HEALTHY LIVING
Health is a state of being well and free from illness physically and mentally. A healthy person is the one who is physically strong and not likely to become ill. There is something that is associated to health. It is so peculiar that whenever health is mentioned it is weigh against it, it is called ILLNESS which means a condition of being ill i.e. when someone is suffering from a disease or not feeling well.
As the world is advancing many diseases are being discovered and millions of dollars are spent every year in curing or managing these diseases. There are some of these diseases that doctors can not cure but they can only manage (relief its effect) it. The good news here is that there is no disease that cannot be prevented instead of curing or managing it. “Prevention: they say is better than cure” It is better to stop something bad from happening than to remove the problem once it has happened.
HOW CAN WE PREVENT SICKNESS
EXERCISE
Regular exercise is a must for anyone who desire to be healthy. On the contrary to the general believe that you must get to the gym before you can perform this task, it can be done anywhere even right in the bedroom and without any fitness gadget. For low income earners who cannot afford to use the gymnasium, you can take a walk around your street or trek to a nearby shopping center where you normally go with the car. Even if you are a busy person you can also enjoy regular exercise, if you have a driver alight by the street and walk down to the house. For healthy living have at least 30 minutes exercise daily.
What regular exercise will do for you is that it will increase the rate at which your heart pump, then blood will move faster to all part of your body making all your cells to become more healthy and active.
DIET
Let your food be your medicine because you are what you eat. Research have shown that eaten a lot of FRUITS AND VEGETABLES reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood.
Let us learn a lesson from the bible. Daniel who is a Jew was among the captives who were taken to Babylon, The king then made a decree that some of these men should eat at the kings table because of their outstanding qualities but this man (Daniel) refuse to eat from the kings table knowing well that the food has been dedicated to the idol of the land. He rather took permission to be eating only fruits and vegetables. After some days he was seen looking better and healthier than the others who have been eating from the kings table. Imagine what they will be eating at the kings table.
However, let discipline be your watchword as you eat, do not be a glutton, Eat only when you are hungry, do not eat because there is food. A lot of people put themselves in trouble when they get to party they eat a lot because the food is plenty and free.
Remember too much of food can cause obesity and this lead to diabetes from diabetes to hypertension and then to stroke you can imagine what stroke will lead to.
SALT INTAKE
Experiment has shown that salt absorbs water from the atmosphere. If you put a little salt in a plate and expose it to the atmosphere after some hours you will discover that the salt is getting watery. It is not the salt that is producing the water but it is absorbing it from the surrounding, that is to say that anywhere salt goes it must absorb water,
Excess salt in the body will:
Draw water from the blood
Make you to salivate abnormally
Makes you fell tasty all the time
Give the heart and kidney more work to do which can lead to failure of these vital organs.
Let MODERATION be your watchword as you take salt. However, there are some spices that can be used as supplement or replacement for salt they includes:
GARLIC – It reduces blood pressure and cholesterol.
GINGER – It can replace salt and also reduces blood pressure
THYME LEAVES
CURRY POWDER
ALCOHOL
Alcohol, has been proved by research to be good for some organ in the body, The medical people said there is something in the red wine that is good for the heart, but this same alcohol has done more harm than good to the human race.
My candid advice is to abstain completely from alcohol. Some school of thought believe that it is okay when alcohol is taken in moderation, but there is a spirit behind alcohol that can graduate to the level of addiction which ruin career, family, and reputation. In pregnant women for instance it has a bad effect on the unborn baby which is referred to as Foetal Alcoholic Syndrome. It can also cause cancer of the liver.
Apart from the health implications alcohol is also responsible for some social vices like crime, unwanted pregnancy, drug addiction and child abuse in the society.
COFFEE
Coffee intake is common among the young and old usually when preparing for a task such as examination. It has also become a common sight in our offices. Coffee contain a substance called CAFFEINE this substance is also common in some soft drinks, energy booster drinks, kola nut.
Coffee if taken in excess can deprive you of your sleep which may result in psychiatric problems.
HEALTHY TIPS ON COFFEE INTAKE
If you must take coffee get the decaffeinated type.
It shouldn’t be more than two cups a day and
Certainly not when you are about to sleep
STRESS
Stress is a continuous feeling of worry about your work and personal life that prevent you from relaxing. There will be a particular thing in life which can make someone to become anxious or unhappy so that you think about it continuously.
Everybody deals with stress especially if you live in the city. Think about these:
Preparing for chrismas
School fees
Rent
Your child that is always getting ill
Unfaithful spouses
Harsh economy
These are few of life issues that causes anxiety, But if you think from today till tomorrow it will change nothing rather something worse will happen. If you do what you ought to do as human being you have no reason to think anymore. Leave the rest for God to settle. The book of Philippians chapter 4 verse 6 says: Have no anxiety about anything but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known to God.
In conclusion as much as possible everything we have discussed so far lets put them in our hearth we should not just sit down and pray for or wish ourselves good health because faith without work is nothing.
