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Health

About Health and tips to be healthy

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How to be

healthy?
-What are some of the
benefits of being
healthy?

-Getting healthy

-How to develop positive


health habits?

-Staying healthy

-What shouldn't you do in


order to be unhealthy?

-What you can do to


maintain
your health?
A healthy lifestyle is important for everyone. When we look after our physical health, we feel better too – fitter,
more relaxed and better able to cope with things. This is especially important when you have a mental illness.

There are lots of ways of being healthy that feel good as well as doing you good.

WHAT ARE SOME OF


THE BENEFITS OF
BEING HEALTHY?
feeling better mentally – regular

exercise can lift your mood and help

you feel better

saving money – eating junk food,

smoking, and drinking sugary drinks

or alcohol are all expensive habits

fewer health problems – living a

healthier lifestyle means a lower risk

of developing many illnesses

taking control of your life – getting

healthy helps you feel in control of

your life.

Getting healthy what you eat and drink


sleeping well and managing stress
‘Healthy living’ means maintaining a practicing safe sex, drinking alcohol
healthy lifestyle and introducing habits that responsibly and not abusing drugs
improve your health. It can be difficult to being physically active
change old habits, but there are steps you staying connected with others
can take to become healthier. An being aware of any health risks related to
important first step is identifying less your illness and its treatment, and working
healthy habits and learning new, positive with your doctor to monitor these and then
ones to replace them, such as: take action
taking responsibility for your overall health
including having regular check-ups for your
eyes and teeth.
How to develop positive health
habits?
The key to developing positive habits
that you are more likely to keep is to:

Start slowly
Change just one thing at a time -
see the benefits that can come
from eating more wholesome
food or, taking up exercise or,
quitting smoking
Make small changes – like going
for a regular walk, instead of
pushing yourself to run 5km
every day, this will have more
chance of becoming a habit you’ll
keep.
Be flexible – for example, if you
decide to cut down on sugar, do
it gradually over a few weeks
rather than all at once. By cutting
down from two teaspoons in your
coffee to one-and-a-half, then
one and so on, your taste buds
will adapt and you’re less likely to
crave for the sugar.
Build on what you already do –
for example, if you sometimes
buy fruit to eat, then try buying
more of this (and fewer biscuits
and chips).
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Staying healthy

Being healthy is about more than getting fit


and feeling better, it’s about staying that way
too. Tips to help you stay motivated include:

schedule regular check ups with


your doctor to monitor your progress
and for that extra push you may need
to keep going.
reward yourself – feel good about
developing healthier habits by
rewarding yourself with something
nice.
overcome slip-ups – if you slip-up,
be realistic and start again.

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WHAT 1.- Distract yourself while eating
SHOULDN'T If you are eating, you are only
eating. Concentration when eating
YOU DO IN is essential because, if you are
watching Netflix, Instagram or
ORDER TO BE reading the newspaper, you are
HEALTHY? not aware of what you are eating
nor do you know if you are filling
up until later.
2.- Eating late meals
As soon as you wake up, you start 3.- Sleep a little
answering emails and finishing your Another unhealthy habit that not
coffee, and all of a sudden it's past only affects weight loss but also
breakfast time. Solution? Eating a your health in general has to do
sandwich after hours, when your with not sleeping the necessary
stomach is begging you to fill it up. hours. While we sleep, our body
And that is the problem and the direct regenerates and processes
consequence of not eating meals at information throughout the day. If
the appropriate times: you will end up we suffer from insomnia - or simply
opting for much less healthy and fast underestimate rest - we no longer
alternatives, guided by anxiety. give our bodies the opportunity to
process data or repair cell damage.
4.- Confusing gluttony with hunger
After a nervous day at the office, you
pass a bakery that has just baked
some croissants that smell from the
roundabout above. Your mouth
instantly starts to salivate. You think:
"I'm going to indulge myself, it's good
to do it once in a while." And it is, but
when you make it a habit it is a
problem. It's what experts call
"emotional hunger": gluttony invades
you and you think you're really
hungry. But don't let your urges fool
you.
What You Can Do to Maintain
Your Health?
A lot of factors play a role in staying healthy. In turn, good health can
decrease your risk of developing certain conditions. These include heart
disease, stroke, some cancers, and injuries. Learn what you can do to
maintain your and your family’s health.

Eat healthy.
What you eat is closely linked to your health.
Balanced nutrition has many benefits. By
making healthier food choices,
you can prevent or treat some conditions.
These include heart disease,
stroke, and diabetes. A healthy diet can help
you lose weight and lower
your cholesterol, as well.

Get regular exercise.


Exercise can help prevent heart disease,
stroke, diabetes, and colon cancer. It can help treat
depression,
osteoporosis, and high blood pressure. People who
exercise also get
injured less often. Routine exercise
can make you feel better and keep your weight under
control. Try to be
active for 30 to 60 minutes about 5 times a week.
Remember, any amount
of exercise is better than none.

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