Brand new to Murad is Dr Murad’s book, Conquering Cultural Stress, The Ultimate Guide to Anti-Aging and Happiness.
Focussing on the need for us to detach ourselves from over-connected living and digital dependency, here at StyleNest we can definitely identify with this notion. A brilliant 3-step book talking us through the importance of our levels of cultural stress, Murad’s research has found the comprehensive key to anti-ageing.
A bedtime bible, I’ve been turning my phone off early and tucking into the fascinating facts within Dr Murad’s 8th book. Not only is he a world-renowned dermatologist, Dr Murad has also spent a lot of time studying the secrets behind anti-ageing. Most interestingly, this book explains that the key to anti-ageing is more than just diet or exercise, but an ability to lower our levels of cultural stress. Working his way through 10 years of research and 4,000 patients, the results are staggering. Visibly and emotionally, we’ve learnt that this is absolutely what we need to work on. One way is to indulge in an adult colouring book, mirroring Dr Murad’s own enthusiasm for art as a keen artist.
Having become hooked on his new book, we’ve teamed up with Dr Murad, bringing you his top tips for conquering cultural stress…
- LET GO OF THE NEED TO BE PERFECT! Perfectionism leads to pessimism! The latest science is pointing to perfectionism as a risk factor for disease in the same way as obesity and using tobacco products. Striving for perfection is a setup for failure. Some of us walk around with a keen sense of who we are and what we want to become in life, letting the imperfections be irrelevant. And some of us feel less certain of who we are and continually struggle to find those answers as we try to be perfect.
- EAT YOUR WATER! Improving your health at a fundamental level is key to healthy cells and healthy skin which can suffer as a direct result of Cultural Stress. I recommend replacing a glass of water with a piece of fruit or a vegetable containing structured water which the cells can use to function at full capacity. So snack on ‘water bombs’ like watermelon and cucumbers which are 97% water! From his years of research Dr Murad concludes that happy people have increased cellular water and look and feel younger than their chronical age!
- THE MAGIC OF MOVEMENT – embrace the power of movement and do what you love which gets the blood pumping. The benefits of exercise are well documented, but it also helps to lower cultural stress and encourages better hydration because muscle holds more water than fat, and healthy hydrated cells are the key to ageless skin and a healthy body.
- STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR PASSION – through Dr Murad’s Inclusive Health philosophy he understand the importance of emotional self-care. He encourages his patients to do something they enjoy daily whether it’s spending time with friends, going swimming or taking an art class. He says, “of the patients I’ve seen who appear to have a tremendous amount of cultural stress in their lives, those who don’t have a solid group of friends and regular plans to spend time with them are the worst off.”
Conquering Cultural Stress The Ultimate Guide to Anti-Aging and Happiness RRP £12.95.