We all desire to live healthy and happy forever but very few of us actually live such a blissful life. Many explain a healthy and happy man as the blessed individual, but attaining a healthy mind and body is not a blessing, it’s the regular dedication and hard work of the person in keeping himself/herself happiest and healthiest with simple yet essential habits and good eating.

‘You are what you eat’ – The phrase justifies a lot of queries among the people willing to attain a healthy body and mind. At present, when most of us are addicted to many unhealthy habits due to the immensely busy lifestyle, the simplest concept of healthy living has turned into an Art. Despite being available to a plethora of healthy living tips and informative content on the internet, people miserably fail to attain healthy living and eating habits these days. There needs to be a better understanding of the concept – ‘A Healthy outside starts from the Inside’.

Undeniably, most of us lack discipline in maintaining a good and healthy regime and further complain about being prone to many health issues. How can a body with very few healthy habits or in fact with no healthy habits and eating practice lead to a healthy mind?

Never an unhealthy person can be seen happy because happiness always comes with good health along with other aspirations of life. And, when health is the only wealth leading to happiness and prosperous life, then why not start with simple steps towards healthy living? Definitely, we can do a lot of change in the way we had been unhealthy and unhappy by putting into practice, some healthy habits.

Here to start with –

1. A Little Exercise to Boost Immunity and Happiness

Yes, you read that right! Exercising regularly is one of the best ways to give a vital lift to your body and mind. In fact, exercising many times is considered as an antidote of keeping tensions, unhappiness, and unhealthiness at bay. Not only people with regular exercising habits attain a good body but also boost up their body immunity and feeling of happiness or contentment. It is because exercising leads to the release of endorphins in the body that lowers the sense of pain and increases the sense of pleasure and happiness. So, head out for a jog or start working out with a ten-minute app on your mobile phone, at least give a start to regularly exercising habit.

2. Feed Your Stomach with Good Food

Do you know a chemical named serotonin present in our body, promotes the feeling of happiness? And, 90% of serotonin chemical is made in our gut. Therefore, anything that we put in our stomach, impacts our mood. Considering this vital fact, include healthy foods in the diet that are rich in nutrients and other health-benefiting factors. Also, make sure to stay away from processed foods, high sugar food, frequent antibiotics, and carb diets. Practicing yoga, regular walking and eliminating negative self-talk or negative people from life for reducing stress are some other things of consideration.

3. Always Stay Hydrated

Adequate water intake is one of the most vital habits to help your body release toxins easily from the body and hydrating it. Also, it aids the functioning of the kidney and cleanses the skin from within. Furthermore, healthy water intake habit also helps in strengthening the immune system and relieving fatigue. If plain water seems boring quote often then squeezing a lemon with some sprig of herbs can turn it delightful. No wonder, your body will definitely thank you for taking adequate fluids.

3. Discover Peace of Mind

If you don’t have any idea about how to find peace of mind then you must make a small list of everything that you value and desire and see if you are actually working towards it. Do you worry over little things or goal completions? Are you immensely overscheduled? Is there something you are constantly worried about? Now give a look at all your day-to-day worries and try eliminating the worries with better alternatives and spend more time on things that give you a sense of pleasure like playing any sport, giving little time to your hobby, talking to people you love, and more.

4. Never Ever Skip Your Breakfast!

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day as it’s the first meal you have after night-long fasting. So, giving a kick start with healthier food intake like eggs, oats, brown bread, healthy fruit/vegetable smoothies, cereals, and other prove great as nutrients in such food are absorbed to maximum level during its intake in the morning as breakfast. The intake of a good amount of protein and avoiding unprocessed carbohydrates are excellent ways of controlling weight gain and lower cholesterol levels in the body. Eating breakfast regularly without skipping it helps in restoring glycogen and insulin levels in the body that will make one feel less like hungry, cranky and tired.

5. Take Adequate Sleep

People who are always sleep deprived or do not have adequate sleep are prone to many health issues. Apart from always being in bad/cranky mood with depressed feelings, sleep-deprived people have bad digestion and low immunity. Also, according to studies, short sleepers are always at greater risk of having heart disease or stroke than the ones who get themselves 7 to 8 hours of sleep every night. Furthermore, having adequate sleep is the mantra for increasing your concentration power for better productivity at work. No wonder, a well-rested body can only feel happier and healthier.

6. Stop Making Comparisons with Others

One of the most common ways people often ruin their happiness is with the feeling of discontentment that arises in mind with comparisons made with others. On making any sort of comparison with the lives of others, we often give a feeling of depression to ourselves. Such a feeling of discontentment and depression can decrease confidence and can always make the person unhappy about his/her life, body type, belongings and much more. Instead, try being content and happy with what you have and work hard towards desired aspirations.

Final Words – Health is wealth and being Healthy outside starts from the inside. So, always made efforts in adopting healthy habits that can bring happiness, else life is too short to live depressed and unhealthy. Hope, this article helps an unhealthy and depressed individual feel better on adopting above mentioned ideas of being happy and healthy.

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