Healthy Living for a Better Life

Healthy living is well within the reach of each and every individual, starting today. Sure, healthy living is a long-term lifelong commitment, not a flash-in-the-pan fad but something that that should be practiced each and every day in order to see the results. There are measures you can take right now that will make this day healthier than yesterday and pave the way for healthy living tomorrow and years to come.

There are various factors which affect our health and overall well being. Some we cannot control, such as your genetic makeup and your age. But you can make changes to your many lifestyle practices. By taking steps toward healthy living, you can help reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, stroke and several other serious lifestyle diseases. Get the screening tests you need maintaining a healthy weight, eat a variety of healthy foods, limiting calories and saturated fat, be physically active, control your blood pressure, and cholesterol, don't smoke, protect yourself from too much sun, drink alcohol in moderation, or don't drink at all. Sounds simple enough but these simple steps toward healthy living have been difficult for many to follow.

Importance of Fitness to Healthy Living

For some fitness may mean having to perform vigorous and regular physical activities but for others this may include light to moderate activities such as walking a few times a week. There is no shortage of activities that you can make available to you, so you should easily be able to find some form of exercise that is manageable and enjoyable at the same time. If parent can get their children interested in physical activities when the are young, exercise and fitness are more likely to become a habit that lasts for a lifetime and will do well in promoting healthy living.

Importance of Healthy Diet to Healthy Living

Vital to any healthy diet is moderation. What is moderation? For many, moderation means eating less than they do now. But it doesn't necessarily means eliminating the foods you love and enjoy.  In essence, moderation means eating only as much food as your body needs. You should feel satisfied at the end of a meal, but not stuffed. Moderation is also about balance. Despite what fad diets would have you believe, we all need a balance of protein, fat, fiber, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals to sustain a healthy body and healthy living. Also, eating foods rich in dietary fiber will help you stay healthy and helps to lower your risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and help you maintain a good weight.

Eating bacon for breakfast once a week, for example, could be considered moderation if you follow it with a healthy lunch and dinner—but not if you follow it with a box of donuts and a sausage pizza. If you eat 100 calories of chocolate one afternoon, balance it out by deducting 100 calories from your evening meal. If you're still hungry, fill up with extra vegetables.

Healthy living should be practiced by all in order to promote a long and enjoyable life by all. Before individuals embark on any dietary or fitness plans they should consult their physicians.

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