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Nearly everyone knows that good health is essential in life for many reasons. Even so, adopting healthy habits is often quite challenging, especially if you lead a busy life. This is especially true if you have had unhealthy habits for a good portion of your years. Habits, after all, are hard to break. Yet if they are armed with reliable information and strategies, easily found in abundance with wireless internet, anyone in pursuit of a healthier lifestyle can be successful.
There are things that we can do as doctors, nurses, and nurse practitioners to live our best life however we define it. Instead we remain unhealthy, dissatisfied in our professional lives which spills over into our personal lives and keeps us stuck in a cycle. There are many reasons why we resist the opportunity for something new in our lives.
The first rule is as simple as breathing but still people don't follow it as regularly as it should be. The rule is to drink as much as water as you can. Even if you can manage 8 glasses of water which is about roughly 2 liters of water, it will show very good effects on your body.
Physical activity will do wonders for your health. At this age I just have to work it into the daily routine naturally. Other more formal exercise, if you can manage it is good too - but be careful. I used to run about three or four miles a day. I got out of the habit for various reasons, and when I retired I tried to get back into it, Fun healthy habits but the effort was enormous and I was unable to do it any more. I tried a Boot Camp once a week where they took people with heart issues (so I'd be near the Emergency department just in case!) - but it was soooo much effort and stress, I decided it wasn't for me. I saw it through to the end, and then thought, "why am I doing this?" It's not as if I'll ever become a Calvin Klein underwear model again! Not that I ever was.
High fructose corn syrup - As ubiquitous a sweetener as it is, I will label read until I find something without it. I have read that it is not a "bad" ingredient, but I just do not like it. It will always be a cheap, long lasting sweetener that manufacturers use instead of regular sugar to keep cost down and make the product last longer on the shelf. Fine for that, but not for my body.
When conditions are ideal, the fleas can hatch from their cocoons within five days. However, they are capable of Healthy living advice in their cocoons for as long as five months even. The flea larvae feed on organic materials and on the adult flea droppings. So when you are looking forward to exterminating them all, make sure that you get a pesticide that is effective in making the eggs and flea larvae sterile.
Take Vitamins. Vitamins will help replace nutrients that are lost through processed foods. You will need the nutrients to help build stamina for exercise and sustainability.
There you have it. The six critical keys to a vibrant health and longevity. Making a decision to live a healthy life will be the best one you make in your life and I wish you all the best. Stay healthy and fit.