Healthy Lifestyle

HOW TO LIVE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Part 1 of 4 : Choose Healthy Foods

• Choose foods that contains minimal amounts of unhealthy fats. Unhealthy fats include both trans fats and saturated fats. These fats will raise your LDL cholesterol, and elevated LDL cholesterol often correlates with an increased risk for heart disease.

•  Eat healthy fats in moderation. Poly-unsaturated, mono-unsaturated and omega-3 fats are all good lifestyle choices.These good fats lower your LDL cholesterol and raise your HDL cholesterol, which correlates with decreased risk for heart disease.

•  Select foods that are low in both sugar and highly refined carbohydrates.  Minimize your consumption of sweets, soft drinks, sugary fruit juices and white bread. Choose whole fruits, freshly-squeezed juices and whole grain bread instead.

• Eat a variety of different whole foods instead of eating processed foods.

• Eat fruits and vegetables for their high vitamin and mineral content.

• Choose lean meat, beans and tofu for their protein content.

• Enjoy whole grains such as whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta, 

        brown rice and quinoa.

• Eat low-fat dairy products. Skim milk and reduced fat cheeses will 

        reduce your fat intake while ensuring that you receive enough calcium.

• Incorporate organic foods. Shop at a natural food store or buy food from your local farmer's market

Reference :

http://www.wikihow.com/Live-a-Healthy-Lifestyle

Healthy Lifestyle

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living organism. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind and body, usually meaning to be free fromillness, injury or pain (as in "good health" or "healthy").^[1] The World Health Organization (WHO) defined health in its broader sense in 1946 as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."^[2][3] Although this definition has been subject to controversy, in particular as lacking operational value and because of the problem created by use of the word "complete," it remains the most enduring.^[4][5] Other definitions have been proposed, among which a recent definition that correlates health and personal satisfaction.^[6][7] Classification systems such as the WHO Family of International Classifications, including the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), are commonly used to define and measure the components of health.

Systematic activities to prevent or cure health problems and promote good health in humans are undertaken by health care providers. Applications with regard to animal health are covered by the veterinary sciences. The term "healthy" is also widely used in the context of many types of non-living organizations and their impacts for the benefit of humans, such as in the sense of healthy communities, healthy cities or healthy environments. In addition to health care interventions and a person's surroundings, a number of other factors are known to influence the health status of individuals, including their background, lifestyle, and economic, social conditions, and spirituality; these are referred to as "determinants of health." Studies have shown that high levels of stress can affect human health.^[8]

Generally, the context in which an individual lives is of great importance for both his health status and quality of their life. It is increasingly recognized that health is maintained and improved not only through the advancement and application of health science, but also through the efforts and intelligent lifestyle choices of the individual and society. According to the World Health Organization, the main determinants of health include the social and economic environment, the physical environment, and the person's individual characteristics and behaviors.^[9]

More specifically, key factors that have been found to influence whether people are healthy or unhealthy include the following:^[9][10][11]

Income and social status Social support networks Education and literacy Employment/working conditions Social environments Physical environments Personal health practices and coping skills Healthy child development Biology and genetics Health care services Gender Culture

Donald Henderson as part of the CDC's smallpox eradication team in 1966.

An increasing number of studies and reports from different organizations and contexts examine the linkages between health and different factors, including lifestyles, environments, health care organization, and health policy – such as the 1974 Lalonde report from Canada;^[11]the Alameda County Study in California;^[12] and the series of World Health Reports of the World Health Organization, which focuses onglobal health issues including access to health care and improving public health outcomes, especially in developing countries.^[13]

The concept of the "health field," as distinct from medical care, emerged from the Lalonde report from Canada. The report identified three interdependent fields as key determinants of an individual's health. These are:^[11]

• Lifestyle: the aggregation of personal decisions (i.e., over which the individual has control) that can be said to contribute to, or cause, illness or death;
• Environmental: all matters related to health external to the human body and over which the individual has little or no control;
• Biomedical: all aspects of health, physical and mental, developed within the human body as influenced by genetic make-up.

Reference :

Health. (2015, January 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 07:28, January 9, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Health&oldid=641664552