Today more and more people in the society support healthy lifestyle. They do it in different ways. Some quit smoking, others follow certain diets. There are people who stop eating meat products and become vegetarians. The others take up some sports or exercise. In any case they all want to lead a healthy life to feel better and to live longer. It is already known that healthy lifestyle consists of several components. Those who try to keep up with all of these components are the healthiest people.

First of all, people who have bad and health destroying habits should quit them. It means smokers should try to live without cigarettes or at least to reduce the amount they smoke. Those who overuse alcohol should stop and think about their liver. Those who stay up till late night should try to go to bed before midnight as it’s the best time for the body to relax and have a healthy sleeping. Another bad habit is sleeping long hours. A person who wakes up closer to the afternoon will feel a slight tiredness and discomfort during the day. It is healthier to go to bed before midnight and to wake before eight or nine in the morning.

The second component is healthy eating. Nutritionists insist that we should eat more vegetables and fruit as they are rich in all kinds of vitamins. Some of them also advise to look for organic food in the supermarkets. Fast food should be excluded from our daily ration as well as the food with various preservatives. Fatty, fried and smoked food is also not very healthy. Many people nowadays turn into vegetarians or vegans, which is great. However doctors insist that meat is a rich source of protein. That’s why those who don’t eat meat or meat products at all should somehow find the substitutes.

The third component of healthy lifestyle is enough exercise and doing some exciting sports. Regular walks in the fresh air, morning runs, going to the gym, doing yoga, participating in hiking tours - all these actions support our body and keep it in good shape. Many people today have rigid works and occupations. It is especially important for them to go in for sports or simply jogging in the park. Luckily, there are so many opportunities to do various sports nowadays. There are indoor and outdoor swimming-pools, football and basketball sections, well-equipped gyms, qualified trainers. All we need to do is to start caring about health.

The fourth component is the absence of stress or at least its reduction in everyday life. Learning to stay level-headed and not to worry about everything around is a genuine art. There are so many stressful factors in modern life, connected with work, money, accommodation and other issues. In Japan there is a distant island called Okinawa where people are never in a hurry. Their transport never arrives on time. Thereafter people are late for work, but nobody really cares or gets nervous about that. The islanders like doing martial arts and taking long walks along the shore. They try to be in serene and positive mood all the time. Perhaps, that’s the reason why they live up to one hundred years.