“Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness.” – Joseph Pilates
Importance of Health and Fitness
In today’s life, health and fitness is the most essential part of our life. If we are fit and fine we can enjoy our life to the fullest. Exercise is a physical or mental activity that keeps you healthy and strong and is one of the most important things you can do for your health
Benefits of doing exercise and physical activity
1) Controls your weight
2) Lowers your risk of heart disease
3) Lower your risk for Type 2 Diabetes and metabolic syndrome
4) Lower your risk of some types of cancer
5) Strengthen your Bones and Muscles
6) Improves your mental health and mood
7) provides energy to do daily activities without feeling tired
8) Increases your chances of living longer
As you see above the benefits of doing exercise and their effects on health , how it improves physical and mental health and most importantly keeps the body fit .
Only physical activity is not enough for healthy and fit body, we have to follow some diets tips also. Healthy diets are also the one of the important aspect to be healthy.
Whatever we eat and drink matters a lot .If we add some healthy diet in our eating plan it will be healthier to us now and in the future also. All we have to do is a small change in our eating plan and maintain it for lifetime. Check below the healthy eating plan:
A healthy eating plan:
- Emphasizes fruits , vegetables , whole grains and fat-free or low – fat milk and milk products
- Includes lean meats , poultry , fish , beans , eggs , and nuts
- Is low in saturated fats , trans fats , cholesterol , salt (sodium) , and added sugars
- Stays within your daily calorie needs
One of the important things that play a crucial role in deteriorating our health is Junk food. We just eat junk food because it is delicious without thinking the damage it will cause to our body, how it will affect our health? Have you ever thought that why it is called junk?
Junk means something extra and which is of no use it is useless.
You know that a human body requires 20gm fat per day. The consumption of just a regular pizza adds 10gm of fat to the human body; a whooper burger adds 13gm fat and a 100gm French fries adds 15 gm of fat to your body. These junk foods are deteriorating health and fitness rapidly these days.
Junk food is the reason behind your obesity, fatigue, increases the risk of heart diseases, kidney diseases and damages liver, it impairs digestion etc and many more.
As you see that how junk food affects our health. So let’s do a promise that from today itself we will not eat junk food and will follow a healthy diet plan for a healthy and fit body which will be beneficial for us now and in future.
Health is state of complete physical, mental and social well being. In today’s generation health and fitness are more valued than wealth and it should be up to mark. Hygiene and sanitation is important thing to maintain a good health. Regular exercises with healthy diet will also maintain a good health.
As told by Dalai Lama “ Happiness is the highest form of health”. If we are healthy and fit happiness will come itself .In today’s time we all are busy in our work , we value other things over health. Let’s make time for a while and think about health first because if you are healthy and fit you can do anything.
Himanshu Sharma
B.Tech-CSE
School of Engineering and Technology
Sushant University
