2. Healthy Living: Exercise, Diet and Stress Exercise, Diet and Stress

4. EXERCISE  Experts say just 30 minutes of activity three to four days per week will help you stay healthier.  Exercise will make you feel better, improve your health and help you perform at your best every day.  Best of all, it is never too late to start.

5. What are the benefits of exercising? Here are just a few:  Capacity of lungs increases.  Heart muscle grows stronger.  Promotes strong and healthy bones.  Increases intellectual capacity and productivity.  Antidote for emotional disturbances  Realistic way to lose weight.

6. HEALTHY EATING Guide your food choices with the help from the “Food Guide Pyramid” and the “Dietary Guidelines.Guide your food choices with the help from the “Food Guide Pyramid” and the “Dietary Guidelines. A well-balanced diet coupled with regular exercise is a successful combination to help keep your body fit.A well-balanced diet coupled with regular exercise is a successful combination to help keep your body fit.

7. STRESS Stress is simply the body’s non-specific response to any demand made on it.Stress is simply the body’s non-specific response to any demand made on it. Stress is synonymous with nervous tension or anxiety.Stress is synonymous with nervous tension or anxiety. Stress can also cause exhaustion, illness, heart attacks and other adverse conditions.Stress can also cause exhaustion, illness, heart attacks and other adverse conditions. One important thing to remember about stress is that certain forms are normal and essential.One important thing to remember about stress is that certain forms are normal and essential.

8. RECOGNIZING STRESS The following are indicators that you may be encountering negative stress:The following are indicators that you may be encountering negative stress:  General irritability.  Elevated heart rate/ Increased blood pressure.  Floating anxiety-anxious feeling for no specific reason.  Trembling.  Insomnia.  Headaches  Indigestion.  Pain in neck and/ or lower back.

9. STRESS MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES The following are tips on how to maintain a healthier lifestyle and to prepare you to cope with the stress of everyday living.The following are tips on how to maintain a healthier lifestyle and to prepare you to cope with the stress of everyday living.  Structure at least three to four days a week to include a minimum of 20 minutes of aerobic exercise.  Eat well-balanced meals, more whole grains, nuts, fruits and vegetables.  Reduce caffeine. The substance may aggravate anxiety, insomnia, nervousness and trembling.  Avoid alcohol and drugs. These substances may add to headaches and swelling, decrease coping mechanisms and add to depression.  Get at least 7 hours of sleep each night.  Spend time each day with at least one relaxation technique-imagery, daydreaming, prayer, yoga, meditation….  Go for a walk.  “Release that which you can not control”

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