19 Things Healthy People Do Every Single Day

Limit alcohol consumption 

Large amounts of alcohol can adversely affect your health. You should cut back on alcohol if you want to lose weight, sleep better, be healthier and you’ll even save money. There are some specialists who recommend drinking only a glass of alcohol a day, but unfortunately, people who like to drink alcohol regularly won’t stop at just one. 

According to some recent studies, people who drink large amounts of alcohol are more likely to develop liver diseases, such as inflammation, hepatitis and cirrhosis, cancers and heart disease, such as cardiomyopathy. Unfortunately, some of these diseases can even lead to death. 

“Drink in moderation, of course. More than four drinks in a sitting for women or more than five in a sitting for men is considered binge drinking,” says Helen Eleni Xenos, a doctor in Chicago. “Don’t drink after strenuous physical activity or after a night of poor sleep. And be sure to get a good amount of sleep after a night of drinking.”

Try to boost your metabolism

Your metabolism is responsible for your nutrition and the availability of nutrients, transforming your food into energy. Obviously, nutrition is also responsible for the health of your metabolism. The more healthy foods you eat (and in the right amounts), the better your metabolism will work.

Medical experts say that your metabolism will need a helping hand from you after the age of 25, so you should focus more on what you eat and exercise if you don’t want to gain weight in an unhealthy way. 

“Our metabolism drops one to two percent per decade after age 25, which can lead to unhealthy and unwanted weight gain. There are physiological reasons why we’re gaining weight, but also a lot of psychological reasons and socioeconomic factors. Regular exercise increases our metabolism and also eating six small meals throughout the day can help,” explained Dr. White.

Get quality sleep

It has been proven that sleep can directly affect your mental and physical health. People who don’t get adequate sleep are more likely to develop heart disease and stroke, type 2 diabetes, gain weight, depression, inflammation and so on. 

Getting enough sleep can help your concentration, increase your productivity and creativity at work and help you improve your interactions with other people. In fact, people who don’t get adequate sleep tend to have problems recognizing other people’s emotions or nonverbal language. 

“There are many important connections between health and sleep,” said sleep expert and neurologist Mark Wu, M.D., Ph.D. 

Getting enough sleep can also improve your memory. “If you are trying to learn something, whether it’s physical or mental, you learn it to a certain point with practice,” explained Dr. Rapoport, an associate professor at NYU Langone Medical Center. “But something happens while you sleep that makes you learn it better.”

According to Erin Wathen, a certified life and weight loss coach, “getting even one night of fewer than 6 hours of sleep can increase our hunger hormones and decrease our satiety hormones. Sleep is when our body can recharge and get ready for the next day — our body needs that time.”