How to Improve your Health.

Whether they are rich or poor, many people fail to see the link between their habits and their health. They may regard enjoying good health as a matter of chance or as something over which they have little control. Such a fatalistic view holds many back from improving their health and living a more productive life.


In reality, whatever your financial circumstances, there are basic steps you can take to protect and greatly improve your own health and that of your family. Is doing so worth the effort? By all means! You can increase the quality of your life and avoid needlessly shortening it.



By word and example, parents can teach their children to form good habits, resulting in better health. The extra time and expense involved will be repaid in reduced sufferings, less time lost to illness, and less money spent on medical bills. As the saying goes, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.


In the following articles, you learn keys to a better health that have helped many others. These keys can help you too!


Take Care of Basic Body Needs
“No one ever hated his own body: on the contrary, he provides and cares for it.” (Ephesians 5:29) Taking basic steps to care for yourself can make a world of difference in your health.

Get Enough Rest


 “Better is a handful of rest than a double handful of hard work and striving after the wind.” (Ecclesiastes 4:6) The demands and distraction of modern life have whittled away at the time people spend sleeping. But sleep is essential to good health. Studies show that during sleep our body and brain repair themselves, benefiting memory and mood.




Sleep reinforces the immune system and reduces our risk of infection, diabetes, stroke, heart disease, cancer, obesity, depression, and perhaps even Alzheimer’s disease. Rather than artificially bypassing sleepiness- our natural “safety device”- with sweets, caffeine, or other stimulants, we should heed it and simply get some sleep.




Most seven to eight hours of sleep every night to look, feel, and perform their best. Young people need more. Sleep-deprived teens are more prone to have psychological troubles and to fall asleep when driving.

Sleep is especially important when we are sick. Our body can overcome some illness, such as a cold, if we simply get extra sleep and drink plenty of fluids.


Take care of your teeth

Brushing your teeth and flossing them after meal, and especially before going to bed, will help ward off tooth decay, gum disease, and tooth loss. Without our own teeth, we may not benefit fully from the food we eat. It is reported that elephants do not die of old age but that they slowly starve to death after their teeth wear down and they can no longer chew properly.


Children who have been taught to brush and floss their teeth after eating will enjoy better health in youth and throughout life.


Go to the doctor

Some ailments call for professional medical attention. Early diagnosis usually results in a better outcome and less expense. So if you do not feel well, get help to find and eliminate the cause, instead of merely seeking to relieves symptoms.


Regular checkups from accredited healthcare providers can head off many serious problems, as can getting professional medical attention during pregnancy. Keep in mind, though, that doctors cannot perform miracles. Complete healing of all our ills will take place only when God makes “all things new.” (Revelation 21:4,5).



Eat Wisely

“Eat food. Not too much; mostly plants.” With these few words author Michael Pollen encapsulates simple, time-tested dietary advice. What does he mean?


Eat fresh foods

Concentrate on eating “real” food-whole, fresh food that people have been enjoying for millenniums –rather than modern processed foods. Commercially prepackaged foods and fast foods from chain ,restaurant usually contain high level of sugar, salt, and fat, which are associated with heart disease, stroke, cancer, and other serious illness.


When cooking, try steaming, baking and broiling instead of frying. Try using more herbs and spices to cut down on salt. Make sure meats are properly cooked, and never eat spoiled food.


Do not eat too much

The World Health Organization reports a dangerous worldwide increase in overweight and obese people, often the result of overeating. One study found that in parts of Africa, “there are more children who are overweight than malnourished.” Obese children are at risk of present as well as future health problems, including diabetes. Parents, set a good example for your children by limiting your own portions.


Eat mostly plants

A balanced plate favors variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains over meat and starches. Once or twice a week, try substituting fish for meat. Reduce refined foods such as pasta, white bread, and white rice, which have been stripped of much of their nutritional value.

But avoid potentially dangerous fad diets. Parents, protect your children’s health by helping them to acquire a taste for foods that are healthful. For example, give them nuts and thoroughly washed fresh fruits and Vegetables for snacks instead of chips or candy.


Drink plenty of fluids

Adults and children need to drink plenty of water and other unsweetened liquids every day. Drink more of these during hot weather and when doing heavy physical work and exercise. Such liquids aid digestion, cleanse your body of poisons, make for healthier skin, and promote weight loss.

They help you feel and look your best. Avoid drinking excessive amounts of alcohol and too many sweetened drinks. One soft drink a day can add 6.8 kilogram to your weight in a year.


In some lands, obtaining clean water can be hard and is expensive. Yet, drinking it is vital. Tainted water needs to be boiled or chemically treated. Dirty water is said to kill more people than wars or earthquakes; it reportedly kills 4,000 children a day. For infants, the World Health Organization recommends only breast-feeding plus some other foods until at least the age of two.

Keep Yourself Moving

“If exercise were a pill, it would be the most widely prescribed medication in the world.” (Emory University School of Medicine) Of all the things we can do for our health, few are more generally helpful than physical exercise.

Exert Yourself

Leading a physically active life can help us feel happier, think more clearly, have more energy, be more productive and, along with proper diet, control our weight. Exercise need not be painful or extreme to be effective. Regular periods of moderate exercise several times a week can be very beneficial.

Jogging, brisk walking, biking, and taking part in active sports-enough both to get your heart beating faster and to cause you to break a sweat-can improve your endurance and help to prevent heart attack and stroke. Combining such aerobic exercise with moderate weight training and calisthenics helps to strengthen your bones, internal muscles, and limbs.

These activities also contribute to maintaining a higher metabolism, which automatically helps to control your weight.


Use Your Feet

Exercise is beneficial for people of all ages, and membership in a gym is not required to get it. Simply using feet instead of a car, bus, or elevator is a good start.


Why wait for a ride when you can walk to your destination, perhaps even arriving there faster? Parents encourage your children to participate in physical play, outdoors whenever possible.


 Such activity strengthens their bodies and helps them to develop whole-body coordination in ways that sedentary entertainment, such as video games, cannot.


No matter how old you are when you start, you can benefit from moderate physical exercise. If you are older or have health problems and have not been exercising, it is wise to consult a doctor about how to begin.

But do begin! Exercise that is started gradually and not overdone can help even the oldest among us to maintain muscle strength and bone mass.

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