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Your health decisions today can significantly impact your quality of life tomorrow. Therefore, whether young or old, there’s a great chance to benefit from the positive impact of good health and vitality. It’s worrying that less than 3% of Americans live healthy, making it imperative to take the bull by the horns. It would help if you created the opportunity to give yourself a much-needed boost in your health status. Here’s how to do it without the usual guilt trip.
1. An increased fiber intake
Ever heard the saying, you are what you eat? That means the foods you consume directly impact your health and general well-being. If you’ve ever eaten something and immediately fell ill, there’s your answer to why you’re what you eat. Fiber is a crucial part of a healthy diet, but few people give much thought to eating it. It seems to have a bad rep among people with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Crohn’s disease. That’s because a high-fiber diet can trigger flare-ups in people with these medical conditions. However, soluble fiber can be a better option if you’ve already been diagnosed. Fiber is critical to digestive health, so taking it out of your diet may have dire consequences. A healthy amount of it in your daily diet can prevent that much-dreaded blockade that makes easing yourself challenging. Constipation is unpleasant, but you can stop it by increasing your fiber intake. Research has also shown that a fiber-rich diet can reduce stroke risk, coronary heart disease, and certain cancers. So, load up on healthy fibers and live longer.
2. Focusing on a healthy weight
Many diet fads proclaim to be the highways to a healthier weight, but the sad truth is that they often don’t. Whether weight programs or supplements, they only offer unsustainable short-term results. Which would you prefer? Long-term results or short-lived outcomes that leave you hanging in no time? Extreme weight loss plans can be unhealthy, so adopting medically-safe strategies is better. Moreover, people have different physiques that require varying levels of body fat. Therefore, a weight loss plan for one person may not be ideal for you.
What is a healthy weight? It’s easy to think that falling within 60 - 75 kg is the real deal because that’s what many health portals say. On the contrary, this range doesn’t work for everybody. You’ll naturally weigh heavier if you’re above six feet with more bone density and muscle mass. Your concern, however, is ensuring that your body mass index is proportionate to all other parameters. Consulting specialists like Male Excel can prove helpful if you’re a man, as you’ll gain more insight into your hormone functions, and understand your body better. Although this significantly improves health, remember to also adopt sustainable measures.
3. Improving bone health
Women are more susceptible to decreased bone density as they age. It explains the increased Osteoporosis cases among older females. Regardless of gender, bone health is critical to your overall well-being, especially as your bones aid all bodily movements.
The human body naturally loses certain vital minerals as it ages, which can affect the state of your bones. As if that’s not enough, an aging body often struggles to absorb essential bone nutrients like calcium and Vitamin D. Timely interventions can improve bone health and enhance the quality of life. Proper nutrition, regular workouts, and selected vitamin intake give you a better chance to improve bone health. You’ll be far ahead of someone who isn’t giving much thought to these three things.
No matter how advanced you are in years, these decisions can help make marginal or tremendous changes to your quality of life.
