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25/05/2009Ten no/low cost tips for health wealth

Experiencing a "health debit"? Nutritionist Janet Gomez offers 10 affordable tips to feed your well-being account.

No matter how much money we may or may not have, we can't buy good health. Some costly treatments will make us feel good for a short while, but what if we can’t or don't want to pay? How can we ensure we have “health wealth” anyway?

The director of my nutrition course used to compare the state of your well-being to the state of your bank account. If your well-being account is in credit you're in good health. How quickly your "credit" is used up depends on factors such as your environment, lifestyle and diet.

Your environment includes everything around you and everything you are involved in personally and professionally. Interaction with your environment is important in determining your level of health wealth. For example, if you eat nutritious food but consume too much, or feel angry or tense while eating, your health wealth could be depleted. If this becomes a regular habit your health wealth will move into the debit zone.


With my clients I witness evidence of "health debit" as they draw on their well-being bank account but don't replace what they withdraw. So I'm going to share 10 no- or low-cost nutritional and well-being strategies to help you stock up on your health wealth for the coming months.

1. Limit the refined sugar you and your family eat. For example, make your own sweets with less added sugar. You'll save money and feed your well-being account.

2. Buy more organic local fruits and vegetables to increase your intake to seven servings daily.

3. Limit your alcohol intake (more thoughts in this blog post)



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