Live Healthy Lives

Tips for a Safe and Healthy Life

Take steps every day to live a safe and healthy life.

Eat Healthy

• Eat a variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains every day.
• Limit foods and drinks high in calories, sugar, salt, fat, and alcohol.
• Eat a balanced diet to help keep a healthy weight.

Be Active

• Be active for at least 2½ hours a week. Include activities that raise your breathing and heart rates and that strengthen your muscles.
• Help kids and teens be active for at least 1 hour a day. Include activities that raise their breathing and heart rates and that strengthen their muscles and bones.

Protect Yourself

• Wear helmets, seat belts, sunscreen, and insect repellent.
• Wash hands to stop the spread of germs.
• Avoid smoking and breathing other people’s smoke.
• Build safe and healthy relationships with family and friends.
• Be ready for emergencies. Make a supply kit. Make a plan. Be informed.

Manage Stress

• Balance work, home, and play.
• Get support from family and friends.
• Stay positive.
• Take time to relax.
• Get 7-9 hours of sleep each night. Make sure kids get more, based on their age.
• Get help or counseling if needed.

Get Check Ups

• Ask your doctor or nurse how you can lower your chances for health problems based on your lifestyle and personal and family health histories.
• Find out what exams, tests, and shots you need and when to get them.
• See your doctor or nurse as often as he or she says to do so. See him or her sooner if you feel sick, have pain, notice changes, or have problems with medicine.
  
  
  
  

Top Foods to Eat Organic

Organic foods-Top Foods to Eat Organic

Organic Foods

Organically grown foods are becoming more popular as people worry more about the health and the safety of the food they eat. What is organic food? Where can you buy organic products?
According to the USDA, organic foods are described as:

Organic meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones. Organic food is produced without using most conventional pesticides, fertilizers made with synthetic ingredients or sewage sludge, bioengineering or ionizing radiation.

Organic Foods Pears

Organic Foods Strawberrys

Organic Foods Chery

Organic Foods Peaches

Orfanic Foods Peach Fresh

Organic Foods Fresh Watermelon

Fresh Organic Foods Kiwi

Fresh Organic Foods Pineapples

Fresh Organic Mango Foods

Organic Foods Grapes

Organic Foods Apples


Fresh Organic Foods Avocado

Organic Foods Tomatoes Fresh

Organic Foods Pepers

Fresh Organic Foods Onion

Fresh Organic Foods Corn

Fresh Organic Foods Peas

Organic Foods Celery

Organic Foods Carrots

Organic Foods

Fresh Organic Foods Broccoli

Organic Foods Lettuce

Fresh Organic Foods Cabbage

Fresh Organic Foods Asparagus

Fresh Organic Foods Eggplant

Organic Foods Fresh Potatoes

Organic Foods Milk

Organic Foods Meat

What Makes Organic Foods Better Than Non-Organic Foods?

Organic foods do not contain dangerous pesticides. Although studies show that the minimal amounts of residues of chemical pesticides found on non-organically grown foods are not dangerous to your health, many people just don't believe it. Studies show that children who maintain conventional diets have more pesticides in their bodies than those who eat organic foods. Some experts believe that these pesticides may possibly lead to problems impeding with normal neurological development. Many organic food advocates also wish to avoid the antibiotics and growth hormones that are used on conventionally grown farm animals. These substances pass from the dairy products and meat we eat into our bodies. This use of antibiotics may be one of the causes of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria.

Organic food advocates also claim that organic foods are more nutritious than conventionally grown foods. There isn't much evidence to show that organic foods contain any more nutrients than non-organic foods; however some organic produce contain more vitamin C and higher quality protein content. There is also evidence that animals grown with organic feeds tend to be healthier than animals fed conventional feeds.