What is a “healthy” lifestyle anyway?

This is the question I started out with as goal oriented achiever who struggled to live healthy years ago.

This morning, as I was reading Google Alerts on Nutrient Rich foods, I came across an article by By: Linda Hepler, BSN, RN, that reminded me of the time when this question dominated my mind.  It makes the same point about living “healthy” that I was thinking.

Healthy living is usually about exercising more, eating better or less and making sure you get your zzz’s. But doesn’t go very far beyond that and when it does, it’s off the radar screen for most people.

But if it were so easy to manage your energy, eating and exercise everyone would be doing it really well. It’s not easy to live a healthy lifestyle successfully, especially if you are a goal oriented person who is focused on achieving life and business goals, where healthy living often takes a back seat.

To top off the confusion…

What is a “healthy” lifestyle anyway and how to do you live a healthy lifestyle successfully?

The answer is of course, having the performance lifestyle mindset set and skill set to function and perform optimally while focused on your life, business or a sporting goal. That focus of course, is what drives you to make the right healthy living choices.

But that’s the mindset of only 3% of the population. Most people do not know how to live a healthy lifestyle successfully.

Have a read of this article.

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It’s a basic article that delivers 8 tips that are good to know including the one about nutrient rich foods, but the point I want to zero you in on is in the first few paragraphs.

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY can keep us alive longer than ever these days. It’s surprising then to learn that research, such as a recent Michigan State University study, suggests that only about 3 percent of Americans are living consistently healthy lifestyles – which most health experts agree is the key to longevity. But, how exactly to define a healthy lifestyle?

If you hit the gym five times a week, eat lots of protein (debatable), and try to get your zzz’s each night, it’s a good start. But, there’s more to healthy living than that. You may think you’re doing all the right things, but still be putting yourself at risk for health problems.

How to tell if you’re making all of the right choices for a long and healthy life? With so much conflicting health information out there, it’s hard to know sometimes. Each day, it seems, there’s a different story about the positive or negative effects of coffee, the newest super fruit, or the latest and greatest supplement to try.

Many experts will tell you that the best way to get and stay healthy is to forget about the latest health trends – and the newest super fruit – and get back to the fundamentals of a healthy lifestyle.

Here are some top tips from the professionals for getting back to the basics.

The Performance Lifestyle formula, identifies the 12 fundamentals of living healthy, that will guide in you in how to live a healthy lifestyle successfully and  just so happens; help you achieve your life, business and sporting goals in fine fashion at the same time.

The most interesting part of the formula is this:

While directly managing your energy, eating and exercise, are the 3 core essentials of health and high performance, they are only 1/4 of the formula. Every other skill in the lifestyle formula will enable you do to do those three things well, achieve your goals, and give you a much better quality of life.

Performance Lifestyle defines how to live a healthy lifestyle successfully in a context you can understand.

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