In today’s world, everybody is racing against time to make it big into the world. Health has been severely neglected. You think you are healthy if you are not eating junk food, not drinking too much caffeine, not into the habit of smoking, and are just an occasional drinker. Well, it would surprise you that you are not completely healthy. Well, here are some mistakes which most people make when it comes to health. You may find these mistakes trifling for now, but they will make their presence known later.
We have recorded 6 mistakes here:
Not Drinking Adequate Water
Almost 60% of an adult human’s body is water. Water is extremely crucial for survival. Due to their fast-paced lives, people are drinking less and less of water. This will turn out to be problematic in the future. It is necessary to drink at least 8 glasses of water every day to maintain the water level in the body. Not drinking adequate water will lead to dehydration. Dehydration, in turn, leads to dry skin, mood swings, fatigue, and constipation.
No Proper Exercise
The main purpose of doing exercise is to keep the body fit and healthy. Proper exercise helps make the person more energetic and increases the stamina. But people in their hectic lives have less or no time for exercise. Exercise not only deals with various physical problems like obesity, and poor digestion but also with mental problems like depression and stress. Lack of exercise may make a person lazy, prone to mood swings and also cause various health problems.
Missing Meals
Meals are the main source of energy for our body. If you do not have meals, then you are depriving your body of the much-needed energy. Missing meals is the most common problem that is affecting health due to the fast lifestyle of people. Various people in the working field miss their meals for some reason. Skipping a meal1 is extremely harmful to the body and one should definitely not do it.
Not Having Meals on time
This is an extension of the problem of not having meals. You may think that since you are just having your meal late instead of skipping, your health is not affected. Well, you are wrong. Having a meal at the wrong time is just as harmful as not having a meal at all. Research shows that if you have a meal at the wrong time2, it can lead to severe indigestion and poor health.
Not Having Enough Fats
In this health-oriented world, a lot of people don’t consume fat or consume very less in order to maintain their body shape. Fat as per the nutrition chart is one of the main source energy. If you don’t give your body enough energy then it could lead to your body not functioning properly.
Lack of Sleep
Due to their fast schedules and need to work at odd hours, people are sleep-deprived. 3When you are sleeping, that is the only point when the brain can take rest. If you don’t give the brain sufficient amount of rest it might lead to the brain not functioning properly. It is necessary to sleep for at least seven hours in order to give the brain rest and wake up to feel rejuvenated and reinvigorated.
These habits not only make you unhealthy but they also give birth to lethargy in you. You are distracted and thus are not able to focus on your goal. To be successful, it is of utmost importance that you keep yourself healthy because even these small mistakes can cost your health.
- Zeballos, Eliana, and Jessica E. Todd. “The effects of skipping a meal on daily energy intake and diet quality.” Public health nutrition 23.18 (2020): 3346-3355. ↩︎
- Kessler, Katharina, and Olga Pivovarova-Ramich. “Meal timing, aging, and metabolic health.” International journal of molecular sciences 20.8 (2019): 1911. ↩︎
- Bonnet, Michael H., and Donna L. Arand. “We are chronically sleep deprived.” Sleep 18.10 (1995): 908-911. ↩︎
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