Simple Ways to be Healthier

Joe pacifico elite gamespeed: More and more research is showing that the key to lifelong good health is what experts call “lifestyle medicine” — making simple changes in diet, exercise, and stress management. To help you turn that knowledge into results, we’ve put together this manageable list of health and wellness suggestions.

We asked three experts — a naturopathic physician, a dietitian, and a personal trainer — to tell us the top five simple-but-significant lifestyle-medicine changes they recommend.

• Think positive and focus on gratitude 
• Eat your vegetables 
• Set a "5-Meal ideal"
• Exercise daily
• Get a good night sleep
• Check your food tude
• Eat like a kid
• Be a picky eater
• Use food over suplements
• Get satisfaction 
• Give yourself break
• Think small
• Keep good company
• Make a list... and check it twice
• Sign up for an event.

Besides giving you three different takes on how to pick your health battles, this list gives you choices you can make without being whisked off to a reality-show fat farm — or buying a second freezer for those calorie-controlled, pre-portioned frozen meals.

Sources: http://www.gaiam.com/discover/183/article/15-easy-ways-healthier/