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Top 10 Health Resolutions for 2012

Thinking about making some healthy changes for 2012? Here are some basic lifestyle tune-up suggestions:

  1. Eat at least 5 portions of fruit and veg a day. A half cup of cooked plants, one cup of raw, leafy veg, or one tiny entire fruit counts as one serving.
  2. Avoid drinking coffee all day. Aim for six to eight tumblers of fluids each day. Have plain or lemon water, unsweetened juice, skim milk, or herbal tea, including chamomile, peppermint, and fruit tea.
  3. Exercise frequently. A perfect combo includes aerobics, weight-training, yoga, stretching, and recreational activities, for example dancing and swimming. Get exercise during your ordinary day-to-day activities by walking at lunch and taking the steps rather than the lift.
  4. Ease back on the "bad" fats. Cut the amount of saturated fats and trans greasy acids in your diet. Saturated fats are found in animal products like beef and butter, and fast foods. Plant shortening, some sorts of marg, chips, and ready-made foods contain trans acids and partly hydrogenated oils. Cook with olive and canola oils.
  5. Chew your food well. Many digestive issues like swelling, gas, and stomach pain can be assuaged by making the effort to punctiliously gnaw food. Just think that whatever food you do not chew correctly, your stomach and digestive system has to break down later on.
  6. Limit your consumption of sugar. Sugar increases triglycerides, cholesterol, and insulin, and can harm the immune response. Check food labels and look for concealed sugar like corn syrup, sucrose, glucose, and lactose.
  7. Do what you can now to stop osteoporosis. Eat calcium-rich foods like reduced fat dairy, calcium-fortified OJ, canned salmon or sardines with bones, and dark leafy green veg like collard greens, mustard greens, and kale. Cut back on foods that use calcium, for example alcohol-free drinks and high-protein diets.
  8. Make relaxation a regular part of your life. Lingering stress can lead the way to bad digestion, a puny immunity mechanism, hypertension, and lots of other conditions. Correct breathing and meditation methods are efficient methods of dealing with stress.
  9. Get a sound night's sleep. Calm sleep is needed for a totally functional body and mind. This suggests avoiding caffeine and alcohol, which can interrupt sleep. Additionally, sweet nibbles before bed can affect blood sugar levels and negatively effect your sleep pattern.
  10. Develop and nurture your support network. Maintain significant and good relationships with family, friends and work colleagues. These relations nourish our heart, body, and soul.