Exercise is defined as the performance of some activity in order to develop or maintain physical fitness and overall health. It is usually thought of as strenuous activities such as running a marathon, triathlons, or working out at the gym; all of which take up hours of an already busy day. This is not the case; exercise can be incorporated into your daily life without having to allot time to it, why not try parking the car at the end of the car park and walk that extra bit; take the kids or dog to the beach, or just get out into the garden (your health, your plants and neighbours will love you for it).

Just get yourself moving because frequent and regular physical exercise is an integral component in the prevention of some preventable degenerative diseases such as cancer, heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, obesity and back pain. Physical exercise is also considered important for maintaining physical fitness including healthy weight; building and maintaining healthy bones, muscles, and joints; promoting physiological well-being; reducing surgical risks; and strengthening the immune system.

Exercises, depending on the overall effect they have on the human body is generally grouped into three types:

• Flexibility exercises such as stretching will improve the range of motion of muscles and joints.
• Aerobic exercises such as walking and running focuses on increasing cardiovascular endurance.
• Anaerobic exercises such as weight training or sprinting will increase short-term muscle strength.

By incorporating the three exercise types gradually into your daily routine you will quickly see and feel the results.

It is said that we are what we eat but perhaps a more accurate definition would be that we are what we can get out of our food. As it is the bioavailability of the nutrients we ingest, and more importantly the cells ability to absorb those ingested nutrients that is the crucial factor in determining a person's health and wellbeing.

Why are cells significant? Because they are the simplest living biological unit in the body. Everything from our eyes to our hair is made up of a collection of cells. There are about 210 different types of cells; red blood cells, white blood cells, bone cells, muscle cells, brain cells, and so on. The human body contains approximately a 100 trillion cells with each cell containing its own blueprint of the entire body.

During the development of an unborn child, cell proliferation is extraordinary; however after about 8 weeks from when the baby is born, cell division should only be for replacement of cells that already exist. Approximately 1 billion cells per hour must be replaced, that equates to a staggering 24 billion in just one day and it has been confirmed that 98% of the atoms in the human body were not there one year ago.

• This means that in two months every single heart cell is rebuilt, every one year (approximately) all of the bone cells are replaced.
• Circulating through 27,359 kilometres (70 000 miles) of blood vessels are 30 trillion red blood cells. A healthy adult produces 15 million new red blood cells per second to replace the same number that expired each second. Equating to 900 million red blood cells per hour.
• 17 billion epithelial cells of the small intestine are replaced everyday. The entire small intestine surface being replaced every five days.
• Skin is changed approximately every 27 days so that is nearly 1000 new skins in a lifetime. We shed about 600 000 flakes of skin every hour.
• Our bones are constantly being worn down and being redesigned only slowing down when we are old. The skeleton is totally renewed every 2 years.
• The liver is subjected to constant damage and is the only internal organ that is capable of regenerating large parts of itself.

As the old cell dies and the new cell replaces it, the new cell is entirely dependant on the building materials provided to it and that is the foods and liquids that we consume and the air that we breathe.

Cells that are made strong through good nutrition will go a long way in giving you an immune system that will help you maintain optimal health. That is how our body was designed to function and this is where the healthy cell concept comes in. So, if we want to have abundant energy, good physical strength, and optimal health, we must take care of our cells so they will function as they were designed to function.

So how do we know that our nutritional requirements are being met to ensure optimal cellular health? Believe it or not, it isn't that hard to achieve. Through adequate macronutrients; that is carbohydrates (in a low GI form), proteins and fats; and adequate micronutrients; that is minerals and vitamins.

The real question is – ‘Can we get our bodies requirements of macro and micronutrients from our foods?' Unfortunately, the answer in most cases is no. Our foods are highly processed and filled with chemicals in the forms of additives and preservatives, or grown in soils that are depleted of nutrients from continual use and/or picked unripened to be held in cold storage for months on end.

The next logical question to ask is – ‘So how do I get these macro and micronutrients?' By eating a diet of foods that have little or no processing, high in both soluble and insoluble fibre, drinking adequate filtered water and supplementing our foods insufficiencies with pharmaceutically graded nutritional supplements. This is where Infinitive Health Wellness Centre can help.

Many nutritional supplements on the market today do not contain biologically available substances that are useful to the cells in the body. Our bodies have evolved over time to absorb organic nutrients; that is nutrients from plants, or from animals that have eaten the plants or from other animal by-products. Yet many supplements contain inorganic versions of those nutrients that the body cannot use.

So don't let the general consensus decide for you which supplement or latest diet fad is best for you, we at Infinitive Health Wellness Centre can advise on a diet that is specifically designed for your lifestyle and situation, and provide researched and professional guidance to the best macro and micro nutritionals on offer today.

For more information see the services we offer.

Thirst can sometimes be mistaken for hunger, or if we recognise the sensation of thirst we have a tea/coffee or a soft drink.

Our bodies are (on average) 65% water. A typical cell in the human body is 55% cytosol (intracellular fluid). Without adequate fluid intake to replenish these high water levels, dehydration, which is the loss of water and salts from the body, occurs quickly.

The body may lose fluids in a variety of ways: when urinating, sweating, vomiting and/or diarrhoea, sweating and from the lungs during normal breathing.

For every 30kgs you weigh, your body requires 1 litre of water. The table below is a guide for your daily water intake requirements.