Why is a healthy lifestyle important?

We all want to live a long, happy, healthy life with an abundance of energy and vitality, having the ability to perform well both mentally and physically with emotional balance and free from disease and disorders. One may ask, why is a healthy lifestyle important and how can we accomplish a healthy lifestyle with all the bad temptations of today? To achieve this we need to strive for peak health through a Healthy Lifestyle.

Leading a healthy lifestyle is one of the best decisions you will ever make, one which will impact on all aspects of your life - physical, mental, and emotional. The issue of healthy lifestyles is an important one. A healthy lifestyle is a valuable resource for reducing the incidence and impact of health problems, enabling you better to cope with life stressors, as well as improving your quality of life.

Many health problems can be prevented or at least their occurrence postponed by having a healthy lifestyle. Many health issues are addressed with exercise, nutrition, stress management and other healthy lifestyle practices.

Let me start here by trying to define lifestyle. Definition: ‘A way of life or style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group’.

Everyone knows that eating a healthy balanced diet, exercising regularly and coping with stress are of
benefit to the body and mind, and are habits necessary for a healthy lifestyle.

Resource from:

Healthy Lifestyle Living, By Larry Lewis, (2012) 'Why is healthy lifestyle important?' [online,blog] Available from: https://www.healthylifestylesliving.com/health/healthy-lifestyle/why-is-a-healthy-lifestyle-important/ [Access date 27/11/2015]