Staying Healthy Eliminates Dis-Ease

It might seem redundant to say that staying healthy can eliminate disease, but it isn’t. Disease occurs when your body is out of balance. It frequently happens when you eat the wrong things, don’t have enough sleep, or move enough. Mild dehydration can also cause issues. The word disease combines the prefix “dis” with the word ease, meaning no freedom from pain or lack of relief. How do you change that? You accomplish it by doing the things that keep your body healthy. It doesn’t guarantee you won’t get sick, but it does improve your chances of preventing illness and chronic conditions.

Maintaining a healthy weight can help you avoid disease.

People who weigh more than they should put extra stress on their joints. If the weight occurs in the abdominal area, it causes problems with posture that create back pain. It can cause digestive issues and create problems with sleep apnea. Most of the time, it occurs because people don’t eat healthy food. Their diet often consists of food with added sugar that causes blood sugar levels to increase. That causes insulin resistance and leads to diabetes. The excess weight also causes the heart to pump harder without a rest. It can lead to higher blood pressure and many cardiac problems.

Besides causing obesity, an unhealthy diet lacks nutrients.

Eating a wide variety of whole foods can help your body by providing the nutrients required to function and protection from oxidation and toxins. Anthocyanin, the phytonutrient that makes blueberries blue, is a potent antioxidant that protects cells. Each fruit and vegetable color provides phytonutrients you won’t get from a multiple vitamin. They work in synergy to boost the positive effects of the vitamins and minerals the plant contains. You require macronutrients like protein, carbs, or healthy fat to create hormones, produce energy, and form healthy tissue. The food you eat plays a vital role in good health.

Exercise increases circulation, boosts your immune system, and extends your telomeres.

Most people have never heard of telomeres. They’re like the plastic aglets on shoelaces that prevent the shoelace from unraveling, except they prevent the chromosomes from unraveling. That protects them and allows them to replicate more without damage. Damage to the chromosomes can cause illness, aging, and death. Exercise also increases the body’s stem cells to replace damaged cells. It increases circulation, helps reduce blood pressure, and builds cardiovascular strength. It also helps control weight and improves the ratio of body fat to muscle.

• Something as simple as getting more sleep can help your heart stay healthier. Lack of sleep also causes the body to increase the production of ghrelin, the hunger hormone, and reduce leptin production, which makes you feel full.
• Adequate hydration can prevent urinary tract infections. Since your body weight is mostly water, mild dehydration can affect every organ. In seniors, dehydration causes symptoms resembling dementia. Seniors also dehydrate faster.
• If you smoke, use illegal drugs, or drink alcohol to excess, it creates negative changes. The easiest way to avoid them is not to start. If you already do those things, get help to stop.
• Always discuss any changes you make with your healthcare professional, especially if you take medication.

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