Change Your Lifestyle, Change Your Life

 Change Your Lifestyle, Change Your Life

 

 

Abstract

        Good health, the role of different factors in improving our health, the role of calcium in bone health, magnesium role in the prevention of osteoporosis, the role of phosphorous in nerve function, bone health, and muscle activity, the role of iron in RBCs formation, sulfur as a cofactor, sodium in fluid retention and balance, the role of selenium, iodine, molybdenum in a healthy body functions

 

Background  

             Today we are so busy earning a healthy livelihood that we do not have time to live a healthy and happy life. We are doing extra work to stress our life. Doing extra work is good but when it crosses its limits, then it disturbs our whole routine. When we are doing extra work, we do not have enough time to cook a portion of healthy food and eat healthy foods, so we get started to eat junk foods. To minimize stress, we take medicines. If we are taking medications for a long period, then we become dependent on such medications. And such medicines will harm our liver and when we get Medicines for liver health, a lot of new diseases appear in our bodies. So in such a dull life, we have a plan to live a healthy life.

 

Introduction

 

How to Live a Healthy Life?

                                                             Our lifestyle has a great impact on our life. If we are living a stressful life, it can cause problems for our body, including fatigue, restlessness, stomach problems, and other harmful damages to our body.

 

“ A good health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.”

 

 How does a healthy lifestyle improve our health Condition?

• · It strengthens our immune system which provides protection against infections.
• · It reduces the risk of cancer.
• · It maintains our blood pressure.
• · It maintains a healthy body weight.
• · It reduces stress and maintains healthy growth and development.

 

How to Live a Healthy Life?

                                                           Enjoying a healthy life is a right of every person. By following some of the health factors and conditions, a person can live a healthy life and actively participate in his daily routine work. Some of these factors are;

• · Maintaining a healthy BMI(18.5- 24.5)
• · Maintain a healthy fat ratio in the body
• · Eat a healthy, well-balanced food
• · Maintain blood pressure
• · Limit the intake of alcohol, caffeine, and narcotics
• · Improve your sleeping pattern(sleep seven to eight hours daily)
• · Avoid overeating
• · Be physically active
• · Take part in a healthy competition, exchange good thought

 

Importance of Minerals and Trace Minerals in Maintaining a Healthy Life

                 We all are well aware of the importance of vitamins in the prevention of diseases and maintaining a healthy life. But there are few who are aware of the importance of minerals in our body that they are important in bone formation, oxygen transportation, and many more. So we see the importance of minerals in our body.

 Calcium

      It helps in strong bone formation, healthy teeth, muscle formation, blood clotting, and maintaining the cell membrane of the body. Calcium is not produced in our body, so we have to take it through our diet to compensate for all the roles of calcium in our body. If there is a deficiency of calcium in our body, then diseases such as arthritis, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis develop in our bodies.

 Magnesium

          Magnesium develops a healthy bone system and it is balanced with calcium. Both calcium and magnesium help in the prevention of osteoporosis.

 Phosphorous

           It is present as a constituent in blood, bones, muscles, nerves, and teeth. And is important in the growth, maintenance, and repair of cells. It also maintains the PH of blood and plays a role in cancer prevention. If we become deficient with phosphorous, rickets, osteoporosis, pain in bones, irritability, stress develops.

 Potassium

         Potassium helps in the proper working of muscles and the nervous system. It regulates heartbeat, maintains fluid balance, lowers blood pressure, and reduces the pain of arthritis. Potassium deficiency develops fatigue, muscle weakness, acne, dry skin, and irregular heartbeat.

 Iron

   Iron is essential for red blood cells formation and for oxygen transportation. Its deficiency results in anemia.

 Sulfur

     It plays a critical role in liver detoxification and is also essential for the structures of protein.

 Sodium

      Sodium helps in the distribution of water in the body and maintains the fluid volume in the blood vessels and tissues.

 

Trace Minerals

             These minerals are required by the body in a very small quantity.

Trace minerals include;

 

Selenium

       It helps in protecting oxidative and pollutant damage and detoxifying heavy metals. Cancer can also be prevented by the intake of selenium-containing foods.

 Zinc

   It enhances our immune defense system and helps in the healing of wounds. It is important for insulin activity and normal taste.

 Iodine

     Iodine is required for the proper functioning of the thyroid gland.

 

Pregnant Women and Lactating Mothers

                                                                                     They needed an extra amount of these minerals because besides improving their own health they should also have to take care of their baby's health.

 

Conclusion

                       For maintaining proper health and performing an active role in our society, we should have to take care of our nutrition. Not a single nutrient will improve our health but there are a series of nutrients that are needed to our body for the proper functioning of our body, some are required in small quantity and some are required in large amounts. We should also improve our emotions and behaviors related to our daily life besides improving and maintaining healthy nutrition.