How to maintain a Healthy Lifestyle

How to lead a Healthy Lifestyle:-

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is very important.Healthy lifestyle has long term benefit.healthy lifestyle is not just absenteeism of diseases but it is also remaining Physically and mentally fit.

Here i have discussed some points to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

1 Eat a balanced diet.

Proper nutrition is very important to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Eat a variety of foods daily because our body needs different types of nutrients.Fruits,Fresh vegetables,diary products,Meat,Eggs,Low fat foods and avoid sugar and salt.

2 Drink plenty of Water.

Hydrate,Hydrate and Hydrate.It is Key to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Our body is made up of 60% of water.Water can cleanse toxins from the body, improve brain function, energize muscles,helps to maintain a healthy weight and maintain body temperature.

Every person needs water according to his/her age.Here is the Daily recommended amount of water chart.

Demographic	Daily recommended amount of water (from drinks)
children 4–8 years old	5 cups, or 40 total ounces
children 9–13 years old	7–8 cups, or 56–64 total ounces
children 14–18 years old	8–11 cups, or 64–88 total ounces
men, 19 years and older	13 cups, or 104 total ounces
women, 19 years and older	9 cups, or 72 total ounces
pregnant women	10 cups, or 80 total ounces
breastfeeding women	13 cups, or 104 total ounces

1 Liter = 33.8140226 US Fluid Ounces]

1 cup contains 250ml or 8fl.oz

Credit for this chart goes to healthline

3 Exercise.

Exercise is essential for your physical health.Exercise prevents you from many diseases like  type 2 diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.

Exercise is a great way to stimulate your health and studies have shown that physical activity helps improve longevity and overall health.

Some best exercises to for everyone is:-

• Push ups
• Jogging or Running
• Plank
• Sit ups
• Bridge
• Walk
• Tai chi exercises
• kegel exercises
• Strength Training

4 Maintain a healthy body weight.

Healthy body weight is also plays an important role to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Both skinny and obesity has adverse effects.

Adverse effects of being obese are:-

• All-causes of death
• High blood pressure 
• High LDL cholesterol,HDL cholesterol
• Type 2 diabetes.
• Coronary heart disease.
• Stroke.
• Gallbladder disease.
• Osteoarthritis

Bad effects of being underweight are:-

• Malnutrition
• Anemia
• Vitamin Deficiencies
• increased risk for complications from surgery.
• Low density in Bones
• Fertility issues
• Growth and development issues, especially in children and teenagers.

So maintaining a healthy weight is also important.It can be done by : Follow a healthy diet, and if you are overweight or obese, reduce your daily intake by 500 calories for weight loss. Are physically active. Limit the time you spend being physically inactive.Your healthy body weight is determined by your BMI(Body Mass Index).

5 Maintain a good posture.

Good posture is very significant to maintain a healthy lifestyle.A bad posture does a lot of damage to your spine.Bad posture also leads to man problems like back,neck and shoulder pain.poor circulation of blood in body,digestion problems,pinched nerve,deformation of spine,jaw pain and headache.

6 Get plenty of sleep.

Sleep is essential for your health as it protects you from many diseases like heart diseases,Type 2 diabetes,chronic disease,fights from infection.

Sleep times fir everyone is different.Here is sleep times according to age.

Age	Recommended
School-aged Children 6-13 years	9 to 11 hours
Teenagers 14-17 years	8 to 10 hours
Young Adults 18-25 years	7 to 9 hours
Adults 26-64 years Older than 64 years	7 to 9 hours 7 to 8 hours

7 Meditation.

We already have discussed about Physical health but mental health is also necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle.It is necessary to take time out from your busy life for meditation and for prayer to focus.

8 Avoid Sugar.

Sugar is tasty but it has adverse effects on body as they increases the chance of cardiovascular diseases,Type 2 Diabetes,Increase risk of cancer,increase risk of Depression,Linked to Acne,May Accelerate the Skin Aging Process.try to eat natural sweeteners like fruits and avoid artificial sweeteners.

9 Be Active.

Being active is necessary to live a healthy life.Staying active helps to reduce your risk of conditions like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke.Exercise,Meditation and work are some common ways to stay active.Work hard o achieve your Goals.

10 Reduce salt intake.

Salt in excess amount s also very bad.If your salt intake is in excess,The extra water stored in body raises your blood pressure  and high blood pressure results in heart attacks, strokes, dementia and kidney disease.

11 Make these points a habit now.

Lastly,Focus on your goals and achieve them.You may note these points and apply to your life for 3-4 days which is not beneficial so try to make these points a habit from now and don't wait for yesterday to come.