Healthy Living Guide
Nowadays most of the people are aware of importance of leading a healthy way of life, of doing exercise and being on a diet. To be healthy is very important in the modern world. Health is the man’s greatest wealth. Only a healthy man can enjoy his life, work well and be happy. If you are ill nothing seems nice. Everybody wants to live a long healthy life. Unfortunately, now it has become a dream. You can Inherit some health problems from your parents, but you can always keep health if you want to. Some people think they are healthy, if nothing in their organisms hurts. But to be healthy means that every organ works well, and you are mentally and physically healthy. The first rule of the healthy way of life is to have normal weight, not to be overweight and not to change your weight quickly. It is not natural to lose or gain weight quickly or to look like top models. You must control your weight.
The second rule of the healthy way of life is a correct diet which helps your organism work well and be healthy.
The third rule is regular exercise. Physical exercises help you keep fit, have a good gait and figure. They also help you lose weight and work out energy.
There are also some bad habits which can ruin your health. They are smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs. To be healthy you have to give up these habits or never start them, this is the fourth rule.
Diets and Healthy Food.
Diets are very popular nowadays. Every newspaper, every pop or film star offers a new diet. But nobody should be on a diet without doctor’s control. Many people feel they are too fat, even if their doctors disagree. And a lot of people try to improve their fitness. There are a lot of ways to lose weight and avoid gaining it. If you want to lose weight you should cut out snacks and desserts. People have also become more aware of calories, the energy value of food. Some people count the number of calories they eat every day, so that they can try to take in fewer calories and lose weight. This is called a calorie-controlled diet. Manufacturers are increasingly producing special foods with fewer calories for slimmer. But excessive dieting may be dangerous too. Some people refuse to eat meat as they considerate harmful. They say a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of cancer and vegetarians live longer than others. That’s wrong to put down a food simply because excessive amounts can cause health problems. Consumed in moderate amounts, meat is perfectly good for out health.
There are different kinds of nutrients: carbohydrates,
proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. Different foods
contain different nutrients. Eating the proper foods is
important to stay healthy. There are five basic types
of food, which each person should eat. Meat group includes:
chicken, fish, meat and eggs. Meat helps us have a strong
and healthy body by providing us protein.
Milk group includes: cheese, ice-cream, kefir, soured cream and milk Dairy builds strong teeth and bones by providing calcium. Bread- cereal group includes cereal, spaghetti and bread. These products give us energy by providing protein, iron and several B vitamins. Fruit and vegetables group consists of wild berry, orange, corn, carrots, cabbage and juice. Fruit and vegetables help us have healthy gums, good eyesight by providing vitamins A and C. Vitamins are good for out health. The most important vitamin is vitamin C. It can be found in lemons, oranges, apples and other fruit.
The last group consists of sugar, butter which give us a lot of energy. But we all know that to eat much fat is bad for our health.
Before we cut down on fat, sugar and salt, we have to know a bit more about the kind of food these things might be in. Pasta, cakes, sweets and chocolate in big quantities have much fat and sugar. We do need fat to live, it’s an essential part of our diet and physically we couldn’t exist without it. There are different kinds of fat. There are fats that are good for us and fats that are bad for us. Eating less of the bad ones and more of the good ones can actually help us to live longer. Bad fats are the saturated fats, found in animal productions, like red meat, butter and cheese. Friendly fats are the unprocessed fats found naturally in foods like nuts and seed, olives, avocados and oily fish, including tuna.
