[Lifestyle]How to Maintain a Healthy Body to Avoid Disease

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In order to avoid various kinds of diseases, there are many ways to maintain a healthy body that can be done. By applying these methods, a healthy quality of life can be maintained. Actually applying various ways to maintain a healthy body is not a difficult thing. It's just that, you have to be consistent in doing it. This needs to be used, starting from small things such as adequate rest and regular exercise.

 

How to Maintain a Healthy Body :

Changing a lifestyle to be healthier is a recommended way of maintaining a healthy body. Some healthy lifestyles that you can live, are:

 

1. Eat healthy foods

You are advised to eat healthy foods every day, including foods that contain protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. As a source of protein, you can consume lean meat, milk, dairy products, eggs, various types of marine fish, and freshwater fish. Meanwhile, to meet carbohydrate needs, you can get it from brown rice, oats, quinoa, and whole wheat bread. Eat a variety of vegetables, such as asparagus, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, kale, cucumber, cabbage, radishes, mushrooms, pumpkin, eggplant, various types of nuts, and peppers. Vegetables contain various kinds of vitamins and nutrients that the body needs. Apart from vegetables, various types of fruit are also very good for health, such as apples, avocados, bananas, blueberries, oranges, strawberries, kiwi, mangoes, lemons, pineapples, pears and grapes. These fruits are also very good for those of you who are on a diet.

 

2. Exercise regularly

The next way to maintain a healthy body is to stay active and exercise regularly. Exercise is not only good for health, but is also able to prevent and manage health problems suffered, such as stroke, diabetes, depression, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, arthritis, and cancer. To get the various benefits of exercise, it is advisable to exercise for 150 minutes a week. Or take the time for 20-30 minutes each day to exercise.

 

3. Maintain ideal body weight

Being overweight can increase the risk of various types of diseases. Diseases such as high blood pressure, cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer, are susceptible to sufferers of obesity or overweight. To control your weight, you can check your body mass index (BMI).

 

4. Stop smoking

For smokers, it is advisable to stop smoking as early as possible. Cigarettes can harm your health. Apart from smoking, stop the habit of consuming alcoholic beverages for the sake of your health.

 

5. Supplementation for people who have high-risk disease

If you already have high risk diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, or chronic lung disease, taking certain supplements can improve your health condition and strengthen your immune system, prevent complications, and protect you from infectious diseases. This is thanks to the antioxidant compounds found in supplements, such as astaxanthin. Natural astaxanthin is known to be able to counteract the effects of excess free radicals that can damage your body tissues, including skin tissue and internal organs. Not only that, the ability of astaxanthin to ward off free radicals is also able to help maintain a healthy heart and blood vessels.