Another HEA: 6 myths about a healthy lifestyle

Proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle are the key to happiness and longevity. However, some misconceptions about healthy lifestyle still prevent us from being happy:

Leading a healthy lifestyle is expensive

Low-calorie food and fresh fruit/vegetables are much more expensive than the usual cereals, bread and sweets - so it is commonly believed. However, if you buy small amounts of healthy food, and exercise at home rather than at the gym, healthy living will not be so expensive.

Good nutrition - only fruits and vegetables

Eating healthy doesn't really mean avoiding animal products. You can eat both meat and dairy products, but meat should be lean (turkey, chicken, rabbit), and milk, yogurt or sour cream - low-fat (but not completely fat-free - scientists have long proved that such products are even more caloric than usual).

Physical exercises should be performed to the limit of your capabilities

Absolutely not! On the contrary, there is a risk of spraining/ tearing ligaments (especially if you are not too accustomed to training). It is enough to do what is available to you, at a pace that is comfortable for you. Even regular walking (but regular) or swimming can make your figure stunning, and at the same time strengthen your posture and heart.

Healthy lifestyle is boring

Not always. You don't have to eat the same thing (eating a burger or a brownie once a week won't hurt). And you can train to your favorite music. Or, for example, in the company of a friend, loved one, child - it's more fun.

A healthy lifestyle - complete abstinence from alcohol

It's important to remember that everything is about moderation. Having a glass of wine at dinner on the weekend or a cocktail at a party on vacation, you will not turn into an adherent of the cult of bad habits.

Healthy lifestyle is inextricably linked with all kinds of restrictions

After reading this text, you have probably already had time to be convinced of the opposite. Leading a healthy lifestyle, it is possible to eat delicious and varied, allowing yourself your favorite treats, and for the sake of a trim figure does not need to spend days in the gym. Only a small amount of effort and discipline is enough.