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Lifestyle tips for women

• Recognise your eating patterns (do you always have a biscuit with your cup of tea? Do you find yourself eating dinner after everyone else has finished?) and work to change them. Small dietary changes can become life-long healthy habits!
•  Exercise for 30 minutes every day. Don’t roll your eyes – this is vital not only for your physical health, but for your mental health as well. Exercise isn’t a chore; it can be valuable ‘alone’ time, or time to catch up with a friend (or your partner or kids) by working out together.
•  Stress can be disastrous for our health, especially if we let it fester inside. If stressors are causing you to put your health on the back burner, it helps to talk about it – with a partner, a friend, a family member or a professional counsellor. Weight gain and health problems can make stress even harder on your body, leading to even more weight and health problems. It’s a vicious cycle.
• If you are pregnant (or planning on getting pregnant), protect your baby’s health before he or she is born. Eating well and taking pre-natal vitamins is essential for your health and the life-long health of your baby.
•  If you are a smoker, quit. Smokers are at a far greater risk of heart disease than non-smokers. Why put yourself in harm’s way?

Lifestyle tips for men

• A healthy diet and regular exercise is key for both men and women, but men are more likely to eat poorly compared to women. And don’t try to get all your exercise in one session! If you are starting up your exercise regime, recognise that your body isn’t at peak performance anymore. Start slowly and build. No one will think less of you if you start out doing 10 push-ups, instead of 100.
•  Have a medical check up – knowing your blood pressure and cholesterol stats is an important step in getting a handle on your health.
•  Develop your relationships. Spending quality time with mates, your children and your partner is as important to your health as eating more fruits and vegetables.
• When job stress starts getting the better of you, dedicate some time to learning time management skills. Sometimes, the simplest tactics can make the biggest difference; you’d be surprised by how many people have slashed their stress by effectively managing their time.

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