10 healthy habits

 10 healthy habits

We put together 10 habits that could positively change your life:

improve your diet

Always seek to maintain a balanced diet, adequately ingesting carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and vitamins.

Avoid saturated fats present in mayonnaise and butter. Better choose healthy unsaturated fats such as those contained in avocado, fish, certain nuts and certain vegetable oils such as olive oil.

Gradually increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables, especially those rich in vitamins and antioxidants such as spinach, beets, carrots, tomatoes, onions, apples, raspberries, grapes, among many others.

Buy high-protein, low-fat meats like sirloin, tenderloin, salmon, trout, skinless chicken and turkey.

Limit high-glycemic carbohydrates like cakes and candy, as they are associated with weight gain and tooth decay. Other carbohydrates such as rice and certain whole grains can be ideal in a good diet.

It is also important to increase your fiber intake, especially if you suffer from constipation. Your allies are whole grains, oatmeal and fruits like bananas.

Limit salt, don't eliminate it. This has important ions that prevent diseases such as goiter. Similarly, do not get used to very salty foods, your blood pressure will thank us in the future.

Remember that in special moments such as meetings or birthdays, you can eat a piece of cake or some hamburgers, the important thing is that this is not repeated daily and you develop bad eating habits.

sleep 7-8 hours

Take your time to recharge your batteries and don't let work stress or anxiety disturb your sleep. Sleep is essential to start a new day.

Try before going to bed to do something that makes you happy or relaxes you, it could be from a hot bath to watching videos that make you laugh. Do the exercise of listening to relaxing music before going to sleep and being grateful for the day that has just passed, remembering that tomorrow is a new day with endless opportunities.

drink more water

We are usually so busy working, studying or doing something that we are passionate about, that we forget when was the last time we drank water, was it 2 hours ago? Was it this morning?

Remember that on average we should drink about 5 glasses of water to maintain good health. Water aids in digestion and prevents constipation, promotes beautiful skin, and is needed by the kidneys to dilute waste from the body (urine). Drinking little water a day increases the risk of digestive and kidney diseases.

An interesting exercise to reinforce this habit can be to drink a glass of water before doing something important in the day. Before preparing breakfast, before preparing lunch, before taking your dog for a walk and so on until you have at least 4 glasses a day. Also try to always have a container of water on hand when you leave the house.