Our whole body is a temple and we need to take proper care of it.
Do you know that about 70% of Americans are either obese or overweight?
That’s insane!
Think of your body as your physical protector to protect you throughout your life. If you repeatedly abuse it, it will wear out quickly.
Life is beautiful and you don’t want to hold yourself down with unnecessary health problems. Today, your vital organs may be working well, but they may not be tomorrow if you Don’t take your health for granted.
Sound health isn’t just about healthy eating and exercise — it’s also about having a positive mindset, a positive self-representative, and a general healthy lifestyle. In this article, I share some tips to live a healthier life.
- Consume more water. Most of us don’t drink enough water daily, Water is essential for our body systemcto function properly. Do you know over 60% of our body is made up of water? Water is needed to carry out body functions, remove metabolic waste, and carry nutrients and oxygen around our body. Since we lose water daily through urine, bowel movements, perspiration, and breathing and other biological functions, we need to replenish our water intake
as at when due.
Furthermore, drinking water helps in losing weight.
The amount of water we need is dependent on various factors such as:
humidity, your physical activity, and your weight, but generally, we need 3 - 4 liters of water intake per daily.
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.
One way to tell if you’re hydrated — your urine should be SLIGHTLY YELLOW IN COLOUR. If it’s not, like it’s dark yellow or even orange, you’re not getting enough water!
Other signs include dry lips, dry mouth, and little urination.
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Get adequate sleep. When you don’t rest well, you compensate by eating more.
Get enough rest. Also, lack of sleep causes premature agingMeditate. Meditation calms your mind and soul.
Exercise:
Movement is life. Research has shown that exercising daily is beneficial to our health, including an increase in lifespan, lowering of risk of diseases, higher bone density, and weight loss. Choose walking over transport for close distances and other form of exercises.
Pick exercises that you enjoy.When you enjoy a sport, you naturally want to do it. Exercise isn’t about stressit yourself out; it’s about being healthy and having fun at the same time. What exercises do you like and how can you include them in your routine?.
Eat fruits. Fruits have a load of vitamins and minerals needed in the body.
Do you know that oranges offer more health benefits than vitamin C pills?
It is advisable to consume your vitamins and minerals through your diet rather than through pills. I eat a variety of fruits every morning and they keeps me alive.
Try to always eat these nutritious fruits: Banana, Papaya, Kiwi, Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, Raspberries, Watermelon,carrot,Honeydew, Peach, Apple, Grapefruit, Pomelo, Mango, Orange faithfully (that is at the right time and in the right quantity )
Eat vegetables. Vegetables are the source of many nutrients and minerals like folate, vitamin K, folate, vitamin A, manganese, and potassium, not to mention dietary fiber which is important for good gut health. There are two types of vegetables: Starchy vegetables like potato, sweet potato, yam, and pumpkin,
And non-starchy vegetables like kale, arugula, spinach, broccoli, brussels sprouts, long beans, tomato.
All vegetables are important and enrich our diet.
Pick different-colored fruits/vegs. Always consume a wide variety of fruits and vegetables of different colors. Firstly, fruits and vegetables with different colors represent different anti-oxidant content.
Secondly, when we eat a large diversity of fruits/vegetables, it creates a wide variety of good bacteria in our gut, which creates a strong defense line between us and the environment, improves our immune system.
Go for intact grains like steel cut oats, barley, brown rice,buckwheat, millet.
Refined grains include white rice, white flour, most types of bread, white pasta.
The more processing a grain has been through, the more refined it is.
Love yourself. Self-love is an important part of living a healthy life. It is self love that would let you be always contended with whatsoever you have,no matter how small it is.
When you have a negative self mindset,it naturally weighs down on your mental and physical health.
How much do you love yourself on a scale of 1-10?
Why?