A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Today is a bit difficult to keep a healthy lifestyle, because the time should be devoted to exercises or healthy food preparation, is used in other activities. But with interest and dedication you can achieve it.

For your information, a healthy lifestyle encompasses many things, for examples:

-Eating healthy foods

-Avoid excessive fats, sugar, and alcohol

-No nicotine

-Drink plenty of water

-Exercise.

Healthy food is essential. You are what you eat, so if you eat healthy, you are healthy. Food that is low in fat content is good. Unless that fat is poly-unsaturated, mono-unsaturated, or omega 3. These are some of the good fats. Some of the bad fats are trans and saturated fats.

Low sugar content is another plus. Sucrose is the bad kind of sugar. Glucose is the good kind of sugar.

A variety of food. Fruits and vegetables are high in vitamins and minerals, which you need for a good alimentation.

Also the exercise is a key for a healthy lifestyle as well. Go to the gym every once in a while, or daily. Or take a run around your neighborhood. Even taking your dog for a walk is good. So long as it's routine, about an hour, and is at least moderately active. Helps prevent the disease such as: heart disease, cardio vascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. It also improves mental health, and prevents depression.

It's not easy to go from a couch potato to a healthy person. Don't be discouraged if you satisfy cravings for ice cream, hamburgers, etc. as long as you don't have a steady diet of unhealthy food.

Courage, you can lead a healthy lifestyle.

DEALING WITH STRESS AT WORK

For most of us, work is a significant and meaningful feature of life. While work can provide us satisfaction, self-esteem and earning power, it can also be a place of stress and worry, producing a range of physical and emotional problems which can be overwhelming.

It is impossible to completely eradicate work related pressures so it is important to learn how to 'manage' them. For examples:

-Manage your time more effectively

-Relax: Whenever possible try to do the occasional simple stretching exercise and practice some deep breathing techniques.

-Know what triggers your stress: Identify the causes of your stress.

-Turn to colleagues for support: Not everyone is out to get you!

Making Lifestyle Changes to Deal with Work Related Stress. For examples:

-Hobbies and interests: Regular activities outside work will increase your social network and take your mind off work worries. There is increasing evidence that physical activity reduces stress levels quite significantly.

-Learn to relax: Learning to relax can improve sleep and relieve stress-related physical pains such as headaches.

-Avoid negative responses: Avoid unhelpful responses to stress such as increased alcohol and caffeine consumption and smoking.

Stress is an inevitable but complex companion to our working lives. Without challenges and pressures, work would lack sparkle, but we all have the capacity to be overwhelmed by work-related stress, and to experience its exhausting effects. The aim should be to manage stress by becoming aware of our individual ways of responding to it, and through making effective changes to our working lifestyle.