You might be tired of the dull days of winter with overcast skies and cold days that chill you to the bone.

It’s almost over as the season changes and the weather begins to issue in the warmth that is so welcome at this time of year.

Spring is a grand season and we love to celebrate it by taking a few steps to improve our health as the days become warmer and it is more inviting to venture outside.

We love to begin to take walks to get more sun and more vitamin D during the day now. If you walk outside for fifteen to thirty minutes while the sun is out and shining upon you, your body will do the rest to utilize the light. Vitamin D is more important than most doctors thought and the emerging research is encouraging more of us to spend a reasonable amount of time in the sun to benefit our bones, our brains, and our endocrine system.

Calcium metabolism is dependent upon minerals and vitamin D. The parathyroid plays a pivotal role in this process. Your walk in the sun helps your body to do this crucial work for you without supplementation. If you cannot take a walk daily, then you can use a vitamin D supplement with calcium and other trace minerals from the foods that you eat or the nutritional products you take regularly.

In the Spring, it is good to get some bodywork. Massage Therapy begins to stimulate your lymphatic system and improves your circulation. If you have been dormant during the winter, then bodywork on a weekly basis will work wonders for you and your energy level which is needed for increased activity as the weather allows you to go out and do more.

It’s time to plan and prepare your garden. If you have never planted and tended to a garden before, this is the year to start a garden. When you provide fresh vegetables, berries, greens, and other whole foods from healthy soil, you are going to fall in love with this time of year.

The quality of the food that can come from your garden is far greater than what you are going to find in a store that transports it from thousands of miles away from where you live. Eating local produce and locally grown foods is becoming more common and it is a wise choice for those who want to maintain a healthy Lifestyle and contribute to the well-being of our environment.

We’ve talked about sources of heirloom and non-hybrid seeds previously and now is a good time to get the annual seed catalogs and plan your garden paradise.

You can also meet some great people in your town who will exchange seeds and produce from their gardens and farms with you to enhance the variety of whole foods for all of you. CSAs and Farmer’s Markets are going to become your passion from this time of year into the Fall.

Spring into action and enjoy the warmer weather and a healthier Lifestyle during this time of year. You will find that your body responds rapidly to all of the new levels of activity and it will reward you with enhanced vitality and a true sense of well-being.

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