Healthy Habits that Keep Disease Away
Healthy Habits that Keep Disease Away
The only person who can truly take care of your health is you.
Yes. The only person who can truly take care of your health is you. In today’s world of ever increasing pollution, stressful workloads and erratic time schedules, diseases and health related problems are at their peak. For keeping these diseases away, you need to modify your lifestyle and adapt healthy habits. Read on to know all the tricks and tips for a healthy lifestyle.
Have a wholesome breakfast
It is rightly said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Breakfast actually means ‘breaking the fast’. It is the first meal of the day after a long gap. Avoiding breakfast will lead to various digestive problems and also make you feel tired throughout the day. So start your day on a fresh and healthy note by eating a nutritious breakfast. Also do not forget to keep your intake of milk and other dairy products sufficient.
Fall in love with your vegetables
Fresh vegetables are a rich source of fiber, essential nutrients and minerals. Adding these to your diet in the form of salads or juices will help to flush out toxins from your body and give your face a healthy glow.
Say no to cigarettes & alcohol
Smoking not only causes cancer of the lungs and other dreadful health conditions but also adversely affects your looks. It also harms the health of those who inhale the smoke passively. People who do smoke should quit for a longer and healthier life and also to set a good example for generations to come.
Intoxication risks
Intoxication is the most common cause of alcohol-related problems, leading to injuries and premature deaths. As a result, intoxication accounts for two-thirds of the years of life lost from drinking. Alcohol is responsible for:
- 30% of road accidents
- 44% of fire injuries
- 34% of falls and drownings
- 16% of child abuse cases
- 12% of suicides
- 10% of industrial accidents.
As well as deaths, short-term effects of alcohol result in illness and loss of work productivity (eg hangovers, drink driving offences). In addition, alcohol contributes to criminal behaviour - in 2010 it was reported that more than 70,000 Australians were victims of alcohol-related assault, among which 24,000 were victims of alcohol-related domestic violence.
Long-term effects
Each year approximately 3000 people die as a result of excessive alcohol consumption and around 100,000 people are hospitalised. Long-term excessive alcohol consumption is associated with:
- heart damage
- high blood pressure and stroke
- liver disease
- cancers of the digestive system
- other digestive system disorders (eg stomach ulcers)
- sexual impotence and reduced fertility
- increasing risk of breast cancer
- sleeping difficulties
- brain damage with mood and personality changes
- concentration and memory problems
- nutrition-related conditions
- risks to unborn babies.
In addition to health problems, alcohol also impacts on relationships, finances, work, and may result in legal problems.
Drink plenty of water
All health and beauty experts emphasize on the importance of drinking water. You must try to drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water in a day. Water helps cleanse your body and rejuvenates your skin. Insufficient intake may lead to severe dehydration.
Stay away from heavy fried and junk foods
Junk foods or fast foods are very rich in spices, oils, trans fats, artificial preservatives and sugars. All these are responsible for causing ailments like high cholesterol, high blood sugar, hypertension and kidney or gall bladder stones. Also, eating fast foods is one of the main reasons behind obesity, especially in children. Instead of feasting on such foods, make an effort to eat a well balanced and nutritious home cooked meal.
Sleep well
Experts suggest that we require at least eight to nine hours of proper uninterrupted sleep. For this you must never take long naps in the afternoon; if you wish to rest in the day take short power naps. Choose a comfortable and inviting mattress for your bed. Avoid a heavy meal at night and never go to bed right after dinner. Make it a point to go on a small walk after dinner so that the food gets digested.
Do exercise and meditation/prayer
Our forefathers suggest that we require regular exercises to our physical body to tune our whole body in condition. Our fore runners in this world are usually do more exercises than us, since the For our spiritual body, we need regular meditation or prayers. There is no specific time for such meditation and prayers, but we should concentrate our mind and body to such level will lead a peace in our mind and health to our body.