how to live a healthy happy life?

[pumashared]

i have always wondered why we live in 2013 and yet so many people in first world countries die so early. i believe we should all be making it over 100 years of age without or with little issues/diseases.

my question is what is the right way to have a healthy life?
recently for me i read a book called eat to live and started incorporating lots of vegtables and fruits into my diet. to be honest i do miss meat but i also feel great.
i have also started exercising alot and doing alot of cardio.

my question is what are you guys doing to stay healthy

[Milneman]

Tell the truth, live the truth, be honest with yourself.

I know, cliche. The truth is I have a weakness for diet pop, peanut butter, grilled ribeye steaks, good aged scotch, deep red wine, and I don't really eat that well.

It helps I'm on my feet 10-11 hours a night, six nights a week. My job really keeps me in shape....I also keep myself in a round state of affairs.

Puma I'm planning on going vegetarian in January. I've done it in spurts and had no really issues, except the damn barbecue. It's like anything addictive I think, takes time to detox, but eventually worth the rewards.

Wish me luck, and thanks for starting this thread! I'd be interested in reading people's thoughts on vegetarian diets as well here.

[Bubu]

To live a healthy life you must eat only nonpoisonous foods, exercise sweat a lot have a lot of sunlight
to live a happy life Don't worry about your health that much.:cool:

[Sunny-side-up]

Well the way things are going, get to another planet Doh!
Seriously though; don't eat any processed foods, don't eat any food stored or packaged in plastic!
That goes for drinks and water as well!
I wouldn't make yourself sweat to much either, unless you can replace it with none processed pure water!

Water the liquid of life! that's a growing problem for us.
All the above reminds me of the film 'The Man who Fell to Earth' On his home planet he had to live in and ware a suite that recycled all his bodily fluids because on his planet water was so rare! hear soon we will need such suites because of the poor quality of our water.

Eat fresh if possible and something of every colour each day!
Don't eat to much of anyone item and never in straining large amounts!
Moderation is a good word for every thing we eat or do ha.

In the so called first world countries we don't have much chance unless we really vet what we eat and do :(

Did I mention Air!

But all the above is coming out in the open and will be changed and reversed to the healthy state it should be !

[Deega]

Thanks Pumashared, I don't have the right answers for you but there is something very important that we need to do! We need to be happy, to be of joy!

That ain't easy I know!, but here is a short video where the lecturer presents «gratitude» bring joy.

Sure, this doesn't answer your question of how to live a healthy life, but it sure is important!


http://video.ted.com/talk/podcast/2013G/None/DavidSteindlRast_2013G.mp4

All the best to you!

[Bubu]

seriously to be happy you first need acceptance. accept your shortcomings your condition then you can accept everything that is around you as it is. next is gratitude find the good things and be thankful do not course the baddies but rather do something to make it better. then every morning when you wake up say to yourself I'm happy today before bedtime say thank you i was happy today.;)