“A healthy mind in a healthy body” the Latins used to say.
And in fact, pampering ourselves a little and dedicating a few hours to improving our body in quarantine through nutrition and sport can cheer up our mood and our spirit, even more so in these difficult days that we are facing due to the coronavirus.
Tips for dealing with this lockdown.
How to avoid “binge eating” or nervous hunger
- It is essential not to do great analysis on what is happening. Psychologists advise us to limit the consumption of information - news, social media, etc., on the topic of the virus. Yes to information, no to obsession!
- In moments of nervous hunger, it is advisable to leave the kitchen for more than 30 minutes to distract your mind from that fixed thought.
- Making comfort foods harder to find by placing them in inconvenient locations and requiring multiple trips to get them.
Prefer a colorful diet
- These days we can pay more attention to our diet. Quarantine makes us spend more time in the kitchen and it's an opportunity to eat better. And we're not talking about a low-calorie diet and punitive foods, but rather a quality diet!
- For the skin, therefore, it is best to prefer vegetables and fruit with a high vitamin C content, trying as much as possible to consume them fresh, without too much modification or cooking.
- The advice is chromatic: Choose the most colorful fruits such as oranges, kiwis, lemons and strawberries that are easily found in this period. As vegetables it is preferable to eat tomatoes, spinach, lettuce and radicchio.
In fact, the contribution of vitamin C to the well-being of the skin is known. And in this period of emergency, we can also hope for their benefits on strengthening the immune system.
The Ministry of Health suggests at least 60 minutes of physical activity every day, but how can you do it during a quarantine period?
If we belong to the lucky category of those who can use a garden to play sports, let's give ourselves an hour of physical activity outdoors every day.
Let's make it a regular appointment that can distract our mind and tire our body. This will help our psychophysical well-being and the quality of our sleep.
What if we live in an apartment?
Let's build a wellness corner with the makeshift tools that we can recover and every day let's focus on respecting our routine. Let's insert into the quarantine day plan, at specific times, both in the morning and in the afternoon a bit of physical activity.
There are hundreds of apps that help us with physical exercise and there are countless video tutorials from professional and non-professional personal trainers that we can find on social media.
We have no excuses: let's take care of ourselves.
