Top 10 Tips to Healthy Living

So what are the top 10 steps you should take to improve your health?

The first step is knowing what we mean by healthy living. It's not just eating right and exercising. Learning to live healthy means trying to incorporate "health" into all aspects of your life from the most tangible, like wearing your seat belt to the intangible like staying centered through the power of "om."

Alright let's get healthy? Follow these steps and by next year, you will feel better than ever!

1. "Regular exercise. Exercise benefits every part of your life, from attitude to your cardiovascular system."

2. Eat a Healthy Diet. "Use common sense. Avoid fad diets. Eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Moderation is a key -- not just in eating, but also in all facets of a healthy life."

• "Eat whole grain foods (bread, or rice, or pasta) at least four times per week. This will reduce the chance of having almost any cancer by 40%. Given that cancer gets about 1 in 3 of us in a lifetime, that's big advice."

• "Eat at least five portions of vegetables and fruit a day, and especially tomatoes, red grapes and the like, as well as salad all year. This protects against a whole variety of different nasty things: It reduces the risk of stroke dramatically, it reduces the risk of diabetes considerably and it will reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer."

• Drink at least 8 glasses of water each day. If you are not drinking water, you are not giving your body the resources it needs to stay healthy!

• Enrich yourself consider taking a multi-vitamin. We don't always eat the proper foods and even if we do we are not always getting everything we need. B-vitamins, vitamin C, zinc, and magnesium are crucial nutrients needed by the body to maintain healthy functioning organ systems. When we are under increased stress, these vitamins and minerals help to promote endurance and maintain a healthy balance.

4. "Drink in moderation -- if it all."

5. "Get a regular medical check-up at least once a year."

6. "Always wear seatbelts. Just make it a habit. Use car seats for kids."

7. Do something for other people. Helping others is a healing act for both you and them. A little volunteer work is a great way to keep a healthy perspective on yourself and life.

8. "Practice stress relief. Whether it's exercise, deep breathing, a hobby, church, meditation find something that helps you deal with the pressures of life and work." Consider the following suggestions:

• "Smile and laugh. Spend some time watching a favorite movie or doing something you love. Laughter releases endorphins in the body which help us stay youthful."

• "Communicate and share. Getting together with loved and sharing how you feel is physically and mentally rejuvenating. Feeling connected and listened to promotes a healthy centered state."

• "Keep a Positive Mental Outlook. There's a definitive connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life. Thought for the day: You can't be unhappy when you're smiling or singing."

• Believe in yourself, listen to your voice inside. Honoring oneself and following your true passion leads to a healthy sense of self and wellbeing. Follow your path and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

• Say OMMMMMM....Om is not a word but rather an intonation like music. Saying "ommmmmmmm" sends a particular vibration through the body, which relaxes you...seriously, try it! When you are really stressed take a deep breathe and say Ommmmmmmmmmmmm!

• Consider Meditation. What are the benefits well according to Dr. Oz several "things at once, at a hormonal level, studies have shown that meditation can counteract the fight-or-flight response that floods the body with the stress hormone cortisol and that also shuts down the parasympathetic system, which normally restores order after the alert is over. At a molecular level, meditation slows metabolism in red blood cells and suppresses the production of cytokines - proteins associated with the kind of heightened immune response often seen in stressed-out subjects such as students taking exams."

10. Remember to live in the moment! Life is ment for living not just completing tasks and running errands. The more you live in the moment the less stress and more joy you will get out of life.

Do you want to build a healthy living strategy? Read my article Plan to Live Healthy

If you enjoyed this article you may also like to read Are you Living an Inspired Life?

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