Balanced Lifestyle - A Way towards Sustainable Future

 

Balanced Lifestyle

       A Way towards Sustainable Future

       Recent incidences of heart attack in celebrities and wealthy people triggered a concern about a lifestyle they live.

 Celebrities under the supervision –

    These people used to go Gym and do rigorous exercise on regular basis under a supervision of GYM Trainers

    They follow special diet plan under the supervision of dieticians, more focused on protein intakes, cholesterol free diet, spent too much for living healthy.

     But these people are more victim of cardiovascular diseases  (CVDs).

     Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) - these are group of disease of Heart and Blood Vessels including Heart attacks.

According to WHO (World Health Organization) Report,

·      4 out of 5 CVDs deaths are due to heart attack and strokes globally

·      In India, 45% deaths among 40-69 age groups due to CVDs.

 Factors responsible for increasing risk of CVDs

·      Unhealthy Lifestyle including unhealthy diet, late night sleep etc.

·      Physical Inactivity

·      Use of tobacco products and alcohol consumption

These factors also increased risk of other diseases like

·      Problems of BP (Blood Pressure)

·      Diabetes and increasing level of Blood sugar among youth

·      Bad cholesterol and obesity problems.

Lifestyle-

There are mainly 2 types of lifestyles people used to follow –

1.   Perfect lifestyle (focusing on strict diet plan and rigorous exercise)

2.   Unhealthy Lifestyle (Unhealthy diet and Physical inactivity)

     Both types of Lifestyle can prove to be fatal for common people, therefore there is need of a Balanced Lifestyle to remain healthy and prosperous for longer time.

Balanced Lifestyle –

 According to me, a balanced Lifestyle focus on mainly 2 things –

1.   Balanced Diet and

2.   Balanced Exercise

Balanced Diet - “Eat every nutritious food but in limited quantity” – focus on Food Diversity

      Our body need all types of nutrition on daily basis. It consists of Carb, Fat, Protein, Vitamin, Minerals and ample quantity of water to remain healthy.

       Focusing on only artificial protein diet and on unhealthy junk food can cause nutritional deficiency, also call hidden hunger and reduce immunity.

       Excess avoidance of fat can be fatal for body as our body is made up of lipid and fat play crucial role in lipid formation.

           But which type of fat is required for body?

·      Good Cholesterol (HDL – High Density Lipoprotein) is very essential to keep our heart and blood vessels healthy.

  Example – Omega 3

·      Bad Cholesterol (LDL – Low Density Lipoprotein) is very harmful for body and responsible for heart attack problems.

   Example - Trans Fat found in junk food is a part of bad cholesterol, harmful for body.

Balanced Exercise- “Focus on light exercise instead of rigorous exercise”

  Light exercise are like Brisk Walking, Running, Dancing, Cycling, Yoga etc. which is body friendly and can be done for longer time easily.

    According to some experts,

     Brisk walking of 30 minutes for 5 days in a week can be proved a boon for internal organs of our body like heart, lungs, stomach, liver, kidney and brain.

      To deal with nutritional deficiency and food adulteration, one should focus towards –

·      Food diversity millets, fruits, vegetables in diet

·      Food supplements under the supervision of specialized doctors, multivitamins and multiminerals  can be taken to fight with nutritional deficiency

·      Do not rush towards Immunity based products as immunity develop by our body in by itself

·      Focus on Balanced Exercise like walking, cycling, dancing etc.

·      To avoid junk food, frequent medication for small health problems

·      More focus toward good Sleep and less Stress

-       Sleep of 7-8 hours daily keep body and organs healthy.

-       Less stress keep mind happy and us healthy

    So, there is need of balanced lifestyle on a sustainable way to keep our future prosperous and progressive.

                                                   By Pooja Gupta