Friday, November 13, 2009

How to lead a healthy lifestyle

What is a healthy lifestyle? One may ask. A healthy lifestyle is having a lifestyle filled with good and positive things in many aspects such as mental, physical and emotional well-being. One needs to maintain his health so that he is able to function normally in life.

To live a healthy lifestyle, we must always have a balanced diet. A balanced diet consists of all seven classes of food on their tight proportions including carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, fats fibre and water. If we do not abide by this rule, we may get sick easily. In other words, we need to eat right in order to stay healthy.


Besides that, we must also do regular exercise for at least three days a week. Exercise help in improving one’s stamina, physical strength and agility. During exercise, our body will be able to take in more oxygen and increasing metabolism for healthier cells. Therefore, we can maintain our health by exercising more often.

Not only that, we must have enough rest and sleep after we have done something strenuous. Enough rest and sleep for as long as eight hours will help us to recover energy that we have lost during the day. In fact, once we recharge through enough rest and sleep, we can do our job or carry out daily routine vigorously.

In addition to this, we should also get a hobby such as reading, playing chess, listening music, surfing the internet, watching television and so on. We need to have a hobby for us to spend our time more productively instead of wasting time aimlessly. With hobbies, we can even find common grounds with our friends to share and enjoy together.

Furthermore, we must have a healthy social life. We can improve our social life by having friends to talk to spend our time with. If we face any problems, we can have a friend to lean on. Get someone to talk to when you are under a lot stress and surely you can relieve your pressure that way more effectively than other way.

Finally, we must also stay away from negative habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs. It is important to know that such habits can harm our health and may even lead to our death. Life is precious so we should not waste it on negative lifestyle.

As a conclusion, practicing a healthy life will bring us more benefits than we think. Those who live a healthy lifestyle, tend to enjoy a longer and happier life. We can too if we start to follow the right steps towards healthy lifestyle today.