Unhealthy Lifestyle, Part 3: Stress

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, nearly three in four adults across the nation deal with stress or anxiety every day. Many of these say that it interferes at some level with their lives, and about 50 percent indicated that their stress levels had risen in the past 12 months.

In small doses, the right kind of stress can motivate you to finish a job or perform well. However, in most cases, stress contributes to numerous health problems. Stress is the body’s response to danger, either “fight or flight.” However, problems arise when your body becomes stuck in the on position so that you constantly deal with stress.

Unhealthy Lifestyle, Part 2: Failure to Exercise

In 2016, the Mayo Clinic released a study that found that less than 3 percent of Americans lead a healthy lifestyle. One of the key factors in a healthy lifestyle is working out vigorously for at least 30 minutes a day five times a week or a total of 150 minutes weekly.

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at poor food choices and how those can sabotage your goal of a healthy lifestyle. In this blog, we will look at a failure to exercise and how to start or increase exercising in order to improve your overall health.

Unhealthy Lifestyle, Part 1: Poor Food Choices

Americans sadly live unhealthy lifestyles now more than ever. Over the next few weeks, we will look at four aspects of an unhealthy lifestyle: poor food choices, not exercising, stress and poor sleep habits. We will examine a positive approach to each of these and how you can overcome each one of these lifestyle choices using exercise to help you.