The seasons are changing, the air temperatures increase with the daylight saving hours. The best way to prepare for the new season is defined as imitating nature. Waking up with the first lights of the morning, dressing according to the season, enjoying the open air and consuming the fresh vegetables and fruits offered by the season allow us to get rid of the sluggishness of winter and renew ourselves.
Get rid of body fatigue with the right exercise programs
With the arrival of summer, the increase in daylight exposure time causes hormonal changes. If the person cannot adapt the sleep hours to the changes in daylight between day and night, the release graph of cortisol and reproductive hormones during the day cannot adapt to the daylight periods. These hormones are anabolic; that is, hormones that encourage us to be strong, to eat, to increase reproductive functions. With the change of the season, the natural increase of these hormones in the morning is delayed or the oscillations lose their intensity in the expected periods. Thus, a state of fatigue begins in the morning and continues throughout the day. It is seen that they do not have the strength for exercise, and over time they fall into this vicious circle. Nutritional behaviors change, weight control becomes more difficult. It is necessary not to fall into this vicious circle and to stubbornly turn to exercise at the intensity that our body can accept.
Get your sleep and stay away from closed environments
Sufficient and quality sleep is important in seasonal changes. Care should be taken to ensure that there is sufficient darkness in the sleeping environment. Changes in our immune system that may occur in addition to hormonal changes during seasonal changes can create a sensitive window period for catching infectious diseases. For this, it would be appropriate to stay away from infected people and closed environments.
It is not correct to revive metabolism with external hormones
It is not correct to try to increase metabolism with external hormones. Depending on the changes brought about by each individual’s lifestyle (such as working at night), there are small but significant changes in their hormones. But the correction of these changes should not be with drugs, but in the form of adapting the lifestyle to nature and seasons as much as possible. Patients who are constantly using drugs such as thyroid hormone and insulin should check with their doctors whether there will be changes in the doses of their drugs, especially during seasonal changes.
Act like nature, defeated
Imitating nature is the most important method for renewal and purification. Especially during the seasonal transitions, going to bed on time, getting enough and quality sleep, getting up with the first light of the morning, taking walks in the open air instead of doing sports in the morning are the most recommended practices for morning vigor. Seasonal vegetables and fruits should also be added to the food chain. By staying within our traditional cuisine in our geography; but it is necessary to pay attention to a less calorie diet. It should be aimed to reduce the portions in meals. As always emphasized, it is necessary to consume prepared foods as less as possible.
Fashion diets and detoxes have no proven benefit
Sensational, trendy diet and detox lists have no demonstrable (positive scientific) benefit. The only method that can be shown to be beneficial; eating less calories, exercising more in accordance with one’s physiology, living away from unknown additives and air-environmental pollution, learning to cope with stress and looking at the world more positively.
Wrong detoxes harm the hormone balance
Detox practices that are random and have not been revealed in official approved reports can have unexpected effects on hormones. However, if detox applications are to be made, it should be done under the control of a doctor in a way that does not impair your health. It would be appropriate to evaluate the person cardiologically before these detoxes. In particular, people with diabetes, hypertension, heart (coronary and rhythm disorders) and kidney patients, liver dysfunction, people undergoing chemotherapy should not do such applications without consulting their doctor. Another risky group is young people. Applying such methods from a young age can cause people to deteriorate their body balance and to be candidates for diseases with weight and metabolic problems in later ages.
A touch of detox to your life…
· Prefer natural products instead of processed, ready-made foods.
· Consume plenty of vegetables and fruits in season.
· Take a walk and do sports outdoors, not indoors.
· Try to eat less calories.
· Drink plenty of water.
· Ventilate your living space frequently.
· Try to get enough and quality sleep.
· Pay attention to the cosmetic products you use, take care to use safe and natural ones.
· Do not overuse chemical cleaning products.
· Learn to cope with stress.
· Take time for yourself, do the activities you love and refresh.
