The importance of staying fit is very beneficial even to mean your life depends on it, it is very crucial like the heart pumping blood throughout your entire body or let’s say like the Brain functioning as the CPU in our body. It is our duty to maintain a healthy lifestyle, this is not a luxury, this is a necessity that will affect all areas of our life. We live in an unhealthy and polluted environment no matter how clean it looks, for instance, air pollution which is mostly caused by the emission of gas waste by motto vehicle and factories. This is inevitable as we can’t do without these things cause these are the things that make society run smoothly. Different types of pollution and diseases weaken our immune system regularly. It is not surprising that Obesity and chronic disease like heart diseases kill some adults daily to the extent that research found that 65% of Americans also died of chronic diseases. Sadly, this can be avoided by little adjustment to a healthy life style. It is not surprising that humans of any class, age, and the group is very prone to them. It is then very important to take personal control of one’s health. Interestingly, this can be easy to do in fact, easier than you think. One must stay fit, it is the best preventive measure one can take to stay healthy at a cost less price with ease and no stress at all.
Here are some of the things you can do to start a healthy lifestyle.
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BALANCED DIET
Food intake Is very important to your health as it could determine your lifestyle and your health. There is a saying that ” you are what you eat” yeah, this is very true as what you eat is most like determine how healthy you are. Also, you must have been familiar with the say “show me your friend and I will tell you whom you are, well, health-wise I will say “show me your food and I will tell you how healthy you are”.
For a proper healthy lifestyle, A balanced diet is not a choice, it’s a necessity. Eat food that consists of various constituents and eat the accurate and appropriate quantity and quality requirements for an individual daily. For the benefit of your digestive system eat food that contains proteins, little fats and carbohydrates, and other food that digest easily. Depending on your body requirements, the diet may differ from person to person according to the direction of a dietician or family doctor.
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HAVE AN ACTIVE LIFESTYLE
The goal is to stay healthy by keeping fit and you can only do that by being active and engaging your body in some physical activities. This can easily be achieved, for instance, school children should prefer to walk rather than be driven in a vehicle if it is a walking distance. You can use the stairs rather than the elevator. Also when it comes to entertainment, outdoor games should be preferred to T.V as this will keep one engage physically. Doing things this way will lead to a healthy lifestyle.
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WORKOUTS AND EXERCISES
Research shows that stress and tension oftentimes to result to an unnecessary weight gain or weight loss and destroys fitness levels. Fitness activities are greatly beneficial in shedding some unnecessary weight and burning unneeded calories. Burning calories stored in the body plays a good role in maintaining a healthy weight when combined with a balanced diet.
Workouts and exercises are necessary and cheap ways to stay fit, engage in them.
DON’T TAKE FATTY FOODS
Fats are the major contributors to excess calories. Eating fatty food contribute more than the required number needed and tends to accumulate in the body, so it is best to avoid it as fast as possible, the more you avoid them the better your chances are of remaining fit.
Stop overeating: Consuming the right amount of food your body strictly needs per day is the ideal way to go. The more you eat food the more calories consumed which in accumulation, do increase the chance of obesity and some chronic heart diseases. it is best to consume the right amount needed.
AVOID SKIPPING MEALS
Skipping meals is a strict No-No. Contrary to the belief of many people, skipping a meal is not ideal as it has some effects Once you skip any meal, your hapetite will grow more and you will compensate for it by overeating during your next mealtime because your habitat is grown leading to the desire to consume more than you should which will result into more weight gain.
It is best to stick to your normal meal time but healthy diet, reduce food consumption (not by skipping meals).
QUIT SMOKING
It is important to know that most addiction agent leads your unhealthy weight gain. Alcohol is digested in the stomach and absolved straight in the bloodstream and easily stored as fats. So it is best to avoid alcohol and other harmful substance like drugs, marijuana, cannabis, and another harmful substance has this kills and weakens your immune system gradually. In fact in some countries like Nigeria, it is holding written on the pack of cigarettes that smokers are liable to die young.
REMARKS
Many people just sit at the comfort of their living room eating junk food and watching TV all day wishing they could have a body like Chris Hemsworth or even Gal gadot without knowing the works they put into looking that good and amazing, this people don’t just wish, they work tirelessly for it.
To you, getting in shape sounds like a long, time-wasting process, the effort you need to put into getting fit will have many positive effects on your physical and total well-being. If you desire to have good health then you need a change of lifestyle. No matter how old you are you can start your journey to improve your health and have an amazing body.
Just follow the steps above and like every good thing in life, it takes time to build. these simple ways will make you healthier by keeping you fit and in shape while keeping your immune system strong.
