Do you know what it take to live a healthy lifestyle, right; no worry its why your here, I have gathered various tips for you to undertake in your everyday life so as to ensure a healthy lifestyle.
These tips are not a bulky banch of complicated techniques, they are our everyday activities which we got to just maintain or improve were need be. Below are top 11 everyday tips to live a healthy lifestyle.
Fruits are a plethora of vitamins and minerals. Fill your palate with these nutritious fruits such as Watermelon, Apricots, Avocado, Apple, Cantaloupe, Grapefruits, Kiwi, Guava, Papaya, Strawberries, etc
2. Get enough sleep.
When you do not rest well, you compensate by eating more which usually is junk food. Get enough sleep and you do not need to snack to stay awake.
3. Exercise regularly.
When I talk of exercise, it's not just a few times a week, but everyday, Movement is life. Exercising regularly brings tremendous benefits to our health, including increase of life span, lowering risk of diseases, higher bone density and weight loss as well. Increase activity in your life, choose walking over transport fir close distances. Climb the stairs instead of taking the lift, Join some aerobic exercises.
4. Eat more vegetables
Just like fruits, Vegetables are important for the well being of our health. We shud have 5-9 servings of fruits or vegetables and unfortunately most people don't even have atleast 5 servings, some of the Vegetables include; Kidney beans, Black beans, Asparagus, Long beans, French beans, Sprouts, button mushrooms and carrots.
5. Remove negative people from your life.
Positive mental health is an important part of a healthy life. You do not need toxic people in your life. If you that a friend is overly critical or negative, then let him or her go.
6. Say no to oily foods.
Reduce your intake of fast foods , fries, doughnuts, chips, wedges, and foods that have been deep fried. Not only are they very fattening (1 table spoon of oil is 120 calories), deep fried food contains acrylamide, a potential cancer- causing chemical.
8. Eat small meals
Choose several small meals over a few big meals a day. This balances out your energy distribution throughout the day.
9. Breathe deeply.
Oxygen is a vital source of life. Most people do not breathe properly, we take shallow breathes and breathe to 1/3 of our lung capacity. Athletes are coached proper breathing techniques to get their best performance. A full breath is one where your lungs are completely filled, your abdomen expands and there is minimum movement of the shoulders.
10. Don't drink alcohol.
Just like caffeine, alcohol is a diuretic. Not only that, alcohol is repeatedly proven to have negative effects on our body and health - impacting the proper functioning of our brains, liver, lungs, and other major organs. If you a regular alcoholic, it's time to cut it off.
11. Stop smoking.
It has been extensively proven that smoking is detrimental to health, severely increasing the risk of lung cancer, kidney cancer, esophageal cancer, heart attack etc. Smoking light cigarettes does not decrease health risks.Bottom line - if you are a smoker, quit for better health of not just yourself, but also your family and Friends. If you do not smoke stay away and do not start.
12. Practice safe sex.
Looking after your sexual health is important for your overall health and well-being. Practice safe sex to prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted infections like gonorrhoea and syphilis. There are available prevention measures such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) that will protect you from HIV and condoms that will protect you from HIV and other STIs.
13. Do regular check ups.
Regular check-ups can help find health problems before they start. Health professionals can help find and diagnose health issues early, when your chances for treatment and cure are better. Go to your nearest health facility to check out the the health services, screenings and treatment that are accessible to you.