The New Year is coming up. And so is the custom of resolutions.
While not all our resolutions get fulfilled by the end of the year, some of them are too important to be ignorant about. Like a resolution to improve our physical and mental health.
But how do we take care of our health amid our busy routine?
Well, we are here to solve this issue. Here, in this article, we have compiled 22 health tips for you to follow up with and improve your overall health.
1. Maintain a Healthy Diet
The most essential thing to consider while taking care of yourself is maintaining a healthy diet. You are what you eat! So, consume a balanced combination of fresh vegetables, fruits, and cereal. By eating healthy, you can improve your overall wellness.
2. Consume Less Sugar and Salt
Excessive salt intake increases the level of sodium in our bodies. And it is quite harmful to our health. Sodium leads to increased blood pressure, posing a threat to our hearts and bones.
And, excessive sugar leads to an unhealthy percentage of hike in our cholesterol rate.
So, consume less sugar and salt for a healthier body.
3. Reduce Harmful Fat Intake
Our body is supposed to consume 30% less fat than the amount of energy it produces. This can help us prevent gaining excessive weight. Hence, cut down on saturated and trans fats. Consume less amount of baked and fried food products.
4. Avoid Excessive Consumption of Alcohol
Well, honestly, any amount of alcohol is too much alcohol. There is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Alcohol consumption primarily brings out behavioral changes. Leading on, it harms your digestive and respiratory organs.
So avoid alcohol consumption as much as you can.
5. Quit Smoking
More than 65% of the population lose their life to smoking. Smoking causes lung cancer, blood cancer, and heart failure.
Smoking not only affects the direct smokers but also harms the people around them through secondhand smoke. So, quit smoking and add some years to your life.
6. Be Active
Physical activity is the best way to improve and maintain your overall health. Being active increases your flexibility, eases blood flow, helps you maintain your youth, and reduces your chance of gaining unhealthy weight.
7. Check Your Blood Pressure Regularly
Have your blood pressure checked regularly to avoid developing hypertension. Hypertension does not demonstrate specific symptoms that is why it needs to be monitored regularly.
8. Get Regular Checkups
Get yourself tested for allergies and flu, on a regular basis, to avoid sudden serious diseases.
Regular checkups can eventually serve you — physically and financially.
9. Get Vaccinated
Get complete vaccination to prevent catching viral diseases floating around in the air or by physical touch. Vaccination shields you from every infectious disease.
10. Practice Safe Intercourse
STIs are no joke and can be deadly. So practice safe intercourse to avert STIs from affecting your health.
11. Cover Your Mouth
Whenever you cough or sneeze, remember to cover your mouth and prevent yourself from transmitting infection.
12. Prevent Mosquito Bites
Mosquitoes carry deadly plague with them. Thus, their bites must be avoided at all costs. Use ointments and repellents to avoid mosquito bites.
13. Meditate Regularly
Meditation helps you calm your thoughts and detox from a tiring routine.
So, meditate regularly to maintain your psychological health.
14. Get a Good Sleep
Sleep plays an essential role in determining your mental and physical health. Get adequate 8-hour sleep and let your body rest properly to make it work efficiently.
15. Organic Consumption
Consume organic food products for better nutrition. Avoid consuming processed and packaged food items as they contain harmful preservatives.
16. Wash Your Hands
You touch most of the surfaces, collecting parasites all the way. Thus, ensure to clean your hands properly and frequently.
Washing hands washes away the possibility of contamination.
17. Prepare Food Hygienically
Prepare your food with proper hygiene and attention. Unsafe food habits increase your chance of food poisoning, so pay attention to what you’re eating.
18. Follow Traffic Rules
Millions of lives are lost every year to road accidents. Therefore, pay keen attention to traffic rules to avoid any mishaps.
19. Drink Clean Water
Water pollution is not an unknown concept. Consuming impure water causes food poisoning leading to organ failure. So, drink filtered clean water to prevent any serious health conditions.
20. Get Social
Talk to a person you trust. Depression is a neglected condition and should be paid heed to improve one’s mental health.
21. Take Meds As Prescribed
This generation tends to mistake the seriousness of medicines. When antibiotics lose their grip on your immune system, your health starts to decline rapidly. So, take your meds as prescribed to prevent health deterioration.
22. Avoid Eating Junk
Do not eat unhealthily. It can steadily lead to an increased risk of obesity and chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and some cancers.
Conclusion:
This year, resolve to improve your health by adhering to these simple health tips.
And if you want to learn more about improving your health, contact me as soon as possible.
Remember to get regular consultations and ask as many questions as possible.
