Living a Healthy Life.

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Living a Healthy Life

I believe everyone should strive for good health. Health comes in more than one way. A person should be physically fit, nutritionally fit, and emotionally fit for good overall health. Living a healthy life takes ongoing dedication and often calls for lifestyle changes. Being healthy in all three aspects takes time and effort, but the benefits are rewarding. The dictionary defines "health" as the state of being sound, or whole, in body, mind, or soul. It is also the state of being free from physical disease or pain. There are a combination or ways that if faithfully followed one can try to achieve this. I take it upon myself to share this wonderful information with you; it just might save your life.

The first of the three issues is being physically fit. There is more than one part to this issue alone, the first of which is aiming and maintaining a healthy weight.

Do you know if your weight is healthy? Most people only guess. Using the body mass index as a guide you can know for sure. Find you height and weight on the graph and then follow the coordinates to see if you land in the healthy range.

Now matter if you are currently in the healthy range or not you need to eat right. Everyone has seen the food pyramid but not to many people pay any attention to the recommendations. A balanced daily diet combined with physical activity work together in managing a person's weight. Increasing physical activity allows you to eat more without retaining more calories; therefore it is easier to get the daily nutrients you need.

A lot of people groan when they think of daily exercise but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. To get...