whereas Ys in DullAware charge more than twice that for way less facilities. Thirty bucks a month is about one buck a day away from being almost zero cost. Plus, they have about everything there. If you can't find a way to get fit at this Y then pass me the Cheetos and skooch over on the couch. They've got basketball leagues, football leagues, two Olympic pools (one indoors, one outdoors), and a kiddie wading pool with slides and dousers, saunas, hot tub, a couple handball courts (often usurped by these soft handed girlies to play what they like to call racquetball), day care for your tots, bouncy room for your children, party room for birthdays, dance class for pretty little princesses in pink tutus, spin class, volleyball, weights, a whole array of hamster machinery under glass, those kinda classes advertised on TV named bogus invented names accompanied by window rattling BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM ....

You want it, they got it. You don't want it, you're nutz. Cause here's the way it goes: use it or lose it.





Stay healthy my friends.

[azguzzirep]

I would submit;

A) get married

or

B) get divorced.

but they are both expensive and don't fit the criteria of the topic.. 😈

[cloudbase]

Cigarettes, whiskey and women.  That way, if you become ill, you have a vice to give up in order to get better.  If you have no vices, you have nothing to give up, and you'll probably die quickly.

[screamday]

Well...whatever Keith is doing it appears to be working for him. Not sure that he may not actually be some sort of alien from a galaxy far, far away.
GliderJohn

[kirkemon]

Stay sexually active and occasionally hit the bong

[keuka4884]

If I were to do that cryotherapy would I end up with permanent shrinkage?

[LowRyter]

I go to the Elkton YMCA in neighboring Elkton MerryLand because it only costs like thirty bucks a month, whereas Ys in DullAware charge more than twice that for way less facilities. Thirty bucks a month is about one buck a day away from being almost zero cost. Plus, they have about everything there. If you can't find a way to get fit at this Y then pass me the Cheetos and skooch over on the couch. They've got basketball leagues, football leagues, two Olympic pools (one indoors, one outdoors), and a kiddie wading pool with slides and dousers, saunas, hot tub, a couple handball courts (often usurped by these soft handed girlies to play what they like to call racquetball), day care for your tots, bouncy room for your children, party room for birthdays, dance class for pretty little princesses in pink tutus, spin class, volleyball, weights, a whole array of hamster machinery under glass, those kinda classes advertised on TV named bogus invented names accompanied by window rattling BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM ....

You want it, they got it. You don't want it, you're nutz. Cause here's the way it goes: use it or lose it.





Stay healthy my friends.

 

[Dean Rose]

Hell, I'm just glad I wake up every morning. 


Dean

[wrbix]

Hell, I'm just glad I wake up every morning. 


Dean

Some days waking up is much overrated.   

[twowings]

Any day above ground is a good day! 

[azguzzirep]

Any day above ground is a good day! 

I would be out of a job, then.  My job is to put people in the ground. But, yeah, it is nice above ground 😁😁

[balvenie]

"Laughter is the best medicine"?
There seems to be plenty of it in this topic

[Adan]

I try to follow the example of my grandparents, who immigrated from Italy after WWI and were healthy and vibrant into their 90's.  First of all, they ate the classic "mediteranian diet": low on meat, high on vegetables and fruits (most of which they grew themselves), lots of olive oil, moderate alcohol every day, and maybe too many carbs but one can always cut back on that part. 

Secondly, they were active.  They did manual labor, sometimes heavy, and had no car so walked everywhere.

Thirdly, they never stayed up late.  In bed by 10 every night.

Fourthly, they were very social and part of the fabric of their community.  There was lots of visiting and conversation.

Do I live this way?  No, but I try and succeed to a degree.

[Steph]

Running shoes as daily wear

[Sasquatch Jim]

 Don't wrassle bears or tease venomous snakes.

[Triple Jim]

Don't wrassle bears or tease venomous snakes.

Or vice versa.

[SmithSwede]

I think the real secret is to choose your ancestors very, very carefully.

[Cool Runnings]

The healing power of water.

Hydrotherapy techniques use water and temperature to revitalize tissues and restore health.  Heat soothes tissues and promotes blood flow to the area, cold brings blood flow away from the area and relieves congestion and inflammation.  When hot and cold are used alternatingly, blood is pumped back and forth, bringing in oxygen and nutrients and shuttling out carbon dioxide and other metabolic waste products.  This gentle therapy is deceivingly powerful, tonifying the cardiovascular system while restoring blood flow to tissues in need of healing.

Hydrotherapy has been used for centuries to combat disease and restore health.  The system-wide tonifying effects it produces makes it a useful therapy for both acute illness and chronic diseases.  Here are some of the many conditions hydrotherapy is used for at the SCNM Medical Center:

•Autoimmune disease
•Allergies
•Headaches and migraines
•Acute respiratory infection and bronchitis
•Excessive lung or sinus mucous
•Constipation or diarrhea
•Abdominal pain
•Stress
•Toxicity
•Chronic fatigue
•Fibromyalgia
•Circulatory disorders
•Insomnia
•Depression, anxiety, and other mood disorders
•Chronic pain
•Acute injuries
•Swelling and inflammation
•Muscle spasms


http://medcenter.scnm.edu/treatment-approaches/hydrotherapy/

[ritratto]

A very brisk walk each morning for 30 minutes before breakfast. Especially if you live in a hilly area. Run some of it if you feel like it. Park in the back of the lot instead right out front when you go shopping. Take stairs not lifts. All free.

[Nic in Western NYS]

Park in the back of the lot

To that end, employee of the month spaces should be in the farthest corner of the lot.  (I have had zero traction with that idea over the years.)

[Ncdan]

Avoid sex with another mans wife is always a health factor :)

[wrbix]

The healing power of water.

Hydrotherapy techniques use water and temperature to revitalize tissues and restore health.  Heat soothes tissues and promotes blood flow to the area, cold brings blood flow away from the area and relieves congestion and inflammation.  When hot and cold are used alternatingly, blood is pumped back and forth, bringing in oxygen and nutrients and shuttling out carbon dioxide and other metabolic waste products.  This gentle therapy is deceivingly powerful, tonifying the cardiovascular system while restoring blood flow to tissues in need of healing.

Hydrotherapy has been used for centuries to combat disease and restore health.  The system-wide tonifying effects it produces makes it a useful therapy for both acute illness and chronic diseases.  Here are some of the many conditions hydrotherapy is used for at the SCNM Medical

http://medcenter.scnm.edu/treatment-approaches/hydrotherapy/

Just so everyone is clear : College of NATUROPATHIC Medicine. 

[Arizona Wayne]

Then emerge yourself in a very cold stream, the faster the stream, the better.

My wife can do that but I can't.  In my youth I was forced to jump in a lake around Lake Tahoe at  least 5k' altitude in the summer.   It was such a shock to my body I thought I was going to lose my breathing.  When I got out my skin felt like it was on fire. 

[lazlokovacs]

this

https://zenhabits.net/meditate/


2 minutes every day, can be done anywhere


and +1 on having a good dog and somewhere to walk it

[TodkaVonic]

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/Owning-a-Pet-May-Protect-You-from-Heart-Disease_UCM_453586_Article.jsp#

Two words: rescue dog.

[Lannis]

http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/Owning-a-Pet-May-Protect-You-from-Heart-Disease_UCM_453586_Article.jsp#

Two words: rescue dog.

We tried that when looking for our last dog.

But the rules were so restrictive that we couldn't commit to them, or to the regular monitoring that we would receive.

Lannis

[Cool Runnings]

Just so everyone is clear : College of NATUROPATHIC Medicine. 

BBC - The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs - Episode 1