There's a definite connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life. |
| You can't be unhappy when you're smiling or singing |
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 Protect Yourself from Pollution
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If you can't live in a smog-free environment; |
| at least avoid smoke-filled rooms and breathing in highway fumes. |
| Exercise outside early in the morning when the smog rating is low. |
| Exercise indoors in air conditioning when the air quality is good. |
| Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It's a good pollution deterrent. |
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| Sleep |
You know this one. |
| Get those 8 hours of sleep, every night or be cranky the next day. |
| While the dynamics of what goes on while we sleep is not entirely clear, |
| everybody agrees that there is a direct connection between sleep and your health |
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| Avoid the goodies |
Keep away from oily and sugary foods. |
| Too much sugar can lead to obesity (and its related health problems), |
| moodiness and unhealthy, uncontrolled cravings. |
| Sugar used to be a treat. |
| Now people guzzle it all day long — sweetened coffee, soft drinks, cereals and chocolates. |
| Oily foods are tasty, no doubt, but they add those inches, and block up your arteries. |
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| See the doctor at least once a year |
Periodic health visits are not only an important part of a healthy lifestyle, |
| but can literally be life saving. |
| While a variety of screening examinations |
| don't prove to be cost-effective and practical on an ongoing basis, |
| a routine health exam greatly increases the chance of detecting a disease at an early stage. |
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| Eat three well-balanced meals every day |
As simple and straightforward as good eating habits may appear, |
| with our hectic lives and eat on the run schedule, |
| we are never able to enjoy traditional meals. |
| This only becomes more complicated as people grab fast food, |
| which has saturated fats and oils that needless to say, isn't very healthy. |
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| Stop and smell the roses and appreciate life's smaller gifts |
Studies have shown that stress can effect the immune system and depress its functioning, |
| thereby leading to increasing susceptibility to disease. |
| Reduced stress not only leads to a decrease in disease, |
| but also provides for a more enjoyable lifestyle and mental health. |
| Stop to smell the roses. |
| It pays to appreciate the smaller gifts of life. |
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