Living Healthily What do you think makes a healthy lifestyle?

SMOKING - WRONGIf you want to be healthy then don’t smoke because:

The tar from the cigarette will stick to your lungs making heart disease and lung cancer more likely also it makes it harder to breath

Nicotine is highly addictive and can cost a regular smoker thousands of pounds a year

Many chemicals in a cigarette are poisons and can kill in high doses

A smoker gets very bad breath The smell of smoke will stick to your clothes and hair It reduces your athletic ability by raising your heartbeat,

decreasing your blood circulation and making you have shorter breaths

Smoking will cause bad skin because it restricts the blood vessels, it can prevent oxygen and nutrients from getting to the skin

The contents of a cigarette:

what it does to your lungs:

Before smoking After smoking

EXERCISE - RIGHTIf you want to be healthy you should exercise because:

It improves balance Increases flexibility Speeds up reaction times Relief from constipation Improves sleep A boost for our immune system Strengthens muscles (including abdominal for back pain) Blood pressure control It burns calories making you look more toned Lose weight Helps you age well

Exercise includes sport as hobbies:

But also hard work and training:

EATING JUNK FOOD- WRONGIf you want to be healthy you shouldn't eat junk food because:

It contains loads of fat meaning you would put on lots of weight and that can lead to heart disease

It contains loads of salt, and too much salt is bad for your heart It contains loads of sugar, and too much sugar can make you

fat, make your teeth rot, it’s bad for the blood and may cause other diseases

It is o.k to have junk food in moderation because it does contain things good for your health as well, but don’t eat too much for all of the bad parts of junk food

If possible try to buy junk food with less sugar, fat and salt in, you can check this on the packaging

Junk food contains:

cakes sweets

chocolate chips

EATING FRUIT AND VEG - RIGHT

If you want to be healthy you should eat fruit and veg because:

≈ They contain vitamins which are good for your health and help with illness

≈ It helps lower blood pressure≈ It helps lower the risk of cancer≈ It helps you keep your eyes in good shape and helps

you have good vision≈ Their high fibre helps control blood glucose

SO NOW YOU KNOW THE BASICS OF STAYING HEALTHY, TRY TO DO MORE EXERCISE AND VEGATABLES MAY TASTE BORING BUT THINK OF ALL THE HEALTH PROBLEMS THEY CAN HELP YOU WITH, SO TRY AND EAT SOME FRUIT AND VEG WITH EVERY MEAL FOR BETTER HEALTH