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11/06/2025

Eat a healthy diet
Eat a combination of different foods, including fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and whole grains. Adults should eat at least five portions (400g) of fruit and vegetables per day. You can improve your intake of fruits and vegetables by always including veggies in your meal; eating fresh fruit and vegetables as snacks; eating a variety of fruits and vegetables; and eating them in season. By eating healthy, you will reduce your risk of malnutrition and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.

10/24/2025

🍎 Small Habits, Big Health Changes

Good health isn’t built in a day — it’s built in moments. The little things you do daily add up far more than any big effort done once in a while. A 10-minute walk after meals, choosing fruit instead of sugary snacks, drinking water before coffee, or stretching before bed — these tiny actions slowly rewire your body and mind toward wellness.

You don’t have to overhaul your lifestyle overnight. Just stay consistent with one small, healthy choice each day. Over time, those choices become your routine, and your routine becomes your health.

10/06/2025

Reduce intake of harmful fats
Fats consumed should be less than 30% of your total energy intake. This will help prevent unhealthy weight gain and NCDs. There are different types of fats, but unsaturated fats are preferable over saturated fats and trans-fats. WHO recommends reducing saturated fats to less than 10% of total energy intake; reducing trans-fats to less than 1% of total energy intake; and replacing both saturated fats and trans-fats with unsaturated fats.
The preferable unsaturated fats are found in fish, avocado and nuts, and in sunflower, soybean, canola and olive oils; saturated fats are found in fatty meat, butter, palm and coconut oil, cream, cheese, ghee and lard; and trans-fats are found in baked and fried foods, and pre-packaged snacks and foods, such as frozen pizza, cookies, biscuits, and cooking oils and spreads.

09/22/2025

Consume less salt and sugar
Reduce your salt intake to 5g per day, equivalent to about one teaspoon. It’s easier to do this by limiting the amount of salt, soy sauce, fish sauce and other high-sodium condiments when preparing meals; removing salt, seasonings and condiments from your meal table; avoiding salty snacks; and choosing low-sodium products.
On the other hand, consuming excessive amounts of sugars increases the risk of tooth decay and unhealthy weight gain. In both adults and children, the intake of free sugars should be reduced. WHO recommends consuming less than 5% of total energy intake for additional health benefits. You can reduce your sugar intake by limiting the consumption of sugary snacks, candies and sugar-sweetened beverages.

08/30/2025

🌿 Stress: The Hidden Weight on Your Body

Stress isn’t just in your mind — it leaves fingerprints all over your health. When your body stays in “fight or flight” mode for too long, your heart works harder, your digestion slows down, your sleep gets disturbed, and your immune system weakens. That constant tension can even show up as headaches, fatigue, or muscle pain.

Learning to manage stress is not about avoiding life’s challenges but about giving your body space to recover. Deep breathing, walks in nature, journaling, or even a few quiet moments without screens can calm your system. Your health depends on how well you release the weight you can’t see.

08/16/2025

💧 Hydration: The Silent Key to Energy

Your body is more than half water, yet most people walk around quietly dehydrated every day. Even mild dehydration can cause headaches, fatigue, dizziness, and trouble focusing — making you think you’re tired or sick when your body is simply thirsty.

Water fuels every cell, helps regulate temperature, cushions your joints, and keeps your skin glowing. Forgetting to drink is like asking your body to run on half power. Keep a bottle nearby, sip throughout the day, and listen when your body whispers for water — before it has to shout.

07/31/2025

Get rid of excess belly fat
Excessive abdominal fat, or visceral fat, is a uniquely harmful type of fat distribution that is linked to an increased risk of cardiometabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease (80Trusted Source).
For this reason, your waist size and waist-to-hip ratio may be much stronger markers of health than your weight.
Reducing refined carbs, eating more protein and fiber, and reducing stress (which can reduce cortisol, a stress hormone that triggers abdominal fat deposition) are all strategies that may help you get rid of belly fat.

07/27/2025

Occasionally track your food intake
Some people may benefit from working out how many calories they eat is by weighing their food and using a nutrition tracker . Tracking can also provide insights into your protein, fiber, and micronutrient intake.
However, while tracking, may help some people manage their weight, there is also evidence it can lead to disordered eating tendencies.
Always speak with a doctor before using this strategy.

07/26/2025

Nurture your social relationships
Social relationships with friends, family, and loved ones you care about are important not only for your mental well-being but also your physical health.
Studies show that people who have close friends and family are healthier and live much longer than those who do not.

07/18/2025

Use plenty of herbs and spices
There is a variety of herbs and spices at our disposal these days, more so than ever. They not only provide flavor but also may offer several health benefits as well (70Trusted Source).

For example, ginger and turmeric both have potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, which may help improve your overall health

Due to their powerful potential health benefits, you should aim to include a wide variety of herbs and spices in your diet.

06/30/2025

Avoid artificial trans fats
Artificial trans fats are harmful, man-made fats that are strongly linked to inflammation and heart disease (68Trusted Source).

Avoiding them should be much easier now that they have been completely banned in the United States and many other countries. Note that you may still encounter some foods that contain small amounts of naturally occurring trans fats, but these are not associated with the same negative effects as artificial trans fats

06/20/2025

Lift weights
Strength and resistance training are some of the best forms of exercises you can do to strengthen your muscles and improve your body composition.

It may also lead to important improvements in metabolic health, including improved insulin sensitivity — meaning your blood sugar levels are easier to manage — and increases in your metabolic rate, or how many calories you burn at rest (65Trusted Source, 66Trusted Source).

If you do not have weights, you can use your own bodyweight or resistance bands to create resistance and get a comparable workout with many of the same benefits.

The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommends resistance training twice per week

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