Why is Being Healthy Important?

Being healthy is not about losing weight and being skinny, it's about choosing life. What do I mean?
When you choose to have a healthy lifestyle, you live a longer, happier life. CDC and other statistics show that those individuals who eat right and exercise on a regular basis live longer than those who don't. You also feel happier when you choose a healthy lifestyle. Health is not just about nutrition and physical activity, it also focuses on your mental and spritual health too. These aspects are just as important. What is neat is that your nutrition and physical activity have an effect on your mental health too.

Making Healthy Choices.
When it comes to Nutrition, taking in low-fat and nutritionally substantial foods, you are allowing your body to work as it should. You are giving your body the nutrients it needs to stay strong. Keeping your body full of the nutrients it needs helps the body fight off the bacteria more quickly to keep you from either getting sick or staying sick for too long. It also keeps you from serious injury, or helps you heal more effectively from injuries. And of course making healthy food choices keeps you from gaining weight; keeping you from developing other chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Getting Physical.
In addition to making good food choices, it is also very important to stay active. Keeping active does many wonderful things for your body to keep it strong, healthy and young! When you are physically active on a regular basis, you are getting more oxygen to your body, keeping it full of life, and keeping your heart in shape. When you keep your heart in shape, giving it the exercise it needs, you are allowing it to do it's job more effectively and help you live longer. Staying active also enables you to burn fat; maintaining a healthy weight or losing weight and unhealthy body fat. Again, this keeps you from developing chronic diseases that could otherwise have been avoided.

A Healthy Mind.
These two components of nutrition and physical activity do wonders for your mental health. When you eat well, you feel better about yourself. You aren't as tired and your blood and brain are getting the nutrients they need to function more effectively. When you exercise and stay active, endorphines are released which give you a feeling of being refreshed and happy. On top of all of this, when you lose weight or maintain the weight you want, your self esteem improves and you develope a more positive outlook.

The moral of the story here is that being healthy is important for you physically, nutrionally and mentally as well. These are all important aspects of each individual's life that rely on each other. You may not think that it does, but if you break it down and analyze how your feelings and thoughts relate to nutrition and physical health, you may be amazed.