Ten tips for a happy and healthy life
We continue with our fit section and this week the Zumba instructor, Macarena Martínez, brings a series of tips and advice to have a healthier and happier life. Check them out!
We continue with our fit section and this week the Zumba instructor, Macarena Martínez, brings a series of tips and advice to have a healthier and happier life. Check them out!
Leading a healthy life is based on three basic pillars: food, exercise, and rest. Many times there is the intention to achieve it, but we don't know where to start, but the truth is that it can be done by changing or acquiring some small habits. You just have to propose it.
1.- Improve your rest habits
A regular rest schedule can help us a lot to recover from the fatigue of the previous day. A good mattress, an optimal rest environment, and sleeping for seven to eight hours, finding our sleep schedule, will help you sleep better. Avoid going to bed watching your cell phone or television, because these are stimuli that hinder sleep.
2.- Exercise daily
Another of the fundamental pillars for leading a healthy life is to play sports as much as possible. The main thing is to choose an exercise that motivates you and that you like, so you can do it daily. 30 minutes a day of physical activity will give your health a huge boost. And if you ever don't have time, do at least 15 minutes of jogging or exercises at home, anything goes.
3.- Modify your shopping list
To start improving your diet, it is essential to change your shopping list. A good diet starts with making a healthy purchase. Focus on fresh produce and avoid processed foods. Most of the food should be fruits and vegetables, without forgetting meat and fish.
4.- Learn to cook
The second step after modifying the shopping list, to start eating well is to learn to cook. If we don't know how to do it, we will probably end up eating "junk food" or anything we find in the refrigerator. Mastering culinary techniques such as steaming, grilling, or baking will be essential to making our diet and food healthier. day by day. Knowing how to cook saves calories and improves the taste of our shopping list.
5.- Drink water and limit the consumption of drinks
One of the big impediments to the diet is the amount of calories we drink. Water should be the main drink and soft drinks should be sporadic drinks, taken occasionally during the week or on weekends. If writersilate this habit, we have a lot to gain.
6.- Fruits and vegetables should not be missing
We cannot go a day without consuming foods from these groups. They are the ones that will provide us with a large part of the vitaminsm adal, memberiber. Fundamental nutrients for the normal development of the body. Try to have at least one food from each group in any main meal.
7.- Forget about a sedentary lifestyle
Climb stairs, walk or bike to work, don't spend more than 30 minutes on the couch, etc. They are small actions in daily life that make us less sedentary and healthier. Avoid anything that involves sitting and doing nothing and go outside to move.
8.- Reduce stress in your life
This is one of the most neglected aspects that are not usually taken into account. Try to reduce your stress level to a minimum. Excess stress leads us to chronic fatigue and not being happy, something very important if we want to have a healthy life.
9.- Introduce fiber into your diet
Fiber is, without a doubt, the great forgotten part of the diet. It is very important to regulate intestinal transit and to produce the feeling of satiety that will prevent us from overdoing calories. The benefits of fiber will make the body function better. Foods such as fruits, vegetables, and seeds are rich in fiber, hence their importance in the diet.
10.- Limit the consumption of salt and sugars
Both are usually very present in the diet. The WHO recently decreased recommendations for sugar in the diet. For this, it is very important to know the foods, read their nutritional labeli , and k w kn wha and know amountsr and salt we eat daily. An excess of sugar contributes to obesity and an excess of salt feeds hypertensive processes.
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