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HEALTHY LIFESTYLE




Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is the easiest thing to do, provided you know the right tricks. Excess stress jolts your mind and you will see its spill-over effect in every aspect of your life. The key to counter daily pressures and stress is to lead a healthy life and develop healthy habits. You will find your productivity visibly enhanced and your mental framework quite positive, if you follow a healthy way of life. Remember a healthy lifestyle can also reduce hypertension.



Tips For Maintaining A Healthy Lifestyle


A Healthy Diet




The first step towards maintaining a healthy lifestyle is to eat healthy. Poor nutrition adversely affects your health, so you need to ensure that all the essential nutrients are well balanced in your diet. Healthy food will enhance your physical and mental stamina, enabling you to cope up with the pressures of daily life more efficiently. Include vitamins, proteins and minerals in your diet, so that your body gets its due share of nutrition.Salt restriction(sodium) is also needed to prevent and regulate hypertension.


Exercise Regularly



Regular exercise is as important as healthy food habits, to maintain a competent lifestyle. Some people eat well, but avoid working out. The benefits of exercise have been proved time and again and don't need any further advocacy. If your working schedule is too hectic to allow you any time for exercise, try to find other ways of working out. For instance, shun the elevators and climb up the stairs to your office. You can also walk till the market, rather than rolling out your car every time you want to buy something.


Take Proper Sleep



Maintaining a healthy lifestyle will become impossible with a lack of proper sleep. Never compromise with your sleeping hours, under any circumstance. Less sleep hampers your efficiency by making you feel lazy and inactive. Try to establish a fixed bed time routine and follow it religiously. You should get up in the morning feeling fresh and active, raring to go!


Take Time-Outs And Relax



No matter how busy you keep, take a breather once in a while, to rejuvenate your mind and recharge your batteries. Life, especially in the present times, is too demanding and challenging, and as such, it becomes important to relax. Chill out to de-stress yourself. To maintain a lifestyle that is healthy, it is important to feel happy and stress-free. You can also go on occasional vacations, to dump all your worries aside and get on with the fun in life.


Organize Your Activities



In the run up to a healthy lifestyle, we often fail to prioritize, rather organize our activities well. You may want to incorporate some form of exercise in your daily routine, but end up completing some other important task in your scheduled workout time. Always remember that an organized lifestyle is a competent lifestyle. Systematize your tasks and get rid of the habit to procrastinate. There is nothing like a well-arranged day, to live a healthy life.

Quit smoking


It's no secret that nicotine use has been linked to a variety of life-threatening illnesses, from cancer to heart disease and stroke. If you're a smoker, make quitting your top priority. 


Get regular checkups


Think of your doctor as an ally who helps keep you well, not just the person who treats you when you're sick. Regular checkups and screenings are vital, especially if you or your family are predisposed to certain medical conditions. 


Get regular cancer screenings



Early detection saves thousands of lives every month. Your family history and certain risk factors sometimes indicate that a person's screenings should start at a younger age.



Avoid excessive drinking


While drinking in moderation is usually fine, heavy drinking can lead to liver damage and other serious health risks.


Become safety-minded

Disability-causing incidents can spring up when you least expect them. Stay alert for possible dangers. Drive defensively. Wear your seatbelts. At work or play, always use the recommended safety equipment.


"Watch your back."




Back injuries and arthritis are the leading causes of disability. You can reduce your chances of injury by losing weight, do gentle stretching exercises before a rigorous workout, and practice sound weightlifting techniques.








An ounce of prevention, the old saying goes, is worth a pound of cure.

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