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1. GO 4 Health!
Healthy Lifestyle Tips
Liceul Tehnologic Octavian Goga
Jibou, Romania

2. WHAT IS A
HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE?
• A healthy lifestyle is one which helps to
keep and improve your health and well-
being. There are many different things
that you can do to live a healthy
lifestyle, such as eating healthy, being
physically active, maintaining a healthy
weigh, and managing your stress.
However, a healthy lifestyle isn’t just
about healthy eating and exercise, it
also about taking care of the “whole
you” – your physical, mental, emotional,
and spiritual well-being. And, that
means taking care of you from the
inside out.

4. Drink more
water.

5. • Most of us don’t drink enough water every day. Water is
essential for our body to function. Did you know that over
60% of our body is made up of water? Water is needed to
carry out body functions, remove waste, and carry nutrients
and oxygen around our body. Since we lose water every day
through urine, bowel movements, perspiration and
breathing, we need to replenish our water intake. Since food
intake contributes about 20% of our fluid intake, that means
we need to drink about 8-10 glasses a day to stay hydrated.

6. Get enough
sleep.

7. •Lack of sleep may lead to a host of health
problems including obesity, diabetes, and even
heart disease. Continued lack of sleep can affect
your immune system and make you less able to
fend off colds and the flu. So, it’s important go
get a good night’s sleep.

8. Exercise regularly.

9. • If you can exercise don’t just a few times a week, but every day. Movement
is key to a healthy life. Exercising daily can improve your health in many
ways. It can help increase your life span, lower your risk of diseases, help
you develop higher bone density, and lose weight.
• One simple thing you can do is, especially for close distances, choose
walking over riding, driving or taking transportation. You can climb the
stairs instead of taking the elevator. You can pick exercises that are easy to
do at home or outside that you enjoy. When you enjoy the physically
activities you choose for yourself, most likely you’ll enjoy them and
naturally want to do them. Exercise is about being healthy and having fun
at the same time. Also, mixing up your exercises will keep them interesting.

10. Eat more fruits and vegetables.

11. • Fruits contain lots of vitamins and minerals. As much
as possible, you should consume your vitamins and
minerals via your daily diet.
• Like fruits, vegetables are important for good health.
Experts suggest 5-9 servings of fruits/vegetables a day,
but unfortunately it may be difficult at times.

12. Cut down on
processed food

13. • Processed foods are not good because:
• (1) most nutritional value is lost in the making of these foods and
• (2) the added preservatives are bad for our health.
• Many processed foods contain a high amount of salt content, which
leads to higher blood pressure and heart disease. Processed foods are
anything that is not in its raw form. In general, most food in
supermarkets are processed — the more ingredients it has on the
label, the more processed they are.

14. Go for brown
carbs vs. white
carbs.

15. • White carbs are refined grains like white rice, pasta, white
bread, crackers, noodles, tortillas, wraps, anything with
white flour and breading. The nutrients have been removed
in the production process, leaving them rich in calories but
low in nutrients. They also cause unhealthy spikes in our
sugar levels. Go for brown carbs (unrefined complex carbs)
instead, like brown rice, whole grain, oats, oatmeal (not the
instant kind), and legumes. These come with nutrients and
vitamins intact.

16. Cut down on oily and sugary food, soda and caffeine.

17. • If possible, reduce your intake of fast food, French fries, doughnuts, chips,
wedges, and deep-fried food. Not only are they very fattening (1 tablespoon
of oil is 120 calories), deep fried food contains acrylamide, a potential cancer-
causing chemical. There are better alternatives, such as grilled, steamed, stir-
fried, or even raw food.
• Cutting down on sugary food is better for your health as well. These are
things such as candy bars, pastries, chocolate, cookies, cakes, and jelly
donuts. Not only do they not fill you up, they cause you to want to eat more
due to the sugar rush. Go for healthy snacks instead like fruits, salads, pure
juices, and unprocessed foods.
• Drinks with caffeine are diuretics, meaning they speed up the rate of urine
production. This means they don’t hydrate you as well as plain water can.
Also, soda is unhealthy, causes weight gain, and is an artificial stimulant.
Replace your soda with water or vegetable juices instead.

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