Healthy Living Tips for a Balanced Lifestyle

DAR ES SALAAM SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM MODULE NAME: LIFE SKILLS MODULE CODE: GST 05105 DEPARTMENT : JOURNALISM MODULE LEVEL: 5 MODULE SEMESTER: 1 TUTOR S NAME: AYUBU GAMBA OUR MOTTOR: MEDIA FOR DEMOCRACY

TOPIC 2 HYGIENE AND HEATHY LIVING What is hygiene? Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through cleanliness. Or Hygiene is a series of practices performed to preserve health. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), "Hygiene refers to conditions and practices that help to maintain health and prevent the spread of diseases. Personal hygiene refers to maintaining the body's cleanliness. Hygiene activities can be grouped into the following: home and everyday hygiene, personal hygiene, medical hygiene, sleep hygiene and food hygiene. Home and every day hygiene includes hand washing, respiratory hygiene, food hygiene at home, hygiene in the kitchen, hygiene in the bathroom, laundry hygiene and medical hygiene at home. What is hygiene? 2

The seven factors contribute to healthy living are: The seven factors contribute to healthy living are: 1. A healthy balanced diet When you eat healthily and make sure your body is getting the right nutrition, you are providing it with a sustaining energy. You are also lowering your risk of getting serious lifestyle diseases, like heart disease, hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes and cancers. A healthy and balanced diet will prevent you from becoming overweight and putting you at risk of getting any one of the above lifestyle diseases. However, while you don t want to gain too much unhealthy weight, you also shouldn t follow fad diets. Three balanced meals a day with a healthy mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack will ensure you remain energised while providing your body with good nutrition.

Did you know we can survive around 3 weeks without food yet we cannot go without water for more than 7 days? What this is telling us is that water is vital. We should be drinking eight glasses of pure water a day in order to keep hydrated and maintain good health. (Juices, cooldrinks and other beverages do not count as water.) Water aids healthy digestion, it keeps our cells hydrated and functioning properly, and it flushes toxins out of our bodies. It is thanks to water that our bodies are able to absorb vital nutrients from food. 3. Exercising regularly All it takes is about 20 to 30 minutes of regular exercise on a daily basis to keep us fit and healthy. Finding something physical to do and committing to it will help reduce your heart rate and therefore decrease the risk of 2. Drinking lots of water

(continued...) Cardiovascular disease. Exercising also strengthens muscles and therefore increases bone density, reducing the risk of you getting osteoporosis in your old age. It improves lung capacity and aids proper breathing. A big plus to doing regular exercise is it improves your mental health, reduces stress, helps you sleep better and improves your mood. 4. Plenty of sleep A full night s sleep is vital as it gives your body some time to regenerate and recharge. You should be getting no less than seven hours of sleep per night because your body needs this amount of time to take care of its metabolic functions, like repairing damaged cells, recharging tired old cells and getting rid of toxins. Consistent lack of sleep can have quite a serious effect on your physical and mental health and wellbeing. 5. Not smoking If you want to increase your lifespan and decrease your risk of getting serious illnesses, you should never start smoking and, if you are a smoker, you should quit now. Constant exposure to the nicotine in tobacco can cause coronary artery disease, peptic ulcer disease, esophageal reflux, and hypertension, fetal illnesses, delayed wound healing, and cancers, and can significantly shorten your lifespan.

Continued 6. Reducing alcohol consumption If you are consuming a moderate amount of alcohol about one drink a day you have nothing to worry about. However, drinking more than this can lead to health issues, such as a higher risk of heart disease, some cancers (liver cancer in particular), high blood pressure and stroke. Alcohol can be addictive and if you have a drinking problem you are at a higher risk of having accidents, being violent and even having suicidal thoughts. ASSIGNMENT Why there are so many diseases now days How society can escape from diseases

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