Good Health who doesn’t want it? As the old saying goes by “Health is Wealth” It makes the sense. Well, You may ask me how to have Good Health? I must say it is not easy to become a healthy person. Also, it is not something that can be done in a snap of your fingers.
Building Good Health takes time, patience, persistence, and a lot of dedication. I can hear that all those procrastinators yelling at me… So do not worry guys I will try to do something for you!
Mmm… Let me think about it… I guess I have figured out the Top 5 Secrets to Good Health
Drink Lots Of water!
Really I mean really dude?? Just drink lots of water and get healthy? Its that Easy?
Yes, If you ask me… See what water does to your body is unimaginable. Your body contains 80% of water and for your body to function properly what you need to do is drink plenty of water.
Minimum water intake recommended by WHO
As per WHO (World Health Organization) your body needs minimum of 3 Liters of water intake.
There few simple techniques that you can follow to not to get dehydrated:
- Drink one glass of water As soon as you wake up from the bed. It will make you Instantly hydrated as you haven’t drunk anything between your 6-8 hours of sleep.
- Set an Alarm to Drink water Half an hour before the lunch or any meal.
- Alternatively you can use some apps on the play store that tells you to drink water.
- When you are thirsty Instead of Drinking Soda or other drink grab a glass of water and just drink the water!
- Lastly, Before going to sleep at night drink a glass of water again, it will keep you hydrated for the night.
Move around & Exercise daily
Don’t be a couch potato and sit there binge watching, move around a bit stay active.
If you don’t have a desire to exercise daily in the morning, what you can try is go out for a walk. Take that fresh morning air and see the nature, listen to the birds tweeting around, See the sunlight peeking through the trees.
If you don’t like to walk in the morning pickup any time of the day walk. You can Ask your spouse, family member or a friend to accompany you for few days.
When you have to go anywhere within 10 to 15 minutes of driving distance don’t take your car. Use your bicycle or go walking. You can see that walking will lift up your mood and also burn some calories ultimately making you healthier day by day. Walking is one of those little secrets to Good Health.
Eat Healthy & Fresh Food
Make sure you always eat fresh & healthy food. Junk Food sometimes is okay but having it on daily basis can lead you to the obesity, High blood pressure, diabetic and many other diseases.
If you need a Good Health and you want to live longer then you should avoid eating junk foods and eat fresh foods. Fresh Foods like green vegetables, fish, fresh meat, eggs, etc.
Avoid Eating Too much of Salt & Sugar
No matter how much tasty those cakes are you have to control your sweet tooth and reduce the amount of sugar from your diet. See here is the problem, sugar tastes good makes you feel good but its also making you fattier, increasing your weight and making you obese.
Sugar does increase the risk of heart diseases and stroke and I am damn sure you definitely don’t want them at any point of time in your life. Nevertheless to say Sugar also causes tooth decay and I know how painful it is to remove those tooth’s.
You need to cut down the amount of sodium you eat on daily basis. High consumption of the sodium can cause high blood pressure and what this silent killer disease does is it don’t show much symptoms to you. But on the other hand High Blood Pressure increases your risk to heart diseases & strokes.
Sleep Well At least 7 Hours EVERYDAY
Here is the deal if you don’t want to feel drowsy and tired entire day you should consider sleeping for at least 7 hours everyday. Set a fix time to go to the bed, take warm shower, dim the lights and go to the bed. You will sleep like a baby in minutes.
Why we Sleep?
Sleep is very much essential for our body as it heals the body. When you are sleeping your stress levels go down. here are some more benefits of sleeping:
- It rests your body & lowers the stress
- Sleep reduces risk to diabetic and heart disease
- You get less sick and stay healthy
- Sleeping actually improves your mood
You must have seen sleeping babies, they sleep for 14 to 17 hours. An average adult needs at least 7 hours of sleep.
Talk to someone
Yes, its about mental health. Its kind of a taboo subject that we don’t often talk about it. But hey if you are feeling low or down go talk to someone and vent out. If you don’t have anyone don’t worry there are plenty of places online where you can vent out or find a good friend. Whom you can share whatever you want.
Make sure while talking online to a stranger make sure you don’t share things that can get you into trouble. Alternatively you can book an appointment with a therapist and share or vent out.
I am glad you made it till here, follow above tips and you will see a drastic changes rather drastic improvements in your health. Ultimately you can get a Good Health.
There are dozens of things you can do to have a Good health overall. Like, Drinking less or no Alcohol, Say no to smoke and other prohibited substances, don’t get into a fight (LOL), Stay away from the mosquitoes, use less chemicals in terms of creams or face packs. instead use Natural Face packs. And many more things to do for a good health.
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