Between my years of training and education in both sport and health I am always asked, “Alvaro, what is the most important thing when living a healthy life?

My answer is always the same, eat well and exercise constantly no matter what sport you play. Immediately after that, comes my other question: What if I’m one of those people who hardly do any sport?

Well, here are some tips for living a healthy and balanced life properly. Regardless of whether you exercise or not, these 6 tips will still help you.

Living a Healthier Life: Some Keys to Consider

To keep you in better shape, there is nothing like taking care of the two main pillars that keep us healthy: food and exercise. Let’s see how to take the first steps in that direction from these guidelines.

1. Each organism is a world

In my case, I am allergic to coffee, so I must always take it with something in my stomach, otherwise the nausea will be uncontrollable. In the same way it is important to understand that not everything we ingest and do in our daily lives has to serve everyone else, for that reason do not believe in someone who tells you “look, I was given the apple diet, it served me, take it!

It is important to note that each body has a genetic predisposition to hormone levels , which will always be individual. Based on this it is important to say that there are several types of bodies:

  • Ectomorphous : difficulty in gaining weight, people with very low percentages of fat all the time, but are very very thin.
  • Mesomorph : there is no major difficulty in gaining muscle, but with all that muscle, some extra fat is normal.
  • Endomorphic : have great facility to gain weight, but with a higher percentage of fat than the previous ones. Here I must make a clarification, the visible fat percentage in our body does not refer to the cholesterol in blood, since our body can look thin, but our LDL OR HDL can be elevated, so it is important to go to a doctor to check our cholesterol in blood regularly. It is also important to understand that the metabolism can be changed by practicing sports, so doing sports will help you go from being an endomorph to a mesomorph if you wish.

2. Look for unrefined sugars and carbohydrates

A baked potato can have the same carbohydrates as a candy, but they will never be the same, since natural sugars are not the same as refined ones.

There are different types of carbohydrates , but we must always avoid those that are refined because they must be transformed into sugar quickly and this must affect our body as a rule.

3. There is no magic pill

Although nutritional supplements are very good they are not the only answer, they will help you, but do not expect magic from them, or from any cream, operation or potion, since they will all be lacking and these will be seen if you do not reinforce them with exercise routines .

4. Water is life

Water is what governs our digestion, heartbeat, among many other functions in the body, so drinking water in proper conditions will even help you lose weight.

5. Love onions, garlic and ginger

These 3 elements are practically natural antibiotics that will help your body to always be strong . Besides that, ginger can be used to lose weight in infusions and teas.

6. Smile

Studies have shown that people who smile sincerely have better health than those who don’t, so smile, it’s free!

Bibliographic references:

  • https://www.influfitness.com/blog/