12 tips for healthy living

12 tips for healthy living

 An important requirement to be a successful entrepreneur or businessman is leading a healthy life, since we can only then have enough energy and vitality to perform all activities that involve creating and raising a company.
Here are 12 tips that will help us lead a healthy life:
Eating healthy foods
The higher the percentage of healthy foods to include in our diet, better and more energetic we feel. We must always give preference to light and healthy foods such as vegetables, fruits and grains, and avoid possible heavy and harmful to health, such as red meat foods, fried foods and sweets.
Eat slowly
If we eat slowly and chew your food well our body will make a good digestion and therefore better absorb nutrients from food. But if we eat fast and not chew food properly, your body will spend extra energy to perform digestion and as a result, we feel tired.
Do not eat a lot at night

At night our body serves to cleanse the body of toxins and other impurities, so if you eat a lot we will work more and as a result, dificultaremos our dream and we will wake up tired. We should avoid eating too much at night, especially heavy meals or elaborate, and eat at least two hours before bedtime.
Take plenty of water
Take plenty of water helps to have a good digestion, helps to cleanse your body, and keeps us hydrated, avoiding dehydration whose main symptom is fatigue. We must always give preference to water when we thirsty and drink plenty of water throughout the day, but avoid taking it during meals as we could hinder digestion.
Avoid alcohol
Drinking alcohol causes fatigue us, affects our nervous system, and is not only detrimental to our health and can cause us liver and cardiovascular diseases, but also one of the main causes of car accidents. We must avoid drinking alcohol, or at least limit their consumption, for example, when we have a social commitment, but like always in moderation.
No Smoking
Smoking causes fatigue us, affects our nervous system, and is not only detrimental to our health and can cause us respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, but also detrimental to the health of people around us. If you smoke, the simple act of quitting could do more for our health than any other action we could take.
Sleep well
Sleep is necessary for our body thoroughly clean our body, refuel, and release tension. We must try to sleep well, but not too much as this can also be detrimental to our health. It is advisable to sleep between 7-8 hours each night, although some people your body may require less or more hours.
Exercise regularly
Exercising regularly allows us to have a good physical and mental condition, helps to cleanse your body, helps us release tension, and gives us the feeling of well being. We must try playing sports, going to the gym, jogging, biking, or at least walk all day as we can.
Deep breathing
Deep breathing helps to increase the flow of oxygen to the brain and, therefore, relax and have greater mental clarity. We breathe deeply through your nose whenever we are in a tense or stressful situation, although we can always react well to these situations, we must acquire the habit of deep breathing at all times.
Practicing meditation
Practicing meditation helps us to be more relaxed, to better react to tense or stressful situations, to feel more energy and vitality, and be more creative. We should get into the habit of practicing meditation regularly, even if it becomes difficult to achieve this, at least try to have quiet moments where we try to minimize our thoughts.
Avoid negative emotions
The best way to be strong energetically speaking, is not doing things that make us increase our energy, but avoid doing the things we run, the main of them having negative emotions. We must avoid negative emotions such as fear, worry and anxiety, and instead seek to have positive emotions such as joy, optimism and confidence.
Balancing work with rest
Overwork exhausted us, causes stress and blocks our creativity. We must learn to balance work with rest, for example, often taking us short breaks between our daily activities, or whenever we deem necessary taking us one or more carefree days, to help us relieve stress, clear your mind, and return refreshed to I work.