Did you know that what you eat can change your sleep? A lack of sleep can drain your energy to exercise. Your energy shifts your mood, and your mood changes what you eat. Studies show that things other than genetics cause 85% of long-term illness. That means your diet, lifestyle, and environment play a huge role in your well-being.1
Learn how the way you eat, move, sleep, feel, and manage your meds overlap to shape your health. MOBE’s whole-person approach includes support to do more than just deal with your symptoms. Work one-to-one with a MOBE Guide to keep your health conditions under control. Your Guide will learn about your health conditions and concerns to pinpoint what you're already doing well. They listen to what worked for you in the past and suggest new ideas.
Getting our diet right can sometimes feel like the most overwhelming part of finding our best health. Poor nutrition can have a major impact on your overall health, including increasing your risk for serious health conditions. In both good and bad ways, what you eat can affect how you feel, how you sleep, and your body’s ability to heal itself. A proper diet can be a powerful tool to fuel your day, manage weight, and help your body fight inflammation.
Your body does some of its most important work while you’re sleeping. Poor quality sleep can lead to not-so-great diet choices, an increased risk for certain illnesses, and even affect how your medications work. Sleep is critical for giving our body time to recover from damage, strengthen our immune system, and restore brain function.
The benefits of exercise can be profound, but it’s not always easy to know where to start or find the time. The good news is that even small amounts of stretching, walking, or strength training can reduce inflammation, improve immune function, and elevate your mood.
Science has found a deep connection between emotional well-being and physical health. Chronic stress damages your body’s self-repair systems and leaves you more vulnerable to illness and disease. It’s crucial to discover ways of coping and handling both the big and little stressors that can happen in life.
Everything you put in your body affects how you feel, how you heal, and how your body functions. From over-the-counter medications, to supplements and prescription medications, it all needs to be taken in the right context for your body to work its best.
It can be hard to figure out what’s getting in the way of feeling your best. Your health conditions, medications, and daily habits all affect each other—sometimes in ways you don’t notice. But you don’t have to sort through it all on your own. Through a whole-person approach and guided support, MOBE can help you break it all down so you can see how different parts of your life fit together. With expert help, you can also spot small changes that might make a big difference, making it easier to take steps toward feeling your best.
Use "me time" to boost your emotional well-being, reframe your mindset, de-stress, and experience the upside of socializing with customized support from a MOBE Guide.
Reference:
1. Stephen M Rappaport, "Genetic Factors Are Not the Major Causes of Chronic Diseases," PLOS ONE 11, no. 4 (2016): e0154387, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0154387
