Your health is your wealth and you should invest in your wealth just as much as you invest for your future.
Diet
There’s an easy recipe if your goal is to keep away problems like heart disease and strokes.
• Eat more fruits and veggies.
• Choose whole grains. Try brown rice instead of white. Switch to whole wheat pasta.
• Choose lean proteins like poultry, fish, beans, and legumes.
• Cut down on processed foods, sugar, salt, and saturated fat.
• Maintain a well-balanced diet always
• Don’t skip breakfast
Remember it’s not always about quantities but quality also.
Physical exercise
After a long, exhausting workday, exercising sounds like the last thing you would want to do, but getting your sweat on will actually energize you. Fatigue along with mood and depression improves after a single 30-minute moderate intensity exercise session. Everything we do uses oxygen, so when you exercise it helps you work more efficiently and you don’t tire as easily and you also function better mentally. Exercise boosts your heart health, builds muscle and bone strength, and wards off health problems.
Cut down Your stress
Stress can take a toll on your health. You probably can’t avoid it altogether, but you can find ways to ease the impact. Don’t take on too much. Try to set limits with yourself and others.
• To relieve stress, try:
• Deep breathing
• Meditation
• Massage
• Exercise
• Healthy eating
• Talking to a friend, family member, or professional counselor
Drinking lots of water
When you feel bloated, drinking water sounds as if it would only drink water when you’re bloated make matters worse, but it can often help. If you’re on a high-fiber diet, for instance, then your body needs more water to work more efficiently.
• Clean pure water from a protected source
• Aim to take not less than 2 litres of water per day, your body needs it.
Brush up on hygiene.
Many people don’t know how to brush their teeth properly. Improper brushing can cause as much damage to the teeth and gums as not brushing at all. Hold your toothbrush in the same way that
you would hold a pencil, and brush for at least two minutes. This includes brushing the teeth, the junction of the teeth and gums, the tongue and the roof of the mouth. And you don’t need a fancy, angled toothbrush – just a sturdy, soft-bristled one that you replace each month.
Mental health
Healthy living involves more than physical health, it also includes emotional or mental health. The following are some ways people can support mental health and well-being.
• Get enough sleep daily
• Try something new and often for instance eat a new food
• Do some mind exercises eg read, do a puzzle occasionally during the week
• Let yourself be pleased with your achievements, both big and small.