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Protect your microbiome. There is some evidence to support the theory that certain neurologic

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massage daily can give you and your circulation a big boost.

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Improving your lymphatic flow relates to the foods you eat, how you exercise and relax, saunas, laughter, and even spirituality.

Breathe deep. Especially when faced with an angry situation, you need to breathe—not just to calm down emotionally, but to keep your lymph moving. Holding your breath impairs flow. The largest lymph vessels and main lymph channels in your body are located in your chest. Whenever you take a deep breath, it moves the lymph fluid along, and the one-way valves in these tubes keep lymph from going backward.

feeding your flow with good nutrition, creating fast flow with intense exercise, and maintaining smooth and unobstructed flow with meditation and relaxation.

Therefore, the deeper your breathing, the more circulation of your secret rivers of life you can get. This is especially

Try taking time for a few minutes of deep, slow breathing morning and evening, to train yourself for optimum breathing all

Place one hand on your abdomen; see if you can feel it move outward as you breathe in. This moves the diaphragm in a way that provides the most space for your breath. As you breathe out, tighten your belly muscles, pushing as much breath as possible upward and outward. Repeat for a few cycles, and remember to do this several times during the day, especially whenever you feel particularly tense.

niacinamide. Sun exposure also seems to be helpful.

Jump. A "rebounder" is a small trampoline you can use indoors to get your lymph to flow merrily gently down its stream without much effort (and it's a great way to burn calories, according to research from NASA). Utilizing the benefit of gravity, you can jump up and down or simply bounce your feet on the trampoline, and within a short time, your fluids are moved along four times faster than

You can plan for a short rebounding session in the morning and evening; start with just a few minutes, then gradually increase to tolerance. Most of the lymph travels through the chest in the thoracic duct (which has one-way valves). When you jump on the rebounder, you help the fluid move up and stay there when you come down. Since the lymphatic channels are next to your arteries, increasing

We recommend 10 to 20 minutes, but even five minutes or just 50 to 100 jumps can be powerful.

Enjoy the sauna. Sitting in the heat can increase heart rate, which helps the heart muscle get exercise and also moves lymph fluid where it needs to go to assist in maintenance and repair of your crucial coronary arteries. Toxins from your body are carried away with sweat. One prospective Finnish study showed that the more often subjects took a sauna, the lower their risk for heart attack and overall

15 to 20 minutes is enough—and rehydrate with fluids afterward. Taking a sauna even once a month was found to lower heart disease risk.

medicinal power of food. The strategy is two-fold: 1) Avoid foods that clog or inflame your vessels, the ones that carry your blood and the ones that carry your lymph.

Do yoga. The gentle stretching of yoga and tai chi systematically move your blood and

Most "comfort food" should actually be labeled "discomfort food" because of its disease-causing potential. 2) Choose the rainbow-colored foods that will leave you light and refreshed, whistling with energy and joy and keeping your lymph (and the rest of your body's systems) running strong. Best of all, you can do this and have fun with food, so that your tongue is as satisfied as the rest of your body.

Caloric Energy: Every ingredient is used to fuel our body. This energy comes in the form of calories. What we use is burned off; what we don't is stored in our body or expelled.

Meditate. Your heart and lymph vessels are constantly responding to your thoughts and emotions. Meditation is the process of training the mind to become