Sure-Fire Ways to Be Healthy in 2012

Whilst it is true that a glass of wine or one drink a day (two for men) can help protect against heart disease, more alcohol than that, or binge drinking on a night out, can cause other serious health problems such as liver and kidney disease and cancer.

Keep reading the rest of the tips below. Skin care can be a complex subject sometimes, but it's actually very simple when you think about it. Even if your interest revolves around something as specific as glycemic index diet plan or something more general to the health and wellness genre, these tips will help you to achieve positive health results. You might be surprised. The strategies below may change the health of your body for the rest of your life.

Vitamin D deficiency is implicated in a whole host of diseases from cancer, to bone disease, to susceptibility to infections like the flu. Although the recommended daily intake was raised from 200 to 600 IUs (800 IUs for those 71 and over) per day, most nutritional medicine experts say it's not nearly enough. Get you vitamin D blood level tested soon. You can have your doctor order it, or you can order a test kit on-line.

This is true that alcohol and cigarette act like a silent killer for your life. Too much consumption of cigarette and alcohol disturbs the functioning of your heart, liver and kidneys and cause severe health issues in your life. Research has shown that cigarette and alcoholic drinks can reduce the life expectancy of an average individual drastically.

A Columbia University study found that eating two servings of cereal containing oats daily for 6 weeks lowered total and "bad" LDL cholesterol by 4.5% and 5.3%, respectively. Beta-glucan in oats absorbs LDL cholesterol, which your body then excretes. And also, studies show that those individuals who eat cereals and oats for breakfast have a lower risk for heart ailments.

If you don't smoke you're privileged because so many people I know who do, find it quite tough to give it up. But tough doesn't mean that it can't be done. I think you need the motivation to get there, as one of my friends, Martin, quit smoking when his girlfriend encouraged him to do so. I don't mean that you need a girlfriend to tell you to quit, but you do need to be in love with staying healthy. It's difficult, but you can try and you must, seek professional help if need be. Needless to mention, but from head to toe, there isn't a body part that smoking doesn't harm.

Putting in more than 41 hours per week at the office raises your risk of hypertension by 15%, according to a University of California, Irvine, study of 24,205 California residents. Overtime makes it hard to exercise and eat healthy, says Haiou Yang, PhD, the lead researcher. It may be difficult to clock out super early in today's tough economic times, but try to leave at a decent hourso you can go to the gym or cook a healthy mealas often as possible. Set an end-of-day message on your computer as a reminder to turn it off and go home.

Typically, in India we don't take periodic health checks seriously. It's important to realise that one visit a year the doctor can prevent so many visits in the future. This is especially true for women over 30. Speak to your doctor about getting a mammogram, Pap smear and bone density check right now and you'll be ensuring many years of health in the future

Reducing your stress level will help you to live longer and help you to be healthier in lots of ways. Stress causes disorders, disease and unhealthy lifestyle habits. Find ways in each day to eliminate and get rid of stress. Read, sit quietly, breathe, workout, anything that will help you decrease tension.

Food manufacturers have learned the art of hiding their sugar contents through the use of different names, among them, sucrose, glucose, fructose, dextrose, lactose, and maltose. Be sure to check and scrutinize the list of ingredients at the back of your grocery food products and spurn those with these names in their labels.