In today's busy society, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed, ineffective, and fatigued. Looking at the way young children run, jump, and go through their day with such enthusiasm, many adults have wished for the energy levels and vigor of youth. While youth cannot be returned, there are certainly ways to increase natural vitality, energy, and stamina through eating organic herbs and foods, getting enough rest, exercise, and water, and maintaining a positive outlook on life.

Our modern day conveniences, easy access to calorie-rich foods, and less social contact all contribute to our sedentary lifestyle. Instead of working in the fields with family and friends, getting exercise and companionship while producing and collecting organic herbs, fruits and vegetables and hormone-free meats, many of us sit at a desk, alone, eating convenience foods and feeling less connected with loved ones than is good for us.

Breaking The Sedentary Cycle

Breaking out of a sedentary lifestyle requires effort. It's one of those basic laws of physics: bodies at rest tend to stay at rest. The only way to begin the process of increasing your stamina and regaining powerful health is to force yourself to move your body. There are countless little ways this can be done and you can double the effectiveness by enlisting the company of friends. Every effort is a step in the right direction: park further away, use the stairs, take a ballroom dancing class, wall around the block, play tag with your kids, whatever it takes to increase your heart rate and spend more time with family and friends.

Steadily I Sip

Being mostly made of water, dehydration can be lethal. More often, it simply makes body systems work less than efficiently. Headaches, nausea, irritability, and fatigue can all result from dehydration. The best way to ensure that your body gets enough water each day is to have water with you at all times. Sip often, drink deeply, and then drink more. The average person should drink half a gallon of water each day. Athletes, hard workers, and those in hot environments require twice that much. Powerful health and vitality are directly related to drinking enough water.

Fuel The Fire

Food has a major impact on emotions, energy levels, and stamina. Heavily processed foods contain too much salt, sugar, and fat. People crave those things because they are useful and necessary, but they occur rarely in nature. Walking through a supermarket becomes a battle of nature against intellect: spirulina or Snickers? Organic herbs or TV dinner? Fresh fruit or Funnel Cakes? Cravings must be derailed in favor of better choices. Fresh, organic herbs, fruits, vegetables and protein products provide delicious fuel that leads to feelings of powerful health and assists the body's natural healing abilities and vitality, as well on emotions.

Powerful health, increased energy, stamina, and vitality, and an improved outlook on life can be found in organic herbs and other foods, an abundance of fresh, clean water, and regularly seeking out active pastimes with family and friends.