Quotes About Health

We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.

It is only when a Christian recognizes that drinking is not only a harmful habit, but also a transgression of a God-given principle to ensure our health and holiness, that he or she will feel compelled to abstain from intoxicating substances.

I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.

scientists say that being fat can lead to dementia. I have decided, however, to throw caution to the winds and proceed with my all-cream-cake regime. It seems to me that the fatter I get, the fewer places I will go and so the less I will have to remember.

If you aren't nurturing your self, what kind of mother can you be, anyway?

Burnout is like your spare tyre going flat. Remember, to take care of you.

As a primer, here are the five pillars of brain health: Move, Discover, Relax, Nourish, Connect.

No matter what your DNA says, a good diet, regular exercise, not smoking, limiting alcohol, and some other surprising lifestyle decisions, can change that destiny.

Any factor—from smoking to high cholesterol levels—that affects the blood flow system in the brain has a significant impact on its function and risk for decline.

That means that over 90 percent of our health and longevity is in our own hands.

caregiver who also maintains a full- or part-time job, be extra cautious about your time, energy, emotions, and personal needs. You are at a high risk for burnout, but not for reasons you may think. Caregiver burnout is caused less by the rigorous responsibilities of the jobs themselves and more by the fact you tend to neglect your own emotional, physical, and spiritual health. To repeat, put yourself on your to-do list.

physical inactivity has been calculated to be the most significant risk factor in cognitive decline and the development of dementia.

Recent studies of recreational cyclists aged fifty-five to seventy-nine suggest they have the capacity to do everyday tasks very easily and efficiently because nearly all parts of their body are in remarkably good condition.

Recent studies of recreational cyclists aged fifty-five to seventy-nine suggest they have the capacity to do everyday tasks very easily and efficiently because nearly all parts of their body are in remarkably good condition.15 The cyclists also scored high on tests measuring mental agility, mental health, and quality of life.

You can change your brain for the better or worse through behaviors and even ways of thinking. Bad habits have neural maps that reinforce those bad habits.

When you "eat a rainbow" of vegetables, you eat a more diverse array of nutrients, many of them brain-friendly antioxidants.

Brain Food: The GCBH Recommendations on Nourishing Your Brain,

brain health specifically took me to neurologist Dr. Richard Isaacson, the director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell

Hospital and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. His TED talk on the subject, "What Makes a Good Life?

it is about achieving a certain physical appearance.

Physical exertion, in fact, has thus far been the only thing we've scientifically documented to improve brain health and function.

According to the American Heart Association, for every minute that goes by without someone attempting CPR or defibrillation, the odds of survival decrease by 7 to 10 percent. 8 If ten minutes go by, survival is a long shot.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. MARK TWAIN

For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth.