Staying Healthy: Your Health Style Checklist
Here is a checklist that help to check yourself , Are staying in health style ? It is always good to remember the following in trying to maintain good health
1.Healthy eating - remember to eat lots of vegetables and fruit and to reduce your intake of saturated fats and sugars. Click through to the diet calculator to see how your diet rates.
2.Exercise - try to do at least 30 minutes of moderate activity a day. You can do a quick check of your fitness and flexibility yourself (these tests indicate minimum levels only)
3.Fitness - if you can walk a kilometre in less than 18-20 minutes, or you can walk up a flight of stairs without getting puffed you are probably in reasonably good cardiovascular shape.
4.Flexibility - sit on the floor, stretch out your legs keeping them flat on the floor. If you can touch your toes you are probably reasonably flexible.
5.Stress - try to keep stress levels to a minimum. Learn to manage your stress and set time aside to relax.
6.Alcohol and Smoking - limit your consumption of alcohol and choose not to smoke.
7.Check ups - periodically visit your doctor to conduct the following checks:
- blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol
- skin cancer screenings
- For women - pap smears and breast exams
- For men - prostate and testicular cancer screening