Finally, there are three main messages to follow for healthy eating:
1)We should eat less fat, particularly saturated fat
2)We are to cut down on sugar and salt
3) We must eat more fresh fruit and vegetables
Physical Activity
The best way to be healthy is to go in for sport. Doing exercises is the best way to avoid depression caused by the abnormal rhythm of the everytime urban life. There are many opportunities for keeping fit. Running, jumping, swimming, cycling are among the most popular exercises. Today everybody wants to feel good, look slim and stay young. Many fitness clubs and public leisure centres have been built during the last years. Many people prefer jogging, which is the cheapest kind of sport. You can see a lot of people in white ‘’trainer’’ shoes and tracksuits who run through the parks or along the streets early in the morning. Among the benefits of regular exercises are a healthier heart, stronger bones, quicker reaction times and less susceptibility to various illnesses. Besides, you are burning it all off. In order to keep fit some people do aerobics or yoga; others prefer some kind of weight training in a gym. A healthy body becomes a fashion. Besides regular exercises develop positive traits of character and learn how to work hard, to be strong, patient, well organized and disciplined.
Bad Habits.
Such habits as smoking,
drinking alcohol and using drugs
can ruin your health. Active
smokers cause damage
non – smokers. Non – smokers don’t smoke themselves, but they inhale the smoke from the cigarettes of those who are active smokers. When inhaling people get nicotine in their blood stream. Although smoking hasn’t got an immediate deadly effect, it still is a process of poisoning. Smoking influences the work of the heart. The quantity of tar in the smoke is harmful to the respiratory organs. Smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs are not simply habits, but they can be called a voluntary suicide.
To be healthy you have either to give up these habits or never start them.
Nowadays smoking has been banned by law in public places and at work in the presence of other people. Cinema and TV should stop portraying people smoking, because many teenagers smoke as they want to look like adults, but not because they like it. Now advertisements of cigarettes and alcohol are prohibited on TV and radio.
Another bad habit is drinking alcohol. It’s a very serious problem. Some people think that alcohol can help them to relax and feel more confident. When
drunk, people look terrible. They don’t care about their appearance or health. They ruin their health and their lives. They lose their families. Drinking alcohol is bad for all organs of the human body, but it first influences the liver, the organ, which purifies the blood. As a result the drunkard gets cirrhosis of the liver. Then alcohol influences the brain and a man stops being a man. A great man said that drinking alcohol is a voluntary madness. He was right.
The usage of drugs is a bad habit too. Drugs change people. People can get accustomed to taking them very quickly. In the beginning a pusher gives
drugs for free or at a symbols price. But later after several doses
one can’t live without drugs. A drug addict has to take
drugs every day or he suffers from the
syndrome of abstinence. Drugs ruin all human organs,
and drug addicts die young. Few of them live longer
than several years after they have started taking drugs.
The second rule of the healthy way of life is a correct diet which helps your organism work well and be healthy.
The third rule is regular exercise. Physical exercises help you keep fit, have a good gait and figure. They also help you lose weight and work out energy.
There are also some bad habits which can ruin your health. They are smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs. To be healthy you have to give up these habits or never start them, this is the fourth rule.
Diets and Healthy Food.
Diets are very popular nowadays. Every newspaper, every pop or film star offers a new diet. But nobody should be on a diet without doctor’s control. Many people feel they are too fat, even if their doctors disagree. And a lot of people try to improve their fitness. There are a lot of ways to lose weight and avoid gaining it. If you want to lose weight you should cut out snacks and desserts. People have also become more aware of calories, the energy value of food. Some people count the number of calories they eat every day, so that they can try to take in fewer calories and lose weight. This is called a calorie-controlled diet. Manufacturers are increasingly producing special foods with fewer calories for slimmer. But excessive dieting may be dangerous too. Some people refuse to eat meat as they considerate harmful. They say a vegetarian diet reduces the risk of cancer and vegetarians live longer than others. That’s wrong to put down a food simply because excessive amounts can cause health problems. Consumed in moderate amounts, meat is perfectly good for out health.
There are different kinds of nutrients: carbohydrates,
proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. Different foods
contain different nutrients. Eating the proper foods is
important to stay healthy. There are five basic types
of food, which each person should eat. Meat group includes:
chicken, fish, meat and eggs. Meat helps us have a strong
and healthy body by providing us protein.
