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Healthy and Sustainable

Mindfulness, awareness, and rethinking habits are the themes. Start again and again with simple basics. "Give yourself a pat on the back sometimes!" - so you never stop learning, also with nutrition. Fasting in everyday life is a matter of practice because the implementation is not problem-free for everyone, but rather a matter of course that can become a habit. Fasting can be supplemented with "interval training". Growth hormone effects, BDNF can be significantly increased. Regenerative effects are documented and proven as well as cognitive abilities increase.

The optimum room temperature for sleeping

The optimum room temperature in living spaces is usually between 20 and 22°C. It should be a bit cooler for sleeping, around 17 to 20°C. What steps should you consider taking if previous measures you consistently implemented result in you still feeling tired and exhausted, even after a good night's sleep? Perhaps the air in the room is too dry, and your sleep at night is disturbed. In addition to the temperature, air humidity is a decisive factor for restful sleep. A healthy humidity range is between a minimum of 40 and a maximum of 60 per cent relative humidity. As the airways do not dry out so quickly within this range, sleep quality improves over the long term.

Healthy sleep cannot be taken for granted

On average, people spend a third of the day sleeping or at least struggling to sleep. So, if you live to be 85, you will have spent around 28 years sleeping. However, sleep problems are increasingly burdening our “meritocracy”. Noise pollution, apartments that are too cold or too warm, and poor air quality can impair sleep quality. Due to stress and overload, necessary measures are often not implemented. As mentioned in previous articles, the temperature in your bedroom should be 18°C, something that has even become legal and medical consensus. This applies to Switzerland and many European countries, where most people have a bed, blanket and pillow. Many well-insulated apartments tempt you to wear light or no nightwear, even in winter. The latter is generally unhealthy.

Personal “Fitness and Balance” Masterplan (also applicable in times of Covid-19)

Moderation can be exercised in all areas of life. Doing so has a positive effect on all of our senses, as well as our notion of things such as enjoyment,

Time off, holidays, and the cultivation of resilience in the smallest houses in Switzerland or “Hüsli” (tiny houses)

The smallest houses in Switzerland are located on the Fiechtenstrasse in a place called Huttwil in the canton of Bern. Two years ago, Christine Mumenthaler turned her dream into reality. Together

Quit smoking without relapsing?

I have now been smoke free for almost two years. I was a chain smoker. At least every thirty minutes I would get the urge to have a cigarette. Yet, after just two months the worst part was over. I began to live without having to permanently think about cigarettes or be at the mercy of my addiction. However, unfortunately, a "smoking career" is not something which you ever fully overcome.

Sweating is beneficial – what is easier and more comfortable than the sauna?

Using the sauna for half an hour a few times a week is simple but beneficial. It forms an ideal complement to fitness training and has similar effects to cardio. Sweating in the sauna can be easily combined with reading or listening to an audiobook.