Co-Writer: Reece Evans
Introduction
What is a healthy lifestyle? It is a style of life that reduces the risk of developing a major illness and or passing away too soon. While certain illnesses and diseases cannot be prevented– many fatalities, especially those caused by coronary heart disease, high blood pressure and lung cancer, can be averted.
In this article we are going to explore 5 healthy lifestyle tips and techniques to have a healthy lifestyle routine for everyone to prevent having diseases i.e., cardiovascular or respiratory diseases and a lot more.
Table of Contents
The 5 Healthy Lifestyle Tips and Techniques for you
1. Observe Your Weight and Measure
In obtaining a healthy lifestyle it will be easier to see what you’re gaining and what you’re losing if you keep track on your body weight on a daily or weekly basis. Also, take note of your BMI, or your “Body Mass Index” to determine if you are underweight, normal weight, overweight, or obese. You can identify your health status among this and will encourage you to eat more, or eat less, or even exercise more, or less. Be vigilant, about monitoring this one, because serious weight quantity or less may affect the status of your body. It may cause several diseases on the cardiovascular system, hematological system, and even respiratory system.
2. Regularly Engage in Outdoor Physical Activity
Working out at home “might be” a smart option. However, you can better opt for a higher healthy lifestyle by a run or a dog walk outside. Let those adipose tissue, or fats in the body burn by engaging oneself to a rigorous physical activity or exercise. One of the best exercises to do is cardiovascular exercise such as jogging, biking, swimming, playing tennis, badminton, table tennis, soccer, hockey, volleyball, basketball etc.
3. Have Enough Restful Sleep
Your immune system, sleep quality and quantity are strongly connected with a healthy lifestyle. Sleeping even the habitual seven to eight hours per night will help adequately keep your immune system healthy. With that in line, we strongly boost our 1st, 2nd, and 3rd line of defenses to fight allergens and bacteria, or pathogens whenever they invade our body that may cause infection.
4. Limit Sugary Beverages, Stay Hydrated, and Drink Plenty of Water
Daily intervention, such as water intake as a daily routine is a must. To keep our body from being dehydrated, drink water regularly to keep living a healthy life. It is important to balance our in-take of sugars, and even sodium with water to restrict having fluid retention that may cause high blood pressure, or hypertension. Hence, drinking water is vital in one’s health and much of an excellent healthy lifestyle.
5. Eat Healthful Meals and Limit Unhealthy Foods
A nutritious meal with more protein and fiber and less fat, sugar, and salt should be the meal you ought to choose for lunch and breakfast and calories. Eat healthy meals of fish and plant-based foods for a healthy lifestyle. Do away with preserved foods, canned goods, sodas, beverages and liquor but opt more for fresh fruit juices and healthy vegetables.
Top 12 Superfoods, Nutritious Plant-based foods
1. Oatmeal, barley, quinoa, and chia seeds which help keep cholesterol in check.
2. Yogurt probiotics improve digestion and immunity.
3. Soybeans rich in fiber, protein and essential amino acids.
4. Kiwi fruit, pomelo and berry fruits like strawberries, cherries, blueberries, kerson fruit or manzanitas, and java plum or “duhat” contain more potassium and Vitamin C than an orange.
5. Sweet potatoes are very rich in antioxidant and beta carotene.
6. Green leafy veggies like kale, mustard green, Chinese cabbage or pechay, spinach (alogbati rich in flavonoids), watercress, romaine lettuce, peppery arugula are loaded with calcium, vitamin C, beta-carotene, fiber and lutein for the eyes.
7. Squash keeps skin healthy, and the potassium helps lower blood pressure.
8. Broccoli is a key source of towering vitamin C and Vitamin K which helps blood clot be well again.
9. Avocados promotes heart health, and its potassium decrease the effects of sodium.
10.Apples are high in fiber, lower cholesterol, support a healthy heart and boost brain intelligence.
11. Bananas for the active person, quick source of energy due to its richness in carbs, potassium for heart health, and alkalinity.
12. Mediterranean Dates are high in fiber, loaded with potassium, calcium, magnesium, selenium and minerals.
Conclusion
Having a healthy lifestyle will give you a peaceful sense of mind, hence it provides longevity when it comes to healthy aging also. It is better to keep in mind that we need to take care of our body because as human as we are, our physical and physiological functions are limited and weakens as we grow old.
Having a physical-engaged exercises daily will boost your body to become healthy, thus it helps to prevent and fight cardiovascular, respiratory, and other diseases that may infect the body that makes the fighting mechanism of our bodies to maintain our body healthy.
Start your healthy lifestyle now and change your daily life to have a better everyday life.
Bible Verses about Health
Exodus 23:25
“Worship the Lord Your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you.”
Proverbs 17:22
“A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.”
Jeremiah 30:17
“For I will restore Health to you and heal you of your wounds.” Says the Lord.
Whatever conditions or disorders you have in your body. Remember that our Sovereign God is the perfect healer and perfect doctor we can have in life. I encourage everyone to continuously pray, for nothings beats a heartfelt prayer for it is a most powerful weapon of a Christian.
Almighty God heals people who seek Him, who diligently obeys and follows Him. Make your request and petitions be known to God so that He can hear you. Be Healed in the name of Jesus my friend.
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