Milk group includes: cheese, ice-cream, kefir, soured cream and milk Dairy builds strong teeth and bones by providing calcium. Bread- cereal group includes cereal, spaghetti and bread. These products give us energy by providing protein, iron and several B vitamins. Fruit and vegetables group consists of wild berry, orange, corn, carrots, cabbage and juice. Fruit and vegetables help us have healthy gums, good eyesight by providing vitamins A and C. Vitamins are good for out health. The most important vitamin is vitamin C. It can be found in lemons, oranges, apples and other fruit.
The last group consists of sugar, butter which give us a lot of energy. But we all know that to eat much fat is bad for our health.
Before we cut down on fat, sugar and salt, we have to know a bit more about the kind of food these things might be in. Pasta, cakes, sweets and chocolate in big quantities have much fat and sugar. We do need fat to live, it’s an essential part of our diet and physically we couldn’t exist without it. There are different kinds of fat. There are fats that are good for us and fats that are bad for us. Eating less of the bad ones and more of the good ones can actually help us to live longer. Bad fats are the saturated fats, found in animal productions, like red meat, butter and cheese. Friendly fats are the unprocessed fats found naturally in foods like nuts and seed, olives, avocados and oily fish, including tuna.
Finally, there are three main messages to follow for healthy eating:
1)We should eat less fat, particularly saturated fat
2)We are to cut down on sugar and salt
3) We must eat more fresh fruit and vegetables
Physical Activity
The best way to be healthy is to go in for sport. Doing exercises is the best way to avoid depression caused by the abnormal rhythm of the everytime urban life. There are many opportunities for keeping fit. Running, jumping, swimming, cycling are among the most popular exercises. Today everybody wants to feel good, look slim and stay young. Many fitness clubs and public leisure centres have been built during the last years. Many people prefer jogging, which is the cheapest kind of sport. You can see a lot of people in white ‘’trainer’’ shoes and tracksuits who run through the parks or along the streets early in the morning. Among the benefits of regular exercises are a healthier heart, stronger bones, quicker reaction times and less susceptibility to various illnesses. Besides, you are burning it all off. In order to keep fit some people do aerobics or yoga; others prefer some kind of weight training in a gym. A healthy body becomes a fashion. Besides regular exercises develop positive traits of character and learn how to work hard, to be strong, patient, well organized and disciplined.
Bad Habits.
Such habits as smoking,
drinking alcohol and using drugs
can ruin your health. Active
smokers cause damage
non – smokers. Non – smokers don’t smoke themselves, but they inhale the smoke from the cigarettes of those who are active smokers. When inhaling people get nicotine in their blood stream. Although smoking hasn’t got an immediate deadly effect, it still is a process of poisoning. Smoking influences the work of the heart. The quantity of tar in the smoke is harmful to the respiratory organs. Smoking, drinking alcohol and taking drugs are not simply habits, but they can be called a voluntary suicide.
To be healthy you have either to give up these habits or never start them.
Nowadays smoking has been banned by law in public places and at work in the presence of other people. Cinema and TV should stop portraying people smoking, because many teenagers smoke as they want to look like adults, but not because they like it. Now advertisements of cigarettes and alcohol are prohibited on TV and radio.
Another bad habit is drinking alcohol. It’s a very serious problem. Some people think that alcohol can help them to relax and feel more confident. When
drunk, people look terrible. They don’t care about their appearance or health. They ruin their health and their lives. They lose their families. Drinking alcohol is bad for all organs of the human body, but it first influences the liver, the organ, which purifies the blood. As a result the drunkard gets cirrhosis of the liver. Then alcohol influences the brain and a man stops being a man. A great man said that drinking alcohol is a voluntary madness. He was right.
The usage of drugs is a bad habit too. Drugs change people. People can get accustomed to taking them very quickly. In the beginning a pusher gives
drugs for free or at a symbols price. But later after several doses
one can’t live without drugs. A drug addict has to take
drugs every day or he suffers from the
syndrome of abstinence. Drugs ruin all human organs,
and drug addicts die young. Few of them live longer
than several years after they have started taking drugs.
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