This is the picture of the jetty at Survivor Island Sabah. I loved to sit out on the hammock out on the jetty. It was so relaxing.What you do has a great impact on who you are. But often times, people make choices out of ignorance. Out of a lack of information. They make choices for all the wrong reasons. Today I'm going to list out some choices and how they can influence your life. These tips can not only help you to loose weight, but be healthy overall, increasing your life span as a result.!
1) Becoming a vegetarian = I have great admiration for vegetarians. How they manage to abstain from meat I have no idea. (But yet again people wonder how I can abstain from coffee & alcohol etc. so may it isn't much of a surprise.) Being a vegan can help reduce your risk of having heart diseases. However, it does not mean you will become slimmer. On the contrary, many vegans tend to put on more weight (An interesting phenomenon, I'll be searching on why this is the case). Here is the thing I want to highlight. Being a vegan can increase your life span by about 1.5 years. Keep this number in mind as we compare other choices and how many years they increase your life span by.
2) Having a normal Body Mass Index (BMI) = Having a normal height to weight ratio would mean that you are keeping your fats under control! So you don't have to worry that you are fat. Achieve this? Add about 2 years to your life!
3) Having and following an exercise program = HAVE and FOLLOW an exercise program. Again~find something that you like to do. Remember. If you want to lose weight, each session must be 30mins long with your HR over 65%.
If you want to be healthy~15minutes, 3 times a week, at least 65% of your HR. Daily, you must walk AT LEAST 10,000 steps. This is the minimum requirement to BE healthy. Really. Minimum. So walk that extra step to the bus stop. Park a little farther from the entrance of the grocery store. Do this, and add 2.5 years to your life.
4) Eating Nuts = I honestly think this is fascinating. There are bad fats, and there are good fats. Nuts are packed with good fats that can stimulate brain activity among other things! Incorporate nuts into your diet. Eat nuts 5 times or more a week and you reduce your chance of getting a heart disease by about 60%. It is found that people who eat nuts tend to become thinner. Eat nuts regularly? Add 2.5 years to your life! AMAZING ain't it? But what then are the best nuts to eat. Research says that almonds are. Almonds are high in protein and heart friendly (: Try getting those natural ones. If you must, roast them. They taste good that way. Make sure your almonds have a low salt content. Why? Read on to find out.
5) Have a normal blood pressure = Maintain a normal blood pressure and add approximately 4 years to your life! How do you do that? Cut back on those salts. Want chips? Get it lightly salted. Cook with less salt. Once you consume salt your blood pressure takes a HUGE jump each time. A high blood pressure means that your heart has to, and is working harder than what it should and that is bad.
6) Do not smoke = Just to keep things even, I'm writing a number 6. If you are not a smoker, you add AT LEAST 2.5 years to your health. Hurray for us Mormons. heh
So it is interesting to note how being a vegan apparently has the least impact on your life. But so lets sum it up. 4 things (I'm not gonna add in being a vegan), and that would add on approx. 13.5years to your life. I hardly need to tell you that 13.5 years is a heck of a long time more that you will be breathing. So start changing your life today. Hope you follow these tips. And as a suggestion, start small. The easiest thing is to ADD things onto your diet so up that nuts intake as a start (: small steps! cheers!
In the next few sections I'll be jumping even deeper, giving more suggestions on nutrition.
p.s. A bodybuilding section is gonna be coming up soon!
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