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- I asked several health experts their best tips for getting healthier.
- Their answers ranged from meditating and journaling to simply spending more time in nature.
It takes more than just diet and exercise to be healthy.
I asked experts and entrepreneurs in health-related fields, as well as average people, what they do to get healthier. Their answers ranged from meditating to journaling to simply spending more time outside.
Here are the best tips I got on how to be healthier.
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Prioritize sleep and your sleep cycle
Sleep deprivation can be as undermining to your health as malnutrition.
"Besides making you irritable, anxious, depressed, impulsive, and accident-prone, it causes inflammatory changes in the body, promoting heart disease and even stroke,” Harvey Karp, CEO of the health company Happiest Baby, told Business Insider.
"Lack of sleep undermines your metabolism, pushing you towards obesity and even pre-diabetes. It’s incredibly important that you prioritize getting ample sleep every night."
Take care of your mental health
Sometimes one of the best things you can do to be healthier is to do less.
"Therapy can be a really helpful way to proactively do less, creating space in your week to withdraw from the noise of your life and check in with yourself," Harry Ritter, founder and CEO of Alma, a co-working space for therapists, told Business Insider.
"Physical wellness and mental wellness are inextricably linked, so when you work on your mind, you're working on your overall health."
Prep your meals — and your snacks, too
Meal prepping can be a great way for busy people to eat healthy and when it’s done right, can help save food, money, and the environment in the process.
However, it’s not always done right.
"It often leads to wasted food — and all of the money, water and energy it takes to get it to our plates — because it can be difficult to get portions and storage right," Elizabeth Balkan, the food waste director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, told Business Insider. "And by the end of the week, sometimes we’re just plain sick of eating the same thing."
She suggests using apps and digital tools like Meal Prep Mate to get portioning, shopping lists, storage, and recipes on point.
In tandem with that, know your weak moments.
“Whether it’s 4 p.m. or 11 p.m., know the moments of the day when you crave things that you know aren’t good for you and plan ahead,” Claire Olshan, founder of the health-food company DADA Daily. "Everyone is always so obsessed with meal plans, but it’s important to also be obsessed with snack plans."
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March 20, 2019 at 08:43PM
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