Good health helps a person live life to the fullest without being physically or mentally unfit. An unhealthy lifestyle leads to a deterioration in well-being. Staying healthy and fit is very important for every generation. Exercise and healthy eating are the best ways to maintain your physical and mental health.
People who take their health seriously and are serious about maintaining their fitness exercise every day, eat healthily and sleep on time and for a sufficient amount of time.
Being healthy and fit allows you to stay active and further increase your confidence and ability to focus. By staying healthy and fit, you can set an example for others and slowly help others to improve their health, diet, knowledge and consumption of sustainably produced food.
The main reasons that lead to deterioration in health are as follows:
1. Everyday Stress – Students often feel stressed by schoolwork and exams. Working people are also prone to stress in terms of their life and work. Such conditions result in imbalanced mental health.
2. Depression – Prolonged stress about something leads to depression and becomes a health problem.
3. Ingestion of harmful substances such as alcohol, canned food, etc. adversely affects physical and mental health and fitness.
4. Lack of sleep – People tend to work late nights, use their phones constantly, etc., and miss out on their scheduled sleep cycle.
5. As recommended by medical experts, a defined sleep time is mandatory for every human being. Lack of sleep leads to an unfit lifestyle.
6. Junk Foods – Junk food intake has replaced the proper diet that one should consume. Unhealthy eating habits directly create unhealthy well-being.
7. Natural phenomena like pollution etc. also make us unhealthy and unfit. Appropriate preventive measures must be taken to defend ourselves against adverse natural environments.
Below are the things that lead to maintaining a healthy and fit person:
1. Regular Exercise Routine – Each individual should focus on a defined amount of time for daily exercise as it directly affects a person’s mental and physical health.
2. Balanced food intake – One should focus on everything one eats and drinks. A balanced diet with important minerals, vitamins and proteins makes you healthy and fit.
3. Clean and Tidy Environment – We should make sure our environment is clean and fit for us to survive.
4. Get adequate sleep. Everyone should get at least 8 hours of sleep according to medical norms.
5. Drink plenty of water as it helps release toxins and improve metabolism.
6. Pay attention to hygiene and provide adequate sanitary facilities.
7. Have a positive attitude towards life. Keeping fit and healthy is key to mental health. Positive thoughts should dominate the mind to stay happy and maintain mental and emotional health and fitness.
8. Staying healthy and fit isn’t hard when it comes first. By following the simple steps above, each of us can live a healthy, fit and fruitful life. Maintaining a balance of thought, diet, rigorous exercise, yoga and an optimal level of sleep are in fact the main factors in our well-being and a healthy and fit lifestyle.
We create the conditions that lead to an unhealthy and unfit lifestyle. That’s fact. So, we should develop good habits and be able to take the necessary actions to lead a healthy and fit lifestyle.
Thanks to Joseph Obaigbavbiere
