Top 10 Healthy Resolutions To Last A Lifetime

With nearing end of 2022, it's time for New Year's resolutions, particularly those about our health. Fortyfive times of young people die of chronic diseases linked to a diet containing animal products, sugar and salt. Sedentary lifestyle, in adequate sleep and stress are factors that need to be taken under control for long lasting health benefits.

Healthy Resolutions: You Must Follow

Resolve to go vegan:

Hardly a month goes by without a study linking consumption of animal products with obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. No reputable study has ever shown an opposite result. Let this New Year’s resolution be about exploring the rich variety of plant-based entrees, lunch meats, cheeses, ice creams and milks in our supermarket. Veganism is a type of vegetarian diet that excludes meat, eggs, dairy products and all other animal-derived ingredients with focus on grains, beans, legumes, vegetables and fruits and the nearly infinite number of foods made by combining them.

Weigh Yourself Once a Week:

If you want to lose weight, it’s best to weigh yourself every day. But if you weigh yourself only once a week, do it on Wednesday because that will give you the most accurate reading. A new study in PLOS ONE showed that the more frequently dieters weighed themselves the more weight they lost, and if participants went more than a week without weighing themselves, they gained weight.

Sleep Well:

Not sleeping enough seems to be associated with metabolic changes that can lead to overeating and obesity. Studies where sleep restriction in the laboratory was done, subjects tended to have metabolic changes and alterations of glucose metabolism that might lead to their becoming obese in the future. Sleeping too little can also contribute to weight gain by putting undue stress on the body. The body sees sleep deprivation as a state of stress; cortisol is the stress hormone. Cortisol causes, in turn, the release of insulin and insulin is a storage hormone that promotes fat storage.