Adapted from: healthline.com, “Top 10 Tips

for Staying Healthy”, Claire Brocato, Feb 7, 2023

• Get moving

22 minutes a day of moderate-intensity exercise, like brisk walking, dancing, cycling, or even doing yard work or household chores can help you feel healthier, more energized, and in a better mood.

• If you smoke, try to quit

Smoking can damage nearly every organ in your body and significantly increases your risk of heart disease, stroke, respiratory diseases, lung cancer and other cancers.

E-cigarettes and hookah can pose the same risks as cigarette smoking.

• Make sleep a priority

Sleep is vital for every process in your body. Sleep is a time for your body to repair cells and restore energy. Your brain also performs many essential functions while you’re sleeping, like storing information, removing waste, and strengthening nerve cell connections.

• Eat more whole foods (and less processed food)

In general, whole foods are healthier for you and provide your body with more vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients than processed foods. Because they are more nutritious, whole foods give you more energy and possibly lower the risk of many types of health issues.

• Some examples of whole foods include:

1. fruits and vegetables

2. nuts and seeds

3. legumes (beans and lentils)

4. eggs

5. meat and poultry

6. fish and seafood

7. plain yogurt

8. olive oil

9. whole grains (brown rice, quinoa, steel-cut oatmeal, farro, bulgur)

• Stay hydrated

Drinking enough water each day is key to good health. Your body needs water for many important functions, like maintaining your body temperature, aiding digestion, keeping your organs working properly, and delivering nutrients to all your cells. Staying hydrated also keeps your brain working well.

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