Simple Health + Fitness Minute

Good health is not about a single meal. Mixing up the foods you eat allows you a greater mix of the over 40 different vitamins and nutrients your body needs to function.

As long as you have breath in your lungs and the ability to move, you have the ability to use exercise to improve your health.

A positive attitude toward your workouts will help you maintain the efforts of your workouts.

The keys to maintaining healthy weight is the right blend of proper diet and consistent exercise. But if there is too much going on in your life to find balance in the two, put more effort into maintaining your workouts over your eating.  

 You don’t want to miss too many workouts, but if you miss a workout here or there naturally, you will not miss out on too much.    

The healthiness in often negligible, but it is more about the difference in time and money spent than calories per meal.

We all have issues with maintaining priorities. You are never too busy for whatever your priorities are. If you are too busy to exercise, you has not placed exercise as an priority.

Whether two-legged or four, human or canine, getting a buddy to help you stay consistent with your workouts and on track with your diet is an easier than you think.

Keep your shoes by the door. Lay your workout clothes out the night before. Keep a bag of gear packed and in your car. Keep water bottles at the ready. Keep healthy snacks in stock. Prepare in advance to help your workouts go smoother.

Add some flare to your health and fitness goals and you’ll have a better chance of reaching and maintaining them.

You do not have to be a top athlete to get the benefits of moderate physical activity for at least 150 minutes per week. To make the process easier, make it a habit of getting out and moving more.

Regular check-ups can help find health problems before becoming severe. Do not be afraid of possible bad news and skip your scheduled check-up. The potential bad news is much better than a serious or terminal diagnosis that can come from not finding out more on underlying issues sooner.

Depression affects over 260 million people worldwide. It is a common affliction that can manifest differently, the most common being feelings of hopelessness or worthlessness. If you are going through bouts of depression, severe or not, you are not alone. Reach out to someone you trust, such as a family member, friend, colleague, or mental health professional.

Car crashes and traffic incidents claim over one million lives around the world yearly and leave tens of millions more injured. Car crashes and traffic incidents are very preventable.

The help you need to stick to smaller portions is built (or molded) into most chocolate bars. Let the chocolate bar help you keep from binge eating the chocolate bar.

The simplest pieces of advice are often the most difficult to follow. Making sure to drink plenty of fluids and staying properly hydrated is simple to do and even simpler not to do.

There is nothing wrong with interment fasting, as long as you do not use your open eating windows to gorge on whatever foods are within your reach.

Maintain A Healthy Body Weight: Maintaining a healthy body weight helps you ‘move’ through the world and is the foundation for maintaining a healthy lifestyle. But don’t just let some chart tell you what a healthy body weight is for you.

Bringing back the classic movie ‘Joe Versus The Volcano,’ and bringing out one of the simplest cures for brain fog and lack of creativity.

Inspired by a message from fitness entrepreneur and influencer Bedros Keuilian, “Food is the most abused drug for depression. Exercise is the most underutilized antidepressant.”

Solely relying on core workouts isn’t going to give those rock-hard abs you’ve been craving.

To get the most out of your workout at the gym, limit your phone use and keep your focus on the reps, not the clock.

Mosquitoes are one of the deadliest insects in the world. You can take simple measures to protect yourself and your loved ones against mosquito-borne diseases.

Walking is a great exercise that anyone can do if they have space. So, how long is your hallway?

If you are lucky to have a schedule that allows for a real 'schedule,’ you should take full advantage of that routine if possible.