Modern-day habits and jobs in sedentary body position, are the main cause of back and lower back pain, neck stiffening, hips problems and many other health issues.
Sitting many hours in front of the computer often with forwarded head posture in the cervical spine results in neck problems, stiffening, and headaches.
Even if there is a perfect sitting position, the hips and the legs are inactive and their flexion tends to reduce.
To top all of this, the unhealthy way of eating, consuming too much junk foods, sweets, and chemically enhanced beverages, it’s a downward spiral for our wellbeing, overall health, and physical strength.
There are few ‘musts’ that we need to include in our lifestyle if we want to gain and maintain our bodies in good health and reduce the chances of getting sick.
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Exercise
When we think of exercise it doesn’t have to be a gym related picture. Exercise often can be just a 10 minutes easy aerobic practice or using the stairs instead of an elevator.
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Walk
Walking brings a number of benefits for our health. It can benefit the heart because it provides good blood circulation and strengthens the bones and the muscles. It is also discovered that walking improves the work of the brain and reduces stress.
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Ride a Bike
Riding a bike is a mostly aerobic exercise that includes your heart, blood vessels, and lungs. It is a good training for the whole body. It will improve your breathing, as you will breathe deeper, perspire and improve your fitness level. Cycling is also known to improve the mood and bring joy.
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Eat Vegetables and Fruits
Maintaining a good health is impossible to do if your diet is low in nourishment.
Poor diet is a diet which includes a lot of processed foods with high levels of fat and cholesterol, sugars, additives and is often low in nutrients.
Vegetables and fruits are known for their essential role in providing us with minerals and vitamins that keep our immune system, improve our metabolism, reduce risks of a wide range of diseases and keep us energized.
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Eliminate Bad Habits
Excessive use of alcohol, processed foods and all kinds of sweets, are known to have a devastating impact on our organism. If you think that is hard to eliminate them, try at least to decrease the amount of alcohol, sugars and junk foods from your diet. The result would be better mood, more energy, improved metabolic function and many other benefits.
By eliminating bad habits, and getting more healthy ones, we can get more physical strength and preserve good health.