West Wales Life&Style Winter 2020

West Wales Life&Style
West Wales Life&Style
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This year of all
years we need
to find pleasure,
enjoyment and
satisfaction
where we can ’
your leptin levels with good portions
of protein (turkey!) or quinoa and
lentils as a vegetarian preference.
Sugar: From The Dance of the
Sugar Plum Fairy to all the
additional snacks, treats and
desserts, sugar can play a lead role
at Christmas if we’re not careful.
So where possible for baking, use
sugars that at least have some
nutritional benefits and mineral
content like honey, maple syrup
and coconut sugar. Avoid the sugars
ending in ‘ose’ in your purchases:
dextrose, maltose and glucose.
Sugar also suppresses the immune
system by up to five hours, so don’t
go kissing strangers under the
mistletoe and remember your social
distancing!
Drinking alcohol: Contrary to
popular belief, after a night on
the town or these days, lockdown
in a dressing gown, don’t head for
anything to ‘fix’ the damage.
There is nothing better for the
liver than to rest and not to digest a
thing after a few too many tipples.
Don’t get clever with a healthy
brunch, just drink water and avoid
eating / juicing / challenging the
liver for a good 12 hours.
Boost your glutathione levels.
This is the aforementioned super
Master Blaster antioxidant. Yes use
vitamin C, D and Zinc but get to
know Glutathione too.
You can increase this with
seasonal favorites like brussels
sprouts, asparagus, broccoli and
avocado and invest in a supplement,
it’s worth the cost, particularly
when I tell you the next bit;
Glutathione taken before and
after drinking alcohol acts as potent
damage control.
From time to time that might be
more of an appealing idea than
emergency steaming of green
superfoods!
And of course exercise. Just a little
quite often, boosts Glutathione and
prevents oxidative stress which is
responsible for lowering your levels.
So keep these pointers in mind as
tick-over maintenance throughout
December, then you are not hitting
January cold - at least not in health
and exercise sense. Stay active,
stay mobile, don’t succumb to West
Wales weather, dress appropriately,
get outside for a good walk, a jog,
pump some muscles, I’ll tell you how
best next issue. Stay active, safe and
healthy.
Incidentally, nothing gets the blood
pumping like a good dance, so if you
fancy some uninhibited cavorting to
the perennial Christmas classics by
the likes of Slade and Wizzard, then
go for it, I’ll be doing the same thing
– probably to the not so well known
but my personal favorite Master
Blaster, Stevie Wonder.
I wish you all the merriest possible
Christmas.
WIN: Three lucky winners can
get some extra help to stay in
shape with a DVD and book
from Joey. Just send an email
marked “Joey Bull competition”
to steve@westwaleslifeandstyle.
co.uk. The draw will take place
on January 31.
Visit youtube.com/joeybull for a
variety of online workouts
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