17 health and wellness rules to live by this year

Start your year with a new attitude to life, and if there was a better time to start, it can only be now. For a year of great health, happiness and a stress free life, here are the rules to live by.
1.For great skin, limit your consumption of carbonated drinks. Familiarise yourself with a diet of fresh juice and lots of water.

2. Instead of ice cold water, drink lukewarm water for better results. Yes, even in this weather.
3. Water helps to hydrate the body and skin. For a more hydrated skin, eat water-based fruits such as pineapple and water melon.
4. Eat a balanced diet, don’t skip meals and a good breakfast helps a great deal.
5. Incorporate healthy fats in your diet. Don’t give up on that ovacado since fats have immense benefits to the body.
6. Exercise at least three times a week. The body was made to move so get busy and sweat away.
7. Take on a suitable exercise routine. Jogging, walking or even subscribing to a gym. Exercise shouldn’t be about losing weight only. Do it to stay fit. But if you have to, yes, lose some weight.
9. Invest in appropriate clothing for your time working out. These help to make the experience far more fun. If you can, get someone to take this fitness road with you. It helps if you are accountable to someone. What you should know about working out is, results do not happen overnight. So it’s imperative to be patient and give it time.
10. Switch up your beauty game with healthier beauty products. There are more non-toxic, all-natural beauty products on the market than ever before. Experts say that honey is a great acne fighting agent. It also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties that help to keep the skin in great health. It’s also cheap.
11. Don’t buy into the philosophy that light skin is what’s beautiful. Avoid bleaching your skin.
12. Set daily resolutions and reward yourself when you achieve them. This helps to motivate yourself to achieve and work. However, don’t beat yourself up for not achieving, just try harder the next day.
13. Mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are real. Be strong, open up about them and seek help.
14. Have fun. Enjoy yourself. Have a good laugh. Go to parties and socialise. This helps to keep your spirits up. Yes you can party sober. Have fun with friends without getting high or losing your cool.

15. Have quality time with those you love

Put your phone and laptop down and have quality time with those you love. There’s something called tech pain, which comes from straining the body as you use these gadgets. After work, go home and rest.
16. Alcohol and heavy smoking of things like Shisha has terrible effects on the body. It is high time your cut them out of your life.

17. Get adequate sleep. It helps to beat stress. Experts recommend eight hours of sleep.