Staying healthy requires a lot of thinking and self
reflection to be successful. With a longer life
expectancy of human beings as compared to pre-modern
age, people have been ore vigilant to think about and
create ways to even extend the lives of everyone
existing. Numerous mnemonics and acronyms have been
developed as well by nutritionists and scientists to
help people have a guide on how to stay healthy. One
of these would be the ABC’s of staying healthy, a very
simple, yet effective way of adding to the long list
of patterns to keep healthy.



A Is For Abstinence

“A” stands for abstinence. Most probably many would
already be thinking that this seems like the same ABC
tip for responsible sex. Though the keywords used in
the ABC’s of staying healthy are similar except for
the last one, the ideas are completely in a different
context as this would specifically target more of a
person’s lifestyle in everyday living.



Abstinence should be practiced by the person in
declining the things that would not make him healthy
in the process. Unless it is required such as a career
that would limit the choice to either quit the job or
to counter the effects with good health practices,
abstinence on a great level is required of the person
should he wish to start staying healthy and maintain
being healthy. Abstinence should be the basis of any
individual to serve as a disciplinary concept. Without
the discipline to know when to say no, it would prove
difficult to stay away from the things that people
have learned to love.

B Is For Be Faithful

“B” stands for “Be Faithful”. Being faithful is being
able to hold out and maintain focus on your objective
of staying healthy. It does not mean that you totally
become a no-nonsense robot who only distinguishes a
black from white, but being lenient is a risky thing
to inculcate. Though it is not really to bend the
rules from time to time because of valid reasons, it
may develop into a nasty habit of having an excuse for
every single choice that should have been for staying
healthy.

C Is For Calisthenics

Calisthenics or exercise is and has always been part
of any healthy program designed for health conscious
and health seekers alike. Calisthenics does not
necessarily mean the rigorous training that one sees
in advertisements and magazines. Those are for
bodybuilders who would want to reshape their bodies
into hard sculptured specimens of humanity.
Calisthenics are simple activities which would allow
one’s self to move about and permit the proper flow of
blood to the different parts of the body for optimal
oxygenation of the cells.

Calisthenics should be done everyday for at least
thirty to forty-five minutes which includes mainly
aerobic exercise. Not only does daily calisthenics
improve the cardiovascular flow of the body, it also
adds up to the amount of calories to be burned for the
day to maintain the desired body weight and fitness
level.

The ABC’s of staying healthy is a very elementary
concept for anyone to grasp should they wish to seek a
better health state or maintain an already good one.
It is a personal choice as it is a personal endeavor.
The extent of its success lies on the amount of effort
that the individual puts in each letter of this simple
mnemonic.
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Staying Healthy With Organic Food

One of the most important aspects of staying healthy
is with the food that we eat. The food that we eat at
each mealtime, or snack time determines the kind of
nutrients that we would be getting. The certain
amounts of these nutrients also matter as any
excessive or insufficiency may lead to complications
and eventually illness on the individual. Staying
healthy with organic food has been frowned upon by a
majority of the society as fast foods and processed
food products are made available in the groceries and
supermarkets. These processed foods are advertised
with as much flavorings as budget to keep them in the
diet of the people.

Organic food has been known to be superior in
beneficial outcomes to the body than their artificial
and processed counterparts. Better Bowel Movement

Organic food, which usually come in the form of fresh
vegetable and fruit produce, and organically fed
animals contribute to a higher stability in bowel
movement. For one, the fiber content of these fresh
produce are still intact and almost undamaged. This
high fiber content or quality is able to absorb the
fluids in the intestines and form a solid fecal mass,
good for excretion. Think if these fibers as a broom
passed through our intestines. The higher quality of
the bristles, the better efficiency there is in
sweeping away old fecal deposits in the intestinal
tract. This therefore allows better nutrient
absorption on succeeding nutrient passes.



It Reduces Health Risks

With artificially prepared market produce such as
vegetables, fruits, and meat, the individual ingesting
them are subject to all the pesticides and artificial
drug enhancers that were used. Some of these harmful
chemicals embed in the produce and may not be properly
cleansed until cooking.

