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Theme 10
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
Healthy lifestyle is defined as the state giving a person the
optimal level of physical or mental health. It implies the absence of
disease. Health status can be assessed by measuring life expectancy,
mortality rates, illnesses and disabilities.
Nowadays our life is getting tougher. People live under the press
of different problems, such as social, ecological, economic ones. They
constantly suffer from stress, noise and pollution in big cities, diseases
and instability. A person should be strong and healthy in order to
overcome all difficulties. To achieve this aim people should take care
of their physical and mental health. There are several ways to do it.
The state of the human organism depends on time people spend doing
sports. At least everybody should do morning exercises every day.
The healthiest kinds of sports are swimming, jogging and cycling.
Healthy food is also a very important factor. Obesity is the main
health hazard nowadays and it causes many dangerous diseases. The
daily menu should include meat, fruit and vegetables, milk product,
which are rich in vitamins, fat, proteins and etc. There is no universal
food product containing all nutrients in optimum quantity and in
proper ratio. Healthy nutrition is possible only having a variety of
different food to maintain the required balance of nutrients. On the
other hand, modern diets are very popular especially among women.
But some diets may be harmful for health.
Physical inactivity also arise substantial public health problems. It
has been estimated that between 9 and 16% of deaths can be attributed
to a sedentary lifestyle. People who are physically active tend to be
healthier than their lazy peers: they experience fewer chronic
degenerative diseases, especially coronary heart disease, hypertension,
stroke and osteoporosis. It is estimated that exercise is associated with
improved immune function and decreased risk of cancer.
To be healthy, people should get rid of bad habits. Everyone
should consider that cigarettes, alcohol and drugs destroy both body
and brain. Cigarette smoking in combination with alcohol intake
significantly increases the risk of oral cancer. Alcohol abuse is one of
causative factors for liver cirrhosis. And it may result in consequential
social and mental problems. Besides according to statistics most of