Live Healthy-Be Happy

Read five quick tips for staying active and getting to your healthy weight, and a dozen ideas for fitting exercise into your life. Start with exercise. A healthy diet is built on a base of regular exercise, which keeps calories in balance and weight in check. Improving relevant skills and abilities builds confidence, which also reduces the stress reaction to situations where those skills are applicable. Psychological methods include cognitive therapy, meditation, and positive thinking which work by reducing response to stress. Relaxation techniques are physical methods used to relieve stress. Stress management is the application of methods to either reduce stress or increase tolerance to stress. Prolonged psychological stress may negatively impact health, and has been cited as a factor in cognitive impairment with aging, depressive illness, and expression of disease.