Healthy Living Tips For Everyone

1. Think positive and focus on gratitude

Research shows a healthy positive attitude helps build a healthier immune system and boosts overall health. Your body believes what you think, so focus on the positive. Being negative can lead you to being depressed and lower your immune system so you become sick much easily so stay positive and you will be healthy

2. Eat your vegetables

Shoot for five servings of vegetables a day — raw, steamed, or stir-fried. A diet high in vegetables is associated with a reduced risk of developing cancers of the lung, colon, breast, cervix, esophagus, stomach, bladder, pancreas and ovary. And many of the most powerful phytonutrients are the ones with the boldest colors — such as broccoli, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, grapes and leafy greens.

3. Drink Water

Water does more than just quench your thirst and regulate your body's temperature; it also keeps the tissues in your body moist. You know how it feels when your eyes, nose, or mouth gets dry? Keeping your body hydrated helps it retain optimum levels of moisture in these sensitive areas, as well as in the blood, bones, and the brain. In addition, water helps protect the spinal cord, and it acts as a lubricant and cushion for your joints. Adding an a few extra glasses of water can keep your mind focus and your overall health much better.

4. Exercise daily 

Did you know that daily exercise can reduce all of the signs of aging? This includes improving eyesight, normalizing blood pressure, improving lean muscle, lowering cholesterol and improving bone density. If you want to live well and live longer, you must exercise! Studies show that even a few minutes of exercise makes a difference so get off of your couch and do something! Crank the stereo and dance in your living room. Sign up for dancing lessons. Walk to the park with your kids or a neighbor you’d like to catch up with. Shoot some hoops or throw ball with your son. Get some of your girlfriends and sign up for Zumba. Play water volleyball. Ride a bike, Jump on a trampoline. Go for a hike.

5. Get a good night's sleep

If you have trouble sleeping, try relaxation techniques such as meditation and yoga. Or eat a small bedtime snack of foods shown to help shift the body and mind into sleep mode: whole grain cereal with milk, oatmeal, cherries or chamomile tea. Darken your room more and turn your clock away from you. Write down worries or stressful thoughts to get them out of your head and onto the page. This will help you put them into perspective so you can quit worrying about them. Just close your eyes and get that good rest that your body needs to stay rejuvenated and healthy.

Laugh and smile more, then add some of these tips into your life and you will experience a healthier and positive you and it will effect everyone around you.