If you trust Google more than your doctor then maybe it’s time to switch doctors. – Jadelr and Cristina Cordova, Chasing Windmills, 08-21-06

Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way. – Oprah Winfrey (1954 – ), O Magazine, August 2004

A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world. – Paul Dudley White

Pain (any pain–emotional, physical, mental) has a message. The information it has about our life can be remarkably specific, but it usually falls into one of two categories: “We would be more alive if we did more of this,” and, “Life would be more lovely if we did less of that.” Once we get the pain’s message, and follow its advice, the pain goes away. – Peter McWilliams, Life 101

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones. – Peter McWilliams, Life 101

Health consists of having the same diseases as one’s neighbors. – Quentin Crisp

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you’ve met your New Year’s resolution. – Jay Leno (1950 – )

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are. – Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content webcomic, #352, 05-04-05

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.  – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910)

When I walk into my kitchen today, I am not alone. Whether we know it or not, none of us is. We bring fathers and mothers and kitchen tables, and every meal we have ever eaten. Food is never just food. It’s also a way of getting at something else: who we are, who we have been, and who we want to be. -  Molly Wizenberg, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, 2009

We hope that you can experience great improvements in the sense of well being and active life by observing these under mentioned tips.

From in.yfittopostblog.com:

1. Drink a glass of milk. It contains tryptophan, which as it is metabolized is converted to mood-boosting serotonin. Plus, its calcium, magnesium and potassium content may help keep blood pressure down.

2. Drink hot cocoa. Warm drinks raise your body temperature—a feeling we associate with comfort, so it triggers a similar response in our brains.

3. Order black tea instead of coffee. A study by University College London shows that drinking black tea four times a day for six weeks lowered the stress hormone cortisol after a stressful event.

4. Drink green tea – packed with theanine, which increases the brain’s output of relaxation-inducing alpha waves and reduces the output of tension-making beta waves.

5. Drink a glass of cold water, then go for a walk outside. The water gets your blood moving and the air invigorates by stimulating the endorphins that de-stress you.

In addition to these tips, it is recommended that you choose an active lifestyle coupled with exercises for at least 30 minutes a day and opt for fresh fruits and vegetables and say goodbye to junk, processed, and fried food products.

As a people, we have become obsessed with Health.  There is something fundamentally, radically unhealthy about all this.  We do not seem to be seeking more exuberance in living as much as staving off failure, putting off dying.  We have lost all confidence in the human body. – Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail, 1979

I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better. – Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, 1903

The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind. - G.K. Chesterton

The longer I live the less confidence I have in drugs and the greater is my confidence in the regulation and administration of diet and regimen. – John Redman Coxe, 1800

There are two things in life that a sage must preserve at every sacrifice, the coats of his stomach and the enamel of his teeth.  Some evils admit of consolations, but there are no comforters for dyspepsia and the toothache. – Henry Lytton Bulwer

Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick; but I that have examined the parts of man, and know upon what tender filaments that fabric hangs, do wonder that we are not always so; and considering the thousand doors that lead to death, do thank my God that we can die but once. – Thomas Browne

If you are a regular party goers and struggle with hangovers then this YouTube video on hangovers vs. health is just for you. It provides valuable insights on alcohol as it is dangerous in the short as well as the long run. It’s high time that you start emphasizing on an active lifestyle and leave those hangovers for once and all.

However, you can turn things in your favor by leading an active lifestyle and adding high quality antioxidant foods to your diet. This means that you need to eat enough of fruit and vegetables. You must also consume food products with whole grains to feed vitamins and minerals to your body. Do not ignore the usefulness of water while emphasizing on a healthy lifestyle, drink around 8-12 glasses of water at periodic intervals in addition to every time you feel thirsty.

Remember, the onus of staying healthy lies solely on you and the faster you act in the right direction, the better. Do not forget that good health is necessary for performing every act, even acts that may appear to you such as walking and reading.

In short, you cannot expect healthy hair and body unless you emphasize on good food as that is what makes all the difference on the overall appearance.

To add to the woes, we find happiness while sitting next to the television, listening a song on the latest iPod, talking endlessly on the phone, spending more time at the gym with steroids in the body, having a cigarette puff to look cool, or having a drink or two at the newly opened bar when health measures such as meditation or a short walk would have done the trick. All these habits suggest that technology and bad habits are leading us to unhealthy living and the earlier we realize the better.

How to lead active lifestyle?

If you really do not want anything between good health and you, try to be natural and do not be shy or short of energy while working out in the natural way or eating fresh fruit and vegetables. Remember, short-term happiness cannot replace long-term health and happiness. Meditate for some time, exercise for some time, and be happy for the entire day. Do not forget that happiness is not something that can be forced or unnatural, find it in small things and the world before you will be a happy place to spend the rest of your life.

Remember, technology is best used when it takes you a step forward and not when it puts you miles behind.

If you have decided to change your lifestyle, you must be proud of yourself. However, do not make unrealistic health plans so that you may not end up facing failure. Try to make small plans and plan day-wise rather than month or year wise. In addition to that, try to measure performance over a period of time and not on short intervals. This is because you may not be able to experience the gains made by your body in a short span of time. However, keep daily measurements and track of your diet and body requirement changes. Increase your targets slowly and not rapidly. Do not strain your body and try to be happy with whatever gains you have experienced.

Never try to compete with any one. Make your own goals and be your own competitor. Remember, every human body and human is different from one another and what you can experience may not be experienced by another guy. There might even be a slight possibility that he thinks about you as an idol just like the way you may be idolizing him. The point is, stay happy and do not try to create an impression at the cost of your health and body.