Organically prepared meat and produce are grown
without the chemicals, pesticides and the like which
would have been created to kill pests thereby reducing
the risk of unwanted illness. Common illnesses that
occur with chemicals accidentally ingested are related
to the gastrointestinal tract.

Contains Higher Nutrient Levels

Organic foods retain the natural amount of nutritive
value that they should ideally be containing. As
opposed to artificially processed foods, these organic
foods have not yet been subjected to the different
processing methods which transform the original food
product into several forms. Changing its structure,
and applying heat to these organic foods, as well as
with simple slicing, would cause a part of the
nutrient value to disintegrate and be lost in the
whole process.
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The biggest culprit in this manner is canned goods
which have passed through countless processing bins,
and artificial flavorings to produce the replica of a
supposed food product. Furthermore, the main harmful
ingredient of canned goods is preservatives. Simply
put, preservatives are chemical agents used to lessen
the normal process of deterioration of all organic
products.

Better Environment

With the method of growing for organic food products,
the environment is saved from chemical alteration by
the chemicals and pesticides that should have been
otherwise used. Ecological balance is helped
maintained in this method and would result to a better
living environment of the individual as well.

Patronizing the idea of staying healthy with organic
food is a good way to maximize nutritive efficiency in
a person’s body system and out of a person by the
environment and its contribution to the individual’s
well being.

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Staying Healthy While Losing Weight

Staying healthy while losing weight is the primary
objective of any over weight, or worse obese people to
achieve a healthier state of well being. Also, the
dilemma of being able to balance the healthy state
without compromising the rate of weight loss and vice
versa is usually confused as to how it should be done.

Starvation Misconception

Chances are, some of weight losers become desperate
and try drastic changes for losing weight that they
expose themselves to a non nutritive state, leading to
malnutrition, and complications arising from skipping
meals such as ulcers and nausea. On the other hand, a
consciously focused individual on staying healthy may
forget that his primary goal is to shed the unwanted
fat and exercise vigorously and would find himself not
losing those pounds, all because of added muscle mass.
Such confusion may eventually cause the individual to
lose interest in maintaining and enduring the current
healthy practice and resort back to unhealthy
lifestyle with a less hassle maintenance.

Overworking The Body

Another misconception regarding staying healthy while
losing weight is that it can be done faster with more
exercise per day. Though this may hold true, our body
can only take as much work before we tire out.
Intensifying it abruptly, hoping that the added jolt
in workload would hasten the shedding process, may
trigger a rebound effect on the brain, for the brain
has a survival mechanism that triggers a slow down of
metabolism if the body is subjected to a high caloric
consumption. Furthermore, complications like muscle
injuries and joint sprains may occur as these are
subjected to a load without having them adapt to it
gradually.

Muscle Atrophy

In addition to the slow down of metabolism as a
rebound effect, there is also another detrimental
outcome for the body to preserve as much energy
reserves [read: fat deposits], that instead of burning
up the fatty deposits, muscle cells are rather used up
instead. This is because protein is easier to
synthesize into smaller components for energy sourcing
than fat. Also, fat has larger energy content per unit
than a protein, therefore allowing the body to
efficiently store energy at a greater ratio. Such
phenomenon is called muscle atrophy. With Muscle
atrophy, a person is then subject to double time in
gaining back the lost weight in muscles and at the
same time keeping t he fat deposit levels low.

Couple With Exercise

Staying healthy while losing weight requires both a
lessened caloric intake calculated and intended to the
desired body weight requirement and coupled with
adequate exercise. Usually, the first two weeks will
have no significant results as the body will still
have to adapt and change its metabolic paradigm with
the new stressor. After which, significant weight
drops would occur from the start of the third week of
consistent losing weight. After which, the rate at
which the mass sheds off gradually slows down until
the desired weight is achieved.



Staying healthy while losing weight takes time to
achieve. There are neither shortcuts nor easy way outs
for this two to work harmoniously together. For a
successful healthy status while losing weight, It is
important to understand that the two should be well
balanced so that not one of the aspects try to out
hunger the other and cause a failure in the desired

objective.