Healthy Lifestyle: Positive And Negative Impact

Name: Institution: Course Code: Date: Healthy lifestyle Health is very important to our survival and to guarantee a longer lifestyle, a person must adopt a healthy lifestyle. It is not easy to lead a healthy lifestyle, but it is worth the effort as the body operates optimally and the person is resistant to diseases. The person is also very energized to work and creative which makes his/her lead a quality life. A healthy lifestyle helps the body operate in top condition. A healthy lifestyle is multifaceted and requires a person to understand himself/herself to ensure he/she makes the right decisions regarding his/her health. A healthy lifestyle requires a person to eat healthily and exercise. If he/she has other conditions that necessitate tailoring of the diet or exercise, he adjusts the lifestyle to fit his physiological requirements. For example, for people who have inherent deficiencies of some important body nutrients, their lifestyle is adjusted to ensure they can have healthy bodies and live quality lives. A healthy lifestyle has its advantages and disadvantages, and this essay seeks to expound on some of them. Positive impact A healthy lifestyle helps a person to have the energy to work and lead productive lives. The body requires energy, and it is derived from dietary intake. The diet has to have all the nutrients required by the body for optimal performance. Thus, on a light note, the diet must have carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins. Each of these dietary requirements is interdependent, and therefore we are advised to ensure all our dietary intake has all the three to ensure our bodies have the requirements it needs for metabolism. Energy is derived from food intake, and thus our diet must have the right amounts of calorific value to ensure the body has enough energy for basic metabolism and to enable it to perform any other activity the person undertakes. The dietary balance must be tailored for everyone depending on their age, occupation, gender, known existing conditions among other conditions. For example, MDP syndrome, a condition whereby the body cannot store fat needs dietary adjustments CITATION Mon15 \l 1033 (Therrien, Byham-Gray and Judith Beto). Exercise also conditions our bodies to operate in top condition and balance the internal environment to ensure a person is energized to work. Thus, healthy living is the source of energy that enables our bodies to perform optimally. Healthy lifestyle ensures our bodies are resistant to diseases and other conditions. Diseases could lead to death or affect the quality of life temporarily or permanently. Chronic diseases such as Coronary artery disease (CAD), ischemic stroke, diabetes, and some specific cancers can be prevented by diet and lifestyle changes CITATION Wil06 \l 1033 (Willett, Koplan and Nugent). By adhering to a healthy lifestyle which stems from diet and exercising, the body is always immune to common infections. The body has a defence mechanism against diseases, and it bunks on a healthy lifestyle to maintain it active and effective against common attacks. A healthy lifestyle also prevents some conditions that have been attributed to an unhealthy lifestyle like obesity and diabetes. These conditions are preventable by adopting a healthy lifestyle. A healthy lifestyle has shown a positive correlation with the prevention of other conditions such as cancer and tumor CITATION Pre08 \l 1033 (Anand, Kunnumakara and Sundaram). Thus, healthy living helps individuals to live longer because they have better immunity. A healthy lifestyle helps their mental activity and avoid stress. Stress has detrimental effects on a person, and it can be avoided by adopting a he...