HEALTHY NEW YEAR 

New year resolve to a healthy living 

Today is the first day of the NEW YEAR and have you made resolutions as usual? I am here to suggest a few healthy resolutions for a fruitful and healthy life ahead!!  A slimmer, healthier, more energetic and flexible body next year.

See these fruitful, healthy dietary changes to take care of your health and make you smarter.

1.    Take Diet with more Omega-3 fatty acids: Omega-3 fatty acids is good for the heart. You can get Omega-3 by eating walnuts, fish and flax seeds. Omega-3 is also good for getting help with PMS (Post-Menopausal Syndrome) and menopause symptoms. 

2.    Be Vegetarian or on most of the week days –So, pile up veggies: Daily recommended intake of veggies is three servings or more. How many of us reach this target? And then we complain of vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Veggies are our source for many important vitamins. So to tackle fatigue, muscle pains, low sex drive and vision problems, you can consciously eat more veggies from this new year onwards. 

3.    Eat more fibre rich foods:-Fibre is key to health: Fibre found in veggies, fruits and whole grains is crucial for the health of the gut. Remember the adage that all diseases begin from the gut, so make fibre a part of your daily diet. Getting enough fibre will also prevent cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and a number of cancers. It will also help you slim down. Remember that the recommended daily intake of fibre is 25 to 40 grams. 

4.    Stop eating or cut down on red meat: This will be of great help to your heart because you will be eliminating a huge source of saturated fats which increases LDL (called as “bad cholesterol”) that causes obstructions in heart arteries. Go for more tofu, soya and white meat.

5.      Avoid or cut down sugars referred to a white toxin:-Treat sugar as enemy no.1: We all eat too much sugar. In fact scientists are calling sugar as the most potent drug of the 21st century and with good reason. Health hazards of excess sugar consumption include excess weight gain, abdominal obesity, elevated triglycerides etc. Sugar also increases inflammation in the body and this is the cause of a number of deadly diseases. One sure shot way to cut down on sugars is to stop eating packed foods. Do you know that, processed foods contain a lot of hidden sugars and fats? Munching on processed foods will be detrimental to your health.

To sum up, a healthy lifestyle is the need of the hour 

·        Drink more water. Most of us actually don't drink enough water every day. An adult needs to drink at least 6-8 glasses of water every day. And if you drink one litter water on getting up from sleep it will tone up your systems and make constipation a bygone memory. !!!

·        Get enough sleep. When you don't rest well, you compensate by eating more. Develop a good sleep pattern and go bed a regular time and keep away all gadgets like mobile and turn off sounds and light and use  a dim light if yu prefer  

·        Meditate. Meditation and yoga have remarkable ability to make you calm, relaxed and fresh in mind and body.

·       Exercise- You need not do heavy body building exercises, and simple flexing and stretching or whatever you can do at home will help. Walking is definitely and excellent way to good health Hence Pick exercises you enjoy. ..

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·        Work out different parts of your body. ...

• ·      Eat more fruits. You need not go shopping for expensive and exotic fruits in hyper markets. Easily available seasons fruits will do wonders

• ·      Eat more vegetables. Here too, home-grown simple vegetables like lettuce or anything you can grow in your backyard or terrace ( as you feel fine) will help