Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Guidelines On How To Live A Healthy Life

By Phyllis Schroeder


No matter what age, you can take steps now towards better health and feeling great. Making just a few changes in your lifestyle can help you live longer. Eat a balanced diet to help keep a healthy weight. Healthy living involves more than physical health, it also includes emotional or mental health. Life is attractive and you do not desire to bog you behind with needless fitness problems. The guidelines below on how to live a healthy life will ensure that you live to the fullest.

Do not feel obligated to eat just because there is still food on the plate. The bulk of food consumption should consist of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and low-fat milk products. Stop eating when you feel full. Avoid sodas and sugar-enhanced drinks because of the excessive calories in the sodas and sugar drink; diet drinks may not be a good choice as they make some people hungry and increase food consumption.

Drink more water. Water is essential for our body to function. Water is needed to carry out our body functions, remove waste and carry nutrients and oxygen around our body. Since food intake contributes about 20% of our fluid intake that means we need to drink about 2.0-3.0 liters of water, or about 8-10 glasses. Excessive loss of water in the body may result in dehydration.

Try to make some leisure time to do some things that interest you every week. Do some mind exercises such as reading or a puzzle occasionally during the week. Having less than seven hours of sleep at night can trigger secretion of higher levels of a stress hormone. It can lead to weight gain and depression.

Drink cold water. It quenches thirst, helps you feel full and keeps your body operating at full capacity. Since you lose water each day through bowel movements, urine, perspiration and breathing, you need to replenish your water intake. Drinking plain water alone.. Water drinkers lose 4.5 more pounds than a control group.

Drink alcohol in moderation. Women who have two or more drinks a day and men who have three or more may run into the detrimental effects ranging from weight gain to relationship problems. Bring a water bottle when you go out. That way, you can replenish your fluids whenever you want to. Do not drink alcohol. Like caffeine, alcohol is a diuretic. Drinking too much alcohol may result in addiction, alcohol related disorders and diseases such as liver cirrhosis.

Thirty minutes of modest exercise, at least three to five days a week is recommended, but the greatest health benefits come from exercising most days of the week. Walking elevates your mood, challenges your heart the best way to keep it fit and can even help reduce food cravings. Children need exercise; play outside of the home is a good beginning.

Quitting smoking is maybe the single most vital thing you can accomplish for your fitness and your existence. It is never late to kick the tradition. If you are a smoker, quit for better health of not just yourself, but also your family and friends. Giving up can slow the ailment and raise survival odds in smokers who have by now caused major damage to their lungs, such as individuals with lung cancer. Get away from smokers and stay away from cigarette smoke.




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