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10 Essential Health
Tips
1.
Move More
Make it a daily challenge to find ways to move your body. Climb
stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators.
Walk your dog; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the
lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool,
it's a stress buster. Think 'move' in small increments of
time.
2.
Cut Fat
Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty
meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy
products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be
eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, mayonnaise,
margarine, butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts.
Most are available in lower fat versions such as substitute butter,
fat free cheeses and mayonnaise.
3.
Quit Smoking
The jury is definitely in on this verdict. Ever since 1960 when the
Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health,
Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that
kill.
4. Reduce Stress
Easier said than done, stress busters come in many forms. Some
techniques recommended by experts are to think positive thoughts.
Spend 30 minutes a day doing something you like. (i.e.,Soak in a
hot tub; walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a
friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a funny
movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten
before losing your temper or getting aggravated. Avoid difficult
people when possible.
5. Protect Yourself from
Pollution
If you can't live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid
smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes
and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the
smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air
quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It's a good
pollution and dirt from the street deterrent.
6. Wear Your Seat Belt
Statistics show that seat belts add to longevity and help alleviate
potential injuries in car crashes.
7. Floss Your Teeth
Recent studies make a direct connection between longevity and teeth
flossing. Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps it's because people who
floss tend to be more health conscious than people who don't?
8. Avoid Excessive
Drinking
While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day (two
for men) can help protect against heart disease, more than that can
cause other health problems such as liver and kidney disease and
cancer.
9. Keep a Positive Mental
Outlook
There's a definitive connection between living well and healthfully
and having a cheerful outlook on life.
10. Choose Your Parents
Well
The link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just
because one or both of your parents died young in ill health
doesn't mean you cannot counteract the genetic pool handed you.
Thought for the day: Follow these basic tips for healthy living and
you can better control your own destiny
wah... you want to live to 100?
