On Healthy Living

According to a recent study only three percent of Americans are doing most of what is commonly known to increase health and well-being: not smoking, eating five servings of veggies a day, exercising regularly and keeping a normal weight. (I only do three of those on good days.) Many more people don’t smoke than exercise regularly (76 percent versus 22 percent who exercise five times a week). And only 23 percent eat five servings of fruit and vegetables daily (see the full abstract here.)

This really isn’t all that surprising. People know what is good for them but they don’t want to do it, because they enjoy smoking, fast food tastes better, exercise takes too much time and it’s too hard to lose weight. We have excuses for everything. But we would all lead such better, healthier, longer lives if only we could take these four steps for ourselves. If this is the only life we get, shouldn’t we spend it in the best body possible? I’m going to try to remember that as I try to exercise more and eat more veggies. I hope you’ll think about it, too.

Sarah White wrote this on April 29th, 2005 and filed it under Healthy Living, Diet & Exercise, Women's Health, Health Foods, Men's Health |