You want to live a longer life more than anything else, don’t you?

But often it remains a wishful dream for you, as you suffer from many health-related problems even at your young age.

What could be the reasons that makes your health depleted, and worn out in your young age itself?

In actual fact, there are many factors that contribute to the pelthora of ailments you suffer in your youth.

• Stress and tension are major health wreckers in this modern age.
• Your never-ending problems makes you feel so hyped up that you end up becoming hypertensive and diabetic.
• Your unhealthy food habits wreck your body metabolism.
• Your addiction to drinks and drugs destroy your health.
• Staying awake until late in the night makes your health depleted.
• Your sedentary lifestyle makes you obese and unhealthy.
• Your craze for junk food leads to many unwanted diseases.

Can you see how your lifestyle is the topmost reason why you are unable to live a longer life?

Yes!

Your standard of life has gone up drastically, but the quality of your life has deteriorated immensely. You have lots of money and also have lots of health-related problems.

The medical field has leaped ahead in curing many incurable diseases. But modernity has sprung forth many new illnesses which take toll of your physical health.

You also suffer from another form of illness which makes you feel miserable and wretched.

Are you wondering what illness it is?

It is your mental illness.

You become mentally affected by the problems that consistently creep into your family. You are stressed by your work-related tension. All this reflects negatively in your health and finally in your life span.

Does this mean it is impossible to live a longer life?

No.

Follow these simple health tips to live a longer life.

1. Say no to sedentary lifestyle

Be active and energetic in your day-to-day life.

Do not sit hours before the computer without moving from the place.

Avoid taking a car when you can walk to nearby places. Saves fuel and burns your calories.

Do not use lifts in your workplace.

Use staircase whenever possible.

Give physical work to your body to burn your calories.

2. Say no to stress and tension

Do you feel tensed and stressed by the issues you face in your family and work place?

It is a major deterrent to live a longer life.

Do not take any of your problems too much to heart. Understand that problems are part and parcel of your life.

Stress and tension lead to many health-related problems which prevents the longevity of your life.

So, understand the simple fact that problems are not there to stay with you. When you handle it with courage, it will eventually disappear from your life.

Can you see that you are ruining your health for something which is transitory in your life?

3. Say yes to friendly relationship with your family

Friendly relationship with your family works wonders to your health.

When you spend quality time with your family, you feel calm and tension free.

Excellent relationship with your family acts as a great activator for your good health.

When your relationship with your family deteriorates you feel lost and lonely. Loneliness kills your happiness. Lack of happiness destroys your health.

So, a good family life prolongs your life span in a telling way.

3. Say no to junk food

Do you feel you have such an excellent digestive system that you can eat just about everything?

Today’s youth think so. This is the reason that junk food has taken the youth world by storm.

Do you know junk food is a slow poison that kills your health?

It kills your immune system.

It makes you obese.

It makes your brain weak and non-functional.

Always remember what you eat in your younger days decides how healthy you are going to be in your old age.

4. Say yes to humor

Laughter and humor are two most essential ingredients for good health.

It reduces your blood pressure.

It makes you feel light hearted.

It releases your stress and tension.

You enjoy a sense of wellbeing.

Can you see how humor does away with many issues that affect your health?

5. Say no to brooding and depression

You mostly brood and feel depressed when you face problems in your life.

Feeling constantly depressed is a form of mental disease which easily leads to physical ill-health.

Constant depression affects your heart. When depression makes you feel lost, you do not eat healthy food.

On the contrary, depression makes you indulge in stress eating.

All this deprives your health.

So, do not bury your emotions within you and brood endlessly. Share your feelings with people close to you. It eases your depression immensely.

Avoiding depression is very important if you want to live a longer life.

6. Say yes to healthy eating

Eat plenty of green leafy vegetables and fruits.

You can also opt for organic vegetables and fruits as they are chemical free.

Chemicals damage your health and wreaks havoc to your body’s immune system.

So, shift to organic food. Might be a wee bit costly, but you are worth it.

7. Say yes to good food habits

Regular intake of garlic is good for your heart. Ginger is good for your digestion. Fenugreek is very good to keep diabetes at bay.

Avoid artificial drinks.

Avoid bakery items.

Drink plenty of water.

Drink tender coconut water and butter milk during summer.

Eat fruits instead of drinking it as juice. Fruits contain lots of fiber.

Curd is anti-bacterial. Consume it daily.

Dry fruits, green leafy vegetables also aid you to live longer life.

8. Say yes to regular exercises

Exercises are very essential to keep you fit and in shape.

Regular exercises suitable to your age are excellent for your health.

Walking, swimming and cycling can be done at any age.

Do not overdo you exercises in your quest for six packs or zero size figure.

Over exercise is as bad as lack of it.

9. Say yes to meditation

Meditation and yoga are very effective in making you live a longer life as it calms your mind and relieves your tension,

When you meditate regularly, it conditions your body.

It unwinds the knotty anxiety and nervousness of your day-to-day life.

You feel at peace- another essential ingredient to live a longer life.

10. Say no to drugs and alcohol

Alcohol and drugs are very dangerous to your health.

It destroys your kidneys, liver, pancreas and other major organs of your body.

Your total health is destroyed if you fall a victim to these risky habits.

So, avoid it at any cost.

Conclusion

“There’s nothing more important than our good health – that’s our principal capital asset” – Arlen Specter

These are just some of the pointers to make you live a longer life.

Not very difficult, is it?

When you want to live longer, only you can make it happen to you.

It is no use having bad food habits and longing to live a long and healthy life.

It is no use having bad food habits and longing to live a long and healthy life.