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5.0 out of 5 stars So good and so accessible
Followed the late great Dr Michael Mosley for years on TV, radio podcasts and in books. Inspirational man making looking after your own health both demystified and accessible. Just One Thing has some of the topics from his Radio 4 podcasts and they make for easy reading, he gives you science so you understand how the ideas or activities work and makes it clear not everyone is the same and you need to find which things work best for you. Great little book. Highly recommend it.
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a great book of simply healthy tips
Just one thing by Michael Mosley looks at how a number of simple activities that you can do throughout the day can benefit your health and wellbeing. The advice supports what you can do throughout the day, through morning, afternoon and evening, in which you can develop habits that will benefit you for the rest of your life. These ideas are designed to be simple, realistic, create a trigger, know why you are doing it, stick with it for a month, displace bad habits with good ones, try to do daily, involve a friend, be kind to yourself, and keep a record. They are quick and simple scientifically proven way to improve health and wellbeing in a sustainable way.- RESISTANCE TRAINING: The book begins by looking at waking up and doing resistance band exercises, including press-ups and squats, which are probably two of the most useful exercises you can do to benefit your body. Exercise is not only a benefit to the body and the heart, but it also exercises support learning and brain development. So good things to do.- COLD SHOWERS: Another effective exercise is to have a very cold shower. Even if you just have a minute in the shower, having cold water drip over you, has many benefits. I’m doing this and feel the benefits.- SING: Another activity is just singing loudly for five minutes each day, and that will really boost well-being and mental health- MEDITATE: It's worth practicing mindfulness, even for 10 minutes every day. Just by sitting in a chair and focusing on your breath and you’re breathing and trying to breathe in and out through your nose will have major benefits, calming your mind, and these effects occur long after the mindfulness session has finished. Just calming your mind is easy to do and there's a technique in the book on how to do this.- REMINDERS: It's worth just setting your alarm clock on your phone to ring at random times and when they occur just to stop and still notice what is going on around you and what you are going to do and try to relax and then notice your thoughts they are feeling and thinking and just being in the moment.- TAKE AN EARLY WALK: Michael’s most favourite activity for the morning is to take a brisk early morning. Walk within two hours of waking up in which you will get vitamin D (also a hormone) that is best delivered through daylight, and you will have better thoughts and feelings and is a real and is also good for your heart and body. If you're going on a walk, it's also worth doing a brisk walk as this will have much more benefit than just doing a slow walk in both heart and in helping you to be creative and calm in your mind and giving you lots of ideas- FASTING: There are also significant benefits in having a long period of fasting, because experiments on rats and animals, and in humans, that show that fasting, even over a small period of time, allows your body to rest. You will have significant benefits in many ways and help you lose weight so try intermittent fasting.- DRINK WATER: Every meal, you should drink a large pint glass of water as water is very beneficial drink and it shouldn't be tea, coffee or milk. It should be just plain water, and it will benefit you- FERMENTED FOODS: Another useful activity is to eat food that has been fermented such as sauerkraut or kimchee, and these things can be added to eggs or fish in the morning will really set your Microbiome up and significant benefit- There is a simple recipe included in the book that tells you how to make your own sauerkraut, which is worth considering.- STAND ON ONE LEG: The next exercise is to try standing on one leg which will improve your balance, and this can be done. When for example you're brushing your teeth. By developing our sense of balance, which we can do by alternating every 30 seconds, standing on 1 foot will help us to reduce falls accidents, which of the second most common form of fatalities after road traffic accident so it's worth doing- COFFEE: Just having two or 3 cups of coffee a day is also a benefit, although try not to have this first thing in the morning before you brush your teeth as it can wear away the enamel, but it is benefit in many ways.- TAKE BREAKS: It's worth noting that if you if you take a break every 30 minutes when you're doing some work, just thinking and not watching TV, then this also has benefits in by letting your mind wander. By taking a break, focusing on something that might be something you wish to achieve rather than unpaid tax bills and do not go in for looking at the television or social media but just let your mind wander and see where it goes.- BREATHS: Another effective and powerful approach to life is just by taking proper breathing controlled through in and out through your nose slowly, and you will have significant benefits on being creative, supports good health and well-being and reducing mental distress. Mosleysuggests that by using slow controlled breathing in and out through your nose, will have significant benefits on reducing blood pressure, supporting reducing pain and other health issues so and is one of the authors favourites, so I will try to do this, even if it's just for five minutes each day. Michael suggests breathing in for four seconds slowly and then breathing out for six. By doing slow, breathing it changes the chemical structure of how the brain is working because all too often when we're stressed, we either stop breathing or become stop breathing rapidly. This is not affective.- EXERCISE LESS BUT MORE OFTEN: Having small, frequent bouts of exercise is more effective than having one long session and more easily achievable. One example is whilst waiting to do the kettle to boil, you could have 30 squats or press-ups whilst waiting for the kettle to boil. Or when adverts are on when watching TV. If exercise was a pill, everybody would want one for all the benefits that it gives us, but unfortunately exercise does require some effort and work, so it becomes a little less popular. But it doesn’t have any side effects.