Stay Healthy with WHO-Approved Health Tips

Talking about health tips we all must have heard it from someone in every aspect of our life irrespective of whether their faq is medically or not. Learning about health is tricky as everyone has different opinions on different subjects. It’s always important to get our facts checked and follow medical advice. Here are some WHO-approved health tips.

1. Consume less salt and sugar: Consuming excessive amounts of sugar not only leads to tooth decay but it also leads to unhealthy weight gain. We need to reduce our sugar intake to less than 10% of our energy consumption. Most people get their sodium intake through Salt henceforth we need to reduce it to 5gm per day because excess of sodium leads to Increased blood pressure thereby increasing heart disease risk.

2. Reducing intake of harmful fats: Fat consumption should be less than 10% of total energy intake. We should reduce the intake of precooked food and snacks.

3. Avoid excessive consumption of Alcohol: There is no safe level of drinking alcohol . Alcohol consumption not only leads to many health issues but also behavioral disorders.

4. Don’t smoke: Smoking leads to many lung and heart diseases. It's never too late to quit. Once we quit we will see the long-term health benefits.

5. Be active: In today’s modern life, we all have restricted our physical activities. It’s important to have an active healthy life for better health.

6. Get vaccinated: We can dodge many deadly disorders if we are vaccinated. We need to make sure that any infant is completely vaccinated and maintains its record.

7. Practice safe sex: Looking after your sexual health improves your overall well-being. It also helps us to prevent Many sexually transmitted diseases like Gonorrhea, syphilis etc.

8. Other health tips which can be followed are :

• Have a healthy diet
• Drinking safe water
• Breastfeeding baby from 0-2 years or more
• Taking antibiotics only when prescribed
• Check your blood pressure regularly
• Have regular checkups