Steemit Engagement Challenge S8W4/ An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away
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Hello friends,
It's good to be back again. Last week was amazing as we had a very interesting topic on smoking kills. I enjoyed writing and the feedbacks I got from my entry shows that smoking really kills.
This week we go again with another interesting topic on "An apple a day keeps the Doctor away". I know you would like to know my thoughts on this topic, well that's why am here.
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"An apple a day keeps the Doctor away"
I would start by saying the statement above is figurative sentence which means the sentence may not literally mean exactly what it says. But on the second hand I would like to show you something.
An apple is a type of fruit right? And we know that fruits does alot of work to the human body like helps in building our immune system which in turns protects us from sickness and diseases.
While A doctor is a person in the field of medicine that treats people when they are sick.
This simply means if you take in fruits you would have strong immune system that won't make you sick and you won't need a doctor. Hahaha.
But really the statement "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" simply means taking good care of your health daily, will cause you to stay healthy so that you won't need to fall sick or visit the hospital.
Taking care of oneself is not just about taking apples or even eating fruits. They are great health habits we can cultivate to keep us in check. You don't expect to be careless about your health and not fall sick. You will agree with me that there are several things that cause people to fall sick.
Staying healthy is one of my top priorities in life. In other to stay healthy I have developed some habits that helps me achieve that. Take a look at some of these habits;
- I take a walk:
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Do you know that walking is a form of exercise? Do not limit your thinking to feeling that when the word exercise is mentioned, it's either you are jogging or you are at the gym No!
Over here in Nigeria I have formed a habit of walking, we call it trekking. Sometimes you don't need to take a bus to that place you want to go to, just walk I'd the distance is not too much. Atleast 20 mins - 30mins walk is good for a day. You can do it.
Taking a walk helps you loose some excess fats in the body. Because when we walk, we sweat which shows that we are actually burning some fats. Taking a walk also helps the flow of blood in your body because the heart is inspired to work.
- I drink water alot
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Water is so natural yet it works wonders. Drinking water all the time helps my body system works well. Water aids digestion, water refreshes, water helps in skin glow. Water is natural medicine to the body, don't forget that.
- I eat balanced meal
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There is a difference between eating and eating a balanced meal. A balanced meal contains all that our body needs in the correct proportion. This means that the quantity of food must not be big to be called a balanced meal.
Eating a balanced meal provides our body with the necessary ingredients to stay healthy and fight diseases.
- Fruits and vegetables
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Fruit and vegetables are another secret of my staying healthy. Do you know that there are fruits you eat and some certain sickness won't come to you? For instance my favorite fruit pineapple. I eat pineapple to prevent my body from having fever. I guess you didn't know that pineapple works wonders with fever right?
Fruits and vegetables helps our body to produce back some of the lost cells in our body. This also contributes to people looking younger.
Taking a walk as a good activity to keep me healthy was recommended by my friend back when I was in School many years ago. She always left the house every morning and evening just to take a walk. She told me it's many benefits and I adopted it.
I discovered drinking of water alot by myself. I noticed it works many years ago. While growing up I always loved to drink water while some person's around me didn't like drinking water. With time, I noticed those person's began to have some difficulties like excreting. I realized drinking water was a good practice.
Eating balanced meal, fruits and vegetables was recommended to me by a mentor. He always told me about the importance of feeding well, eating right and taking care of myself. After I fell i sick one time , I vowed to take the recommendation of my mentor . Now I don't joke with what I eat.
Health benefits of taking a walk daily
Taking a regular walk helps us loose excess fats in our body and keeps us in top size.
Walking helps regulate blood floor in the body and reduce the risk of heart attack.
Walking helps to keep us flexible and our bones stronger.
Health benefits of drinking alot of water
Drinking alot of water helps to cleans our body from harmful substances taking them out from our body.
It helps to keep to increase digestion of our food.
Reduces the risk of having constipation
Prevents sickness like Pile
Health benefits of eating a balanced meal, eating fruits and vegetables
A balanced meal, fruits and vegetables provides our body with all the needed vitamin and nutrients to fight sickness, keeping the body immune.
Replacement of old or lost cells in the body
Provides the body with ability to heal fast when there is an injury.
Yes I think everyone should engage in this habit. Taking a work is not so stressful. You can decide to do it on your way back from work or on Saturdays. Instead of always entering a bus all the time you can decide to walk some journey and then enter a bus to complete the journey. Imagine when you do it for one month?
Eating balanced meal fruits and vegetables is so good and it doesn't cost so much. So I feel everyone can engage in it. You can decide to eat fruits atleast 3 times a week for a start. You don't need to eat big quality of food for it to be called a balanced meal just eat the necessary things.
There are alot of health tips I would have loved to recommend but for the sake of this contest here are a few I recommend;
Form a habit of eating well, but don't eat too much
Sleep atleast 1 hour every afternoon
Drink water instead of soft drinks after eating.
Exercise atleast 3 times a week.
Your breakfast is very important so eat breakfast.
Fruits are good so eat fruits after few hours after meal.
Thank you for reading I invite my friends to join this contest @lhorgic @ishayachris @okere-blessing
So beautiful and amazing. Sometimes i wonder how the life of doctors will be if we all can be fit and healthy. Nevertheless, i believe it is not possible for humans to be healthy at a time. But as stated, he who take good care of his or her self have a high chance of staying away from doctors. I wish you good health dear.
Yes your opinion is vital and makes sense! But taking steps to stay healthy is worth while
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Nice write up .No wonder you are always looking healthier and younger eating balanced diet is good. Babe that trekking is also good costly transportation has also forced me to be trekking this days.ThankGod is good for our health hahaha.
Hahahah!
I totally agree with your opinion, There are some similarities in our views on this topic
We wish you good luck with this contest
I have also participated for it 👏
Thank you for your thoughts. I will check on your post
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Thank you pandora2010