- THINK YOURSELF STRONGERL It's also worth imagining, even if you do a sport activity, which, for example, my case is Karate where I will then often think and imagine myself making moves or even playing the guitar, but you have to have the skill set first, but then to imagine it will really help you improve on the skill- OILY FISH, BEETROOT AND APPLES: The book also looked at the benefits of oily fish both in supporting heart and reducing cognitive deficits, such as dementia or depression, and it's worth having at least two of these every day every week as it's good for the heart and good for the brain and good for the body and reduces inflation. Two other foods that are excellent for your health are apples and beetroot – so eat these. Beetroot full of antioxidants, good whether it be cooked or raw. Particularly for the nitrate and apples which contains flavonoids. Can be added to salads and smoothies, and all sorts of food- VITAMIN D, it's also worth noting that spending some time in daylight and in the UK, particularly during spring and autumn, out in the daylight where the sun will give off vitamin D which will in turn be converted through your skins receptors that will then support good health, cell signalling. Those with light skin probably need 10 to 15 minutes and those with darker skins may be up to 40 minutes.- PLANTS: It's worth having a number of plants in your room when working and some particularly beneficial plants are recommended by be ordered in the book.- TAKE A WALK: It's worth taking a walk in nature for a whole range of benefits. .- STANDING: Its worth practice standing at least 30 minutes every day, and if you are sitting down for long stretches, you need at least 40 minutes of vigorous exercise each day to outweigh the impact and negative impact that sitting all day can have. Practice standing and regular interval such as reading or when taking a telephone call and you will become more productive. Also, throughout the day.- CHOCOLATE: Eat small bars of dark chocolate, just a few maybe in the afternoon. However, when you eat chocolate, it must be dark. You do not get the same benefits from white chocolate or chocolate that is milky or sweet. It contains flavonoids which can help support blood pressure and other benefits.- DANCING: Figure dancing or just dancing just for 5 to 10 minutes each day to song that you hear on the radio, but even better in a club, has been shown to reduce depression, benefits the heart, and a wide range of health issues and reduce dementia and support memory, and it helps you to balance which reduces your risk of falling and for just 5 to 10 minutes each day. Also, dance should be vigorous.- READING: Some of the ideas suggested towards the end of the day include reading for 30 minutes each day, particularly fiction which can help you to develop empathetic skills and understanding as people and is linked to stories and reduces your stress and helps you build a better picture of the world. Reading 30 minutes each day gives increases your lifespan by 23 months and that is reduced by that number if you just watch TV- GRATITUDE: Practice gratitude, even just keeping a piece of pen paper by your bed and thinking of three things that you're grateful for and expressed gratitude for, will help you develop a more positive framework and help you to deal with stress better. Not whatever word is in the last text and- CONCLUSIONL Michael Mosley has written an evidence base book which is short and snappy with not an ounce of fat on it. It's just pure nuggets of gold simply told in ways that you can put into your everyday routines and become habitual, and if you do that you will have a much better life both in terms of improved mental health and physical health and it's brilliant. I’ve given lots of copies to friends as presents. I’m sticking this list on the wall to remind me every day but do read the book.
4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful and interesting
A few examples of Moseley’s Just One Thing.Good to be able to read, but programmes more informative.
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting book
This book has many interesting and often useful things to try and apply to your life
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved him. You loved him.
We all loved him.Wanted a piece I could keep. It reads exactly as he sounded if like me you enjoyed the many radio programmes.I’m going to buy them as Xmas presents too. What better gift to give than a better life. With other stuff too. Just in case people take offence. People can be odd.I am odd. I wanted this book and I want to give this book to people I love so they have it. But even I might be offended to receive it. Odd.But combined with some good cashmere socks? Happy days. Confirms good intent. Rather than self righteous unsolicited self help.
3.0 out of 5 stars Straightforward, simple but personal habit-forming instruction manual
So, I’m obviously embarrassed that I only noticed this book after poor Dr Mpseley’s death. It really details how he incorporated health boosting habits such as quick exercises, standing on one leg whilst brushing teeth to improve balance, etc. it’s, as with all his practices, very well-researched, Hiwever, I would have liked a fair few more “habits” I could perform during the day that would also improve mental health and not so many physical health improvers. I wouldn’t buy this at full price and would suggest it’s an “oh, that’s interesting” pick up and put down and probably not finish kind of book.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Great book and do one thing a day is such a good motivational tool.I just wish Michael was still with us .
4.0 out of 5 stars As expected.
This is a good book to dip into. Just like the radio programme. Interesting, useful information to help you be healthier..
Quick Detailed Tips
The books starts and finishes with life changing, yet small suggested changes and incorporation.The best thing is that there are the details of why and some how it works. The small how to at the top of each section is great as well.
Simple and effective
Intuitive ideas on how to make small and sustainable changes to everyday life.
Awesome
Well balanced reading, which you enjoy, and still feel that it changed your live in a positive way. I whish there's more books like this.
Interesting read
Really enjoying read
Just read
The book. So well written and easy to understand. Dr Mosely will be so dearly missed but his legacy lives on. Started my daily gratitude book straight away and eat an apple after lunch .. thats just after reading a few words.. thank you!
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