Simple Tips For a Healthy Life

Simple Tips For a Healthy Life

By Parthasarathy Rengaswami

Living a healthy life is not difficult. In fact, it is very easy to live a life of health, fitness and vitality. But we have made our life more complicated, jeopardizing our health in the process. Here are 7 simple steps to make your life healthy and happy.

1. Drink water. Am I saying something superfluous? After all, we all drink water, don't we? Yes, we do but many of us are under the misconception that since drinks like coffee, milk, alcohol, juices etc. contain water, drinking some of these will provide the body with enough water. You need to drink a considerable amount of water in its pure form! How many glasses of water do you drink everyday? I am not going to suggest any quantity. Just listen to your body. If you feel thirsty, drink water; don't go for a glass of juice or for a bottle of caffeinated soda!

2. Have a sense of proportion in what you eat at different times of the day. What you eat in the morning should be your heaviest meal and what you eat for the dinner must be the lightest. A heavy breakfast, a moderate lunch and a modest dinner will keep you fit, healthy, brisk, active and energetic.

3. Eat more natural foods than processed foods. Eat more of the foods produced by nature than of foods made in the factories. Natural foods will nurture your body while processed foods will weaken your body.

4. Play games. Keeping yourself physically active by playing games at all ages is the best gift you can give your body. Even if you do exercises, play games too. While doing exercises will make you feel that you are doing them because you have to, playing games will make you joyful relaxed. The fun that is usually missing when you do exercises will be present in its full form when you play games. Playing games does not mean that you have to play professional games. If you are a grand parent, you can play little games like hide and seek or other games of your own innovation with your grand children, making both your grand children and yourself happy.

5. Spend some time with silence. Allocate a few minutes for yourself everyday, during which, just be quiet. You may do some mediation or you may just sit down calmly and observe your thoughts, without trying to control them. You will find that you will cultivate a peaceful mind over a period.

6. Sleep for at least 6 hours a day.  Allowing your body to take the rest it needs is one of the most essential requirements for good health. You can have many reasons for not being able to sleep adequately but these reasons are not going to help in mitigating the damage you are doing it to your health. Find some way to ensure that you get at least 6 hours of sleep every day.

7. Walk your way to health. Can you allocate about 30 minutes everyday to go for a walk? If you can, then you will be creating a solid foundation for a life of health and vitality. A healthy life is important not only for remaining physically strong but also for living a life of happiness.

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