‘Health’, according to the World Health Organization, is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity”. ‘Lifestyle’ is defined as a “particular way of living”, by Merriam-Webster Dictionary. But what is a “Healthy Lifestyle”? And most importantly, the changes we need to incorporate in our lives to live a happy and healthy life.
Everyone is quite aware of the fact that ‘Health’ is topmost important for a better living. As an old saying goes on, “Healthy mind lies in a healthy body”, we understand that physical health along with mental health can make our life worth living. A good diet, physical exercise, balanced routine, absence of bad habits like alcohol, smoking, overeating, sedentary lifestyle constitute a healthy lifestyle.
How your lifestyle affects your Health!
The meaning of a Healthy lifestyle has advanced over the period. Nowadays, only healthy eating and doing some physical exercise do not wrap it up. We need to keep a positive attitude towards life, manage stress, meditate, maintain harmonious relationships, be active, take proper sleep and keep ourselves motivated towards a higher goal. It is not only about living longer but living a happy, healthy, purposeful, and satisfying life. Further, there are other important components of wellness that help us enhance our life.
5 factors of wellness to bring Balance in Life
All these factors if managed properly can bring balance to our lives in a healthy way.
- Physical: Managing physical health includes having nutritious food, eating at right intervals in appropriate quantity, intake of water, walking, doing exercises, keeping sugar control, maintaining adequate body mass index, and taking 7-8 hours undisturbed sleep.
- Mental: Studying, playing, learning new skills, keeping your mind active, all these contribute to having good mental health that affects our overall lifestyle.
- Emotional: Human beings are full of emotions; any issue disturbing our life may erupt into an emotional outburst through anger, frustration, and depression. Hence, we can try to understand ourselves better by observing and analysing our emotions.
- Social: Having good relationships with our close ones, family members, relatives, neighbours, friends, colleagues contribute to healthy social life.
- Spiritual: Spirituality has a different meaning for different people, many find peace in doing meditation, yoga; some people may find it in practicing their religion, following customs and rituals associated with it.
Written by : Aanchal Madan
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