Jen on Health, Fitness and Beauty

You get your daily fix of booze or alcohol everyday- washing off what you had for lunch with your boss, after work in the afternoon with your workmates, or cocktails before dinner with your father-in-law. While others may argue it is just a social call, you just simply can’t get enough of your “energy-booster” drink. As this may affect of how you perform accordingly, being in control while you are drinking should be your topmost priority. You wouldn’t want to be making a fool out of yourself just because you had too much to drink.

You have many obligations when you drink, too. You must not let the alcohol consume you. As they say, put the drink in your stomach, not on your head. This may involve more social issues and may present you facts that will deter you from drinking your next glass. But researches found that one drink a day is healthy. More is definitely, not. And in this age of supersizing, remember that a drink equals just 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of liquor. Anything more than this share everyday will prove to be unhealthy for you.

You wouldn’t want to let your liver roast, would you?!

When you were a child, you’ve always been told to hit the sack early. You might have thought, it was because you needed to be up early for school. While this may be true, you missed the whole point of why you needed to be early in bed. Eight to nine hours of sleep makes you healthy and you need all the energy to last the whole day through. Snoozing off that long makes your body rejuvenate stored energy, making you feel very enthusiastic in the morning. Sleeping this long also helps you control your hunger pangs, you crave for food less. The less time you sleep, the more you get your BMI or body mass index higher.

It’s not too late to train your body do the right thing. Try as best as you can- while still having a nice, fun life- to stick to a sleep schedule. Going to bed and waking up at set times will help train your body to fall asleep faster, so you’ll be more likely to get the eight to nine hours of sleep you need each night.

Give yourself a break and take a nice, long shuteye. After all, it is very beneficial to your health!

A monthly check-up will prove to be very beneficial to you. Not only do you get an update of how you’re fairing health-wise, you’ll also be informed of other risk factors you need to be on the look-out for.

Most people would only think of going to the doctor when they are feeling something out of the ordinary, and this should not be the practice. Going to the doctor shouldn’t be made synonymous to having problems and/ or defects on your health. There is such a thing called prevention, too.
You go for check-ups to consult your doctor on your well-being. If your doctor finds something not good, consider it as your first step to helping yourself out. You won’t know something’s really wrong when you don’t get to have yourself checked out.

If you’re feeling queasy, as you are not accustomed to doing this, bring a written list of your top worries to your appointment- and talk about your number-one issue within the first two minutes, that’s when your doctor is listening best. That way, your priority will be addressed first and foremost. Not that your doctor won’t be listening through the rest of your concerns. But he’ll surely be more occupied on other things as your appointment goes on.

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