Good Health Habits

[malinda]

Filter your source of drinking water.
Our water supplies are contaminated with various chemicals, while chlorine and fluoride are also carcinogens. Distilled or Reverse Osmosis would be ideal. If you can't afford those, a simple ceramic carbon filter is better than nothing.
Drink more water
Water is critical to good health. Our bodies are over 80% water! Water carries out many functions in the body -- it lubricates, carries nutrients, flushes toxins, cools, etc. Many diseases have been linked to dehydration or lack of water. Sodas, coffee, alcohol etc do not count; in fact, these are harmful beverages which actually dehydrate your body. Freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices as well as herbal teas are good. This is perhaps THE most important of this list of good health habits.

Go vegan
There are different schools of thought as to whether humans are meant to eat meat, and whether going vegan would result in any nutritional deficiencies. Personally, I believe that we do not need meat -- after all, there are millions of healthy and strong vegetarians in the world .
Eat a variety of whole and natural foods
Whole foods have many health benefits. For example, they contain more nutrients and fiber than processed foods. The nutrients in whole foods are also better assimilated by the body. By eating a variety of whole foods, we would thus be getting all the different nutrients which we need; try to have a colorful diet - i.e. fruits, vegetables, beans, etc of different colors. Processed foods, on the other hand, are unnatural and often contain a load of chemical additives and preservatives. Our modern day diets are a disastrous combination of too much processed foods and very little whole foods.

[Jonsan]

Why the habits are important is that as we age our system slows so it is harder to stay healthy. So limiting the things that can cause side-effects limits our chance of unwanted effects. Just like the pain of breaking a bone may go away but show up again as the "old football injury", our choices can come back to haunt us.

[Scott]

The main reason for ill health and diseases is improper food habits. Because of this many people suffer from diseases like diabetes, cancer, obesity ect. Simple changes in your diet and causes a great difference within a short period and can improve your health drastically. Try to avoid smoking and alcoholic drinks. For good health, you need to exercise daily. Exercising in the morning can leave you with a refreshed feeling throughout the day. Exercising can put you in a good mood and it will be easier for you to think positively and eat healthy foods.

[ricklaver]

Here are some more good health habits :
Take balanced diet on the regular basis
Drink 7 to 8 glasses of water per day
Take sleep of 7 to 8 hours in a day
Do 40 to 45 minutes of exercise

[greek229]

Good health is of prime importance to all of us. We need to be healthy, filled with abundant energy, sound sleep, and fit and disease free body, which will give us a sense of overall well being. In order to be fit and healthy we need to practice healthy living styles with proper food habits and exercise. We cannot be healthy if we are lazy and lethargic. We need to work hard both physically and mentally to be fit and healthy. Besides exercise, we also need to eat healthy foodstuffs avoiding junk foods, which make us lethargic and dull. If you are over weight and obese you will suffer from health problems. So you need to maintain an optimum body weight to be healthy.

You need to follow healthy and positive habits. Positive thinking is very essential in order to be healthy. You need to clear out your mind and fill it with positive thoughts. You will have to remove all the depressing and negative emotions and thoughts from your mind and replace it with healthy and positive thoughts. These positive thoughts can be extremely energizing and always lead to good things in life. You can get involved in practices such as meditation and yoga to get rid of the negativity and force yourself with positive thoughts.

[caramillie]

You need some coffee?

[venionjoy]

Exercise daily. Yes, you read correctly, we should be. Let's face it, this is the only body that we are going to get, so we might as well take care of it. Just walk a block will do your body good. To benefit from exercises to do at least 30 minutes a day.

[abcheck12]

Avoid close contact.

Avoid close contact with people who are sick. When you are sick, keep your distance from others to protect them from getting sick too.Commercially farmed vegetables and fruits are often genetically modified or sprayed with chemical pesticides. We are ingesting all these harmful toxins every day, at every meal, and the buildup causes disease in the long run.

[fattes]

You should be very careful about water standing in the sun over time which are plastic bottles. You have been warned!

[petergerry]

To get the full benefits of breakfast, the Mayo Clinic recommends a meal with carbohydrates, protein, and a small amount of fat. They say that because no single food gives you all of the nutrients you need, eating a variety of foods is essential to good health.If possible, stay home from work, school, and errands when you are sick. You will help prevent others from catching your illness.

[hollyhamine]

My habits which i can take as good habits for health :
I used to eat fruits and green vegetables in eating.
I used to help my mother in work so my body get little free and not so hard by sitting all day.
I used to walk for at least one hour from job to home,job to lecture and again return to home in between i used to walk little.
I listen music and by this i can not get stress and feel fresh at workplace.

[nellie1208]

Some good health habits are drinking a lot of water. Like 8-10 glasses of water everyday. Jogging is also a good exercise, maybe do it in the park or do it in the backyard. :) Eating foods filled with nutrients and vitamins. Avoiding foods that are very harmful to the health. :) those are some of my good health habits. =D

[gerrypeter]

You need to follow healthy and positive habits. Positive thinking is very essential in order to be healthy. Our water supplies are contaminated with various chemicals, while chlorine and fluoride are also carcinogens. Distilled or Reverse Osmosis would be ideal. If you can't afford those, a simple ceramic carbon filter is better than nothing.

[nellie1208]

yeah right. :) Good health habits has really an important role in ones' life,. :) So, each one of us are liable in protecting our bodies. :)