People
want to live a healthy lifestlye but some of them don’t know about healthy food
and activities. Health is something
that can’t be bought so it is better for us to live healthily before we buy
expensive medicine to treat our sickness. Here are some tips to live healthily
that you can do at home.
Health Tips You Can
Do at Home
The
first health idea you can practice
at home is choosing healthy foods that contain minimal amounts of unhealthy
fats. Unhealthy fats include trans fats and saturated fats that can raise your
LDL cholesterol and elevate LDL cholesterol so the possibility to have heart
disease is high. It doesn’t mean you can’t eat fats. You still can consume
healhty fats in moderation since mono-saturated and poli-unsaturated as well as
omega-3 fats are all good for your body. Those good fats can lower your LDL
cholesterol and raise your HDL cholesterol that later decrease the risk for
hear disease.
The
next health advice you can take is
choosing foods that are low in sugar and highly refined carbohydrates. Try to
minimize the consumption of sweets, soft drinks, white bread and sugary fruit
juices. You can consume whole fuits, freshly-squeezed juices and whole grain
bread instead. Moreover, you need to eat a variety of different whole foods
instead of eating processed foods. Eat fruits and vegetables that contain high
vitamin and mineral. Then, choose to eat lean meat, beans and tofu to meet the
protein need. You also can eat whole grains like whole wheat bread, whole wheat
pasta,brown rice and quinoa.
Get Some Exercise
and Avoid Unhealthy Habits
You
can apply the health advice like
stretching in the morning to start and finish your workout. Warm up your
muscles by gentle stretching before you work out so your muscles will relax
after you work out. If it is needed you can go to the gym 3 to 5 times a week.
You don’t need to spend many hours there. You only need to have half an hour to
an hour to have cardio and strength training programs in the gym. You also can
exercise in your neighborhood by jogging or taking your dog for a walk. Make
sure that you do it for at least 30 minutes. Do some gardening and housekeeping
activities and walk or bike instead of driving your car.
The
next health advice is staying away
from fat diets like liquid diets, diet pills and other diet supplements unless
you are under the supervision of your doctor. Then, it is also important to
have some rest periods between your workouts since having too long, too often
and too much intensity of work out can increase your risk for injury. You also
need to kjnow what you weigh since being overweight or underweight are not
healthy for your body. Consult to your doctor about the best weight you should
have. If you smoke, avoid it to live healthier and if you consume alcohol try
to stop drinking it to save your liver. The last, get plenty of sleep to live
longer.
