How To Live A Healthy Lifestyle /healthy eating foods

How To Live A Healthy Lifestyle 

     

This is a simple pamphlet that outlines how to live a healthy life style. You may store this pamphlet in a safe location and look back to it for inspiration on day-to-day tips.
Why is a healthy lifestyle so important?
Not only is health important to a person at the individual level, but also it contributes to the advancement of society if more people are performing closer to their fullest potential. For more information on how to achieve a healthy lifestyle, please see the rest of this pamphlet
 What is a healthy lifestyle?
 A healthy lifestyle is one that focuses on incorporating the eight aspects of well being into one’s life (emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual).  “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Not only is the absence of disease a sign of having a healthy lifestyle, but also the ability to function at an optimal level of productivity is indicative of it.

Healthy Eating Foods

There is disturbing evidence amounting that people from the United States and other regions around the world are consuming more refined sugars and empty calories that at any other time in history. These healthy eating foods in excess may increase the risk for developing chronic diseases:

⦁  Soda and other sweetened soft drinks
⦁  Pastries, cookies, cakes and pies
⦁  Sugary breakfast cereals
⦁  Fried foods
⦁  Fast foods o Chips and candy o Processed foods
In addition, increasing amounts of evidence are showing that eating red meats in excess may raise the amount of saturated fats in the body, heightening the risk for developing chronic diseases later in life.6 If you eat red meats, make sure they are grass-fed with healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
Exercise
Getting exercise on a daily basis is a good idea because it releases endorphins, the “happy neurotransmitters,” and helps to reduce anxiety and stress.18
It is typically advisable to get exercise for a minimum of half an hour each day.19 However, exercising for 45 minutes, an hour or more is even better!
Some of the benefits of exercise include20: -Mood improvement -Body toning -Reduced risk of developing chronic diseases.

Lifestyle Choices

To live a healthy life, it is also important to have a support system, whether that includes friends, family, pets or others you may know in your life.

Altruism and giving back not only helps the community but also provides one with a sense of value and fulfillment.
Take time for yourself. It is important to create a space where you can reenergized yourself and reflect on what you’ve done throughout the day.
Practice MINDFULNESS. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness is the state of consciously being aware in the present moment, both internally (your internal sense of self) and externally (what is going on in your surrounding environment) in an accepting manner.

Be grateful for today and for the abundance of what you have in your life (think positive!).
Take time to appreciate life. Slow down. What’s the rush? Take a stroll in a park with nature. Walk slowly. Enjoy the natural scenery!