Healthy Living: 45 Tips To Live a Healthier Life

How healthy are you? Do you have a healthy diet? Do you exercise regularly? Do you drink at least 8 glasses of water a day? Do you get enough sleep every day?

Our body is our temple, and we need to take care of it to have a healthy life. Do you know that a shockingover 65% of Americans are either obese or overweight? Thats insane! Think of your body as your physical shell to take you through life.If you repeatedly abuse it with unhealthy food, your shell will wear out quickly. While you may look okay on the outside, on the inside, your arteries are getting clogged up with cholesteroland arterial plaque. Thats not a pretty sight!

Life is beautiful and you dont want to bog yourself down with unnecessary health problems. Today, your vital organs (kidney, heart, lungs, gall bladder, liver, stomach, intestines, etc) may be working well, but they may not be tomorrow. Dont take your good health today for granted. Take proper care of your body.

Good health isnt just about healthy eating and exercise it also includes having a positive mental health, healthy self-image and a healthy lifestyle.In this article, Ill share with you 45 tips to live a healthier life. Bookmark this article and save the tips, because they are going to be vital in living a healthier life.

Furthermore, drinking more water alone actually aids in losing weight. A Health.com study carried out among overweight/obese people showed that water drinkers lose 4.5 more pounds than a control group. The researchers believe that its because drinking more water helps fill your stomach, making you less hungry and less likely to overeat. I agree with that, and I have an added take thatyour body tries to retain whatever water you take when you dont take in enough water, leading to increase in weight. Whereas when you regularly drink water, your body knows that its going to get its supply of fluids, so it doesnt try to retain more water.

The amount of water we need is dependent on various factors such as the humidity, our physical activity, and your weight, but generally we need 2.7-3.7 litres of water intake!Since food intake contributes about20% of our fluid intake, that means we need to drink about 2.0-3.0 litres of water, or about 8-10 glasses (now you know how the 8 glasses recommendation came about!). One way to tell if youre hydrated your urine should be colorless or slightly yellow. If its not, youre not getting enough water! Other signs include: Dry lips, dry mouth and little urination. Go get some water first before you continue this article!

Which health tips are most applicable for you right now? These are timeless tips, so bookmark this article and integrate these tips into your life. Share these health tips with your family and friends too to help them stay healthy use your Twitter and Facebook via the buttons below.

If youre wondering why theres a healthy living post out of the blue, thats because well be having live a healthier life challenge come first Jan! Ill be posting the announcement post on 27 Dec, which will have the details of the challenge and sign up instructions. And to ensure that all of us start off 2011 with great health, vitality and goodness, the challenge is going to be 100% free! Yes, you got that right! Free, $0, nada, zilch!

Im personally super enthused about this and I cant wait to get started. Ill be posting more about the challenge in a couple of days time, so stay tuned!

Update Dec 27 10: The announcement post is up now! Sign up here!

Update Feb 11: The challenge is now over! Thanks to everyone whove taken part all 400 of you its been an amazing blast! Sign up for Personal Excellence newsletter to be in the loop of future challenges and also to receive life-time access of free, premium articles on how to live your best life.

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