Whatever the theory or the recipe of well-being to which you will refer, it will always be advised to you, to practice a physical exercise, generally soft, and adapted to your temperament and your tastes. Indeed, from a naturopathic point of view, movement is seen as a vital food as well as water or food itself. Some will go so far as to say that a sedentary lifestyle is the mother of all evils.
It seems that the natural instinct of man is movement. If you observe a young child, you will see that he or she needs to move constantly, and is constantly active. Unfortunately, our western society physically "anesthetizes" our children. Nowadays and in our "intellectualizing" civilization, it seems more important to "make full heads" than healthy bodies. From then on, the instinct of movement of the young child is quickly dulled, he loses his vital energy, exhausted by the intellectual work and the deadening schedules. Poor quality food, lack of oxygenation and love complete the work of undermining already well begun by a Judeo-Christian heritage that sees the body and everything related to it as taboo and an object of sin.
Therefore, the most difficult thing seems to be to give back the taste of movement to sedentary people. However, the road to health inevitably passes by the return to the taste of movement and the taste of drinking water. These two elements will increase the movement of humoral fluids and solicit the cardiovascular and osteo-articular apparatus. This will ultimately result in a deep tissue cleansing or de-incrustation of the body. Moreover, the adapted physical exercise will also generate a psychological and energetic balance. Indeed, during movement, the muscle acts as a "pump" or "relay", which absorbs and attracts vital and cosmic energy, which will result in a recharge of vital energy in the body as a whole.
The lack of exercise and movement of our populations favors tissue acidosis and the excessive development of free radicals. In fact, a sedentary lifestyle reduces lung function. However, the lungs are already able to eliminate some of the acids in the body, these are the so-called volatile acids. In addition, the lack of oxygenation has repercussions on the tissues, leading to fouling, which reduces all the organic functions that require an oxygen supply.
Gentle exercise, such as walking in the fresh air, yoga, tai chi chuan, swimming or even a stay at altitude, promotes the metabolism in general, and speeds up the heart and breathing rates. This increases the elimination of weak acids, mobilizes body fluids and thus contributes to a deacidification of the body.
If you practice for example a walk of at least half an hour, in the open air and quiet, at the end of the day, it will facilitate the elimination of stress and will provide you with a healthy fatigue conducive to a restful sleep.
The researchers found that a simple day in the open air causes an acidification of the urine, acidification that results on the one hand from the increase in muscle metabolism, producers of lactic acid, and on the other hand from the general increase in basic metabolism. Oxygenation oxidizes or neutralizes many tissue acids, and the increase in basal metabolism accompanied by greater circulation of interstitial fluids will allow these acids to be eliminated by the kidneys.
Numerous publications on sports biology reveal that supplementation with polyunsaturated fatty acids of the ω-3 series (omega-3) allows for improved athletic performance at endurance and altitude. It is important to know that oxygen becomes scarce as soon as you reach an altitude above 2000 m.
The absorption of ω-3 and fish oil is therefore particularly indicated for endurance sports, high mountain sports and medium altitude sports disciplines, but it will improve physical performance in general.
The best choice to improve your physical performance, but also to maintain health is therefore to opt for a supplementation in ω-3 fatty acids, associated with an antioxidant complex.
On the other hand, avoid overly intense and prolonged exercise, which produces free radicals.