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Tips for a Healthy Life

Tips for a healthy life is to make you healthy and happy. Good health is always a personal choice we have to make in order to enjoy vibrant healthy living. I usually compare living healthy with the Ten Commandments the Creator prescribes for us to experience holy living. These ten unerring tips for a healthy life are designed to optimize your vibrancy and feel-good energy level.

1 Water, water, water. Your body is seventy five percent water, therefore adequate amount every day is crucial for every cell to function effectively. Enjoy a pint of filtered water at room temperature first thing in the morning. It helps flush the body to get rid of some of the toxic waste that we absorb through various point of the body, such as the skin, the mouth, the eyes, the ears, the nostrils.

2 Include more fruits in your daily diet. You get more absorbable nutrients that the cells will be happy to receive. The antioxidants from fruits help to prepare the immune system to protect the body against invading germs and bacteria. Grab a few fresh fruits on your way out.

3 Tips for a healthy life teaches you how to resist temptations on unhealthy eating. Avoid going to junk food shops with your work mates. You are always far better off eating something natural that comes directly from a living plant instead of from a manufactured plant.

4 Exercise on the go. Instead of drinking a cup of coffee or gossiping with your colleague, invite him for a five minute walk. This is very necessary if your lifestyle is more or less sedentary. Create a slot of five to twenty minutes in your day to exercise the entire body, especially the internal organs.

5 Drink herbal teas, they are healthy substitutes for coffee. These have great health benefits. Here are some of the suggested herbal tea benefits you can get when you consume on a daily basis: Achieve a more calm, relaxed state of mind; support heart health; aid with stomach and digestive problems; provide cleansing properties for the body and promote energy and wellness.

6 Go nuts. Eat a handful of nuts instead of those sweet artificial flavored snacks. Eating nuts give you one of the best plant sources of protein. They are rich in fiber, phytonutrients and antioxidant such as Vitamin E and selenium. Nuts are also high in plant lipids and sterols - good fat - but mostly monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats (omega 3 fatty acids – the good fat) which have all been shown to lower LDL cholesterol

7 Say yes to freshly squeezed juice. Have a glass of freshly squeezed home made fruit juice every day. One hundred percent fruit juices can play an important role in your daily diet because they offer great taste and a variety of nutrients found naturally in fruits. These juices are fat-free, nutrient-dense beverages that are rich in antioxidants to fight those free radicals in the body. A glass of freshly squeezed fruit juice provides naturally occurring phytonutrients like vitamins and minerals that contribute to good health.

8 Develop the habit of deep breathing. Practice the habit of paying conscious attention to your breathing, lengthening and deepening the drawing in of oxygen, nourishes every cell of your body and promotes relaxation. Breathing deeply is a simple and effective exercise to add to your healthy living lifestyle. Deep exhalation and inhalation will help to get rid of stale air and toxins in your lungs.

9 Eat less later in the day. Tips for a healthy life says, your heaviest meals should be between breakfast and lunch. Your last meal should be three to four hours before you retire to bed. Don't eat after seven pm.

10 Supplements and Vitamins. Try as you may, eating the regular balanced diet at the dining table cannot give you the adequate amount of nutrients your cells need for optimal health. Because of soil depletion, chemicals added to aid production, the processing of food stuff for longer shelf life all contribute to poor nutrition which necessitates the supplementation of our diet.