Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important, in today’s scenario. It is common to hear about some or the other problem related to health faced by individuals. Your sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical exercise are the two major contributors for lifestyle disorder.
Here are 9 habits you can include in your daily routine to lead a healthy lifestyle. MAKE BALANCED FOOD CHOICE You should include variety of food in your meal. Our body needs more than 40 different nutrients. Eating same food everyday doesn’t give the required nutrients to the body. It is important to have a balanced diet which will provide multiple nutrients required for your body. EAT PLENTIFUL FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Fruits and Vegetables are good source for vitamins, minerals and fiber required by our body. We should include at least 4-5 servings daily. E.g. A glass of juice in the morning, one portion of fruit during snack time and rest (vegetables) can be taken during lunch and dinner. EAT REGULARLY BUT CONTROL YOUR PORTIONS The key to remain healthy is by eating regularly and in the right amount. You should never starve yourself. Skipping a meal like breakfast, will lead to out of control hunger. And this will further result in binge eating or over eating of food. While, eating in-between the meals will help you to control your hunger. You can carry keep unsalted nuts, fruits, yogurt, dry fruits as snack items with you. Also, you should pay attention to the portion you eat. Eating in right amount will help you to enjoy your food without having to eliminate it. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS Drinking plenty of fluids keep your body hydrated. An adult requires 1.5 liters or 8 glass or more fluid a day. Water is the best source for having fluids but you can also include fruit juices, milk, tea etc. REDUCE YOUR SALT AND SUGAR INTAKE A diet rich in salt can result in high blood pressure which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. Ways to reduce salt intake –
MAINTAIN A HEALTHY BODY WEIGHT Maintaining a right weight is important for us to remain healthy. It decreases the risk of diseases like diabetes, heart disease etc. Every individual weight depends on multiple factors like gender, height, age, and genes and accordingly the calorie intake is required. GET ON THE MOVE, MAKE IT A HABIT It is important for every individual to have some physical activity. Having some kind of physical activity –
Fats are important for your good health and proper functioning of the body. But excess of anything is not good for your body. You should limit your consumption of saturated fats. Things which can be kept in mind to reduce the intake of saturated fat.
You should always start slow. Make small changes instead of major one. It becomes easier for our body to accept small deviation compared to big ones. Small changes which can be done –
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AuthorDr D.K. Gupta Dr D K Gupta, acknowledged as a young enterprising doctor, is Chairman and Promoter of Felix-- a multi and Superspeciality hospital located in Noida. He is known for providing Quality health care facility to the patients in the region of Delhi NCR at an affordable cost.
Dr Gupta is an eminent speaker, an author, and a social worker. He has also published & presented several research papers at national and international forums. He has been awarded by Chief Minister of UP for exceptional contribution in healthcare; by Price water house Coopers, Asia Magazine & URS Media as “World’s Greatest Leaders; by ET NOW News Channel and Franchise India as Entrepreneur of the year. |