Here are a few recommendations:
• Make a plan and draw up a list of priorities, balance work and private life, and share out your obligations from time to time. Dividing activities within the family and at work is the key to functioning well.
• Work out which tasks matter to you and don't waste your energy. Some people prefer certain jobs and activities and do them with more enthusiasm, so talk to the people around you and suggest dividing and streamlining the work.
• Keep a record of which days were good for you in terms of physical, social, cognitive (thinking) and emotional functioning, think about them, and match this to your needs, wishes and abilities. You will notice that some days are easier and others harder.
• Match your physical activities to your eating habits and rest.
• Pay attention to eating well. We can think of food as medicine, so both the quantity and the quality of food have a considerable impact on our health. The essential components of food are an important area of scientific and medical research. For example, fifteen trace minerals are known to play a role in the human body. These are iron, zinc, copper, chromium, selenium, iodine, fluorine, manganese, molybdenum, cobalt, nickel, tin, silicon, vanadium and arsenic. Only the first ten have been proven to be truly essential, while the real role of the others has yet to be clarified.
