What negative lifestyles affect health and quality of life?

Not sticking to all of the above will obviously have negative effects on you. One of the key areas of an unhealthy lifestyle are making choices that involve toxic products.

Tobacco, alcohol, and drugs have a very negative impact on health.  There was a popular belief until recent years that one daily drink of wine or beer was totally fine, but new studies have proven that even this can influence our health in a negative way.

There are many products to which exposure, occasionally or continuous, can result in a serious risk to our health. The environmental pollution of cities is considered one of the most important risk factors for health.

Benefits of living a healthy lifestyle

Quality of life is related to the following aspects:

• Satisfaction in daily activities.
• Satisfaction of needs.
• Achievement of goals in life.
• Self-image and attitude towards life.
• Involvement of personal and socio-environmental factors.

The benefits of a living healthy lifestyle are almost limitless. Having healthy habits and routines will allow us to stay active and achieve our goals. In doing this, our internal satisfaction will increase and will remain at the highest level.

We must not forget that if we are not healthy, our chances of doing activities that we like are drastically reduced.

With healthy habits, we will only see benefits, both for ourselves and for the society that surrounds us.

• Overall, you will feel better! Your body and mind will have more freedom and you will be able to do things that you could not before.

• Your fatigue will be reduced when doing any physical activity, since you will gain strength.
• When you feel good about yourself, you will express it on the outside, and those closest to will feel it too. In this sense, your social relationships will improve.
• You will rest properly, which will make you full of energy every morning.
• You will make decisions correctly thanks to the mental balance you have.
• This mental balance will help you  avoid falling into the consumption of toxic substances.
• You will be active, minimising the risk of injury.
• You will have a varied and balanced diet that will make your body and mind stay strong and healthy.

Importance of a healthy lifestyle

If you had to choose between living a healthy lifestyle or a life that is not healthy, you would probably choose the first one. This is because we all like to feel our best. Many people confuse living a healthy life with being a slave to a diet or exercise routine. To think of it like that is a big mistake. Don’t think about it in this way, because you will feel put yourself under unnecessary pressure and will want to avoid a healthy lifestyle due to fear.

Healthy lifestyle habits do not consist of extreme diets to lose weight, but instead help you make healthy, daily meals. If you take up a diet to lose weight, it will often consist of eating less than your body needs. With this option, you will also be banned from many foods. On the other hand, if you follow a healthy and balanced diet, you will not have to discard any food from your diet or feel hungry from skipping any meals during the day.

As for the physical exercise that you do, you have on one side the extreme fitness routines and on the other healthy physical activity. The first one can be difficult to maintain and can actually have adverse effects on your health.. Diseases in the form of muscle and joint injuries can appear in your body. They could even be more serious if you perform these activities at a pace that is not appropriate for your fitness level. On the other hand, if you practice physical exercise according to your current condition, you will improve your health

Cooking takes time. But making delicious and healthy recipes doesn’t have to take all day! After over 5 years in the kitchen together, yashvi and I have learned this: the best easy dinner ideas balance big flavor and quick cooking methods. So here, we’re sharing fast dinner ideas you can make in 30 minutes or less. Keep reading for the recipes.

1.   Gnocchi with romesco

For the romesco sauce

• 1 cup roasted almonds
• 2 garlic cloves
• 15-ounce can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
• 2 large roasted red peppers from a jar
• ½ tablespoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar (or red wine vinegar)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt

For the gnocchi

• 1 pound packaged gnocchi
• 3 cups baby spinach leaves (or chopped standard spinach)
• 1 cup romesco sauce
• 1/4 cup feta cheese crumbles, optional
• Kosher salt
• Fresh ground pepper

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Bring a large saucepan of water to a boil, seasoned with about 1 tablespoon kosher salt.
2. Make the gnocchi sauce: Peel the garlic. In a blender or food processor, process all ingredients until smooth. Taste and add additional seasonings if desired.
3. Once the water is boiling, add the gnocchi and boil until they float, about 2 to 3 minutes.
4. Meanwhile, line a colander with spinach leaves. When the gnocchi are done, pour them into the colander with the spinach so that the boiling water wilts the spinach. Then pour the cooked gnocchi and spinach back into the pot and stir to a few times to evenly distribute the spinach.
5. Add 1 cup of the romesco sauce to the pot and stir. (Reserve and refrigerate the remaining 1 1/2 cups for up to 1 week.)
6. For vegan, top with fresh ground black pepper. For vegetarian, top with black pepper and feta crumbles. If desired, add a drizzle of olive oil

2. Loaded veggie quesadilla

INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup mashed sweet potato (about 1 medium)
• 4 cups spinach
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 cup black beans
• 4 8-inch flour or corn tortillas
• 4 slices cheese
• Kosher salt

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. Cook the sweet potato: Cook it in an Instant Pot (note that this method requires 4 sweet potatoes to be cooked at once for the timing to be accurate). Or, you can bake it using these baking instructions, or prick holes in it and microwave it on high for 8-10 minutes until tender, turning halfway through. (Do this step in advance and refrigerate the sweet potatoes before cooking the quesadilla; the cook time below does not include this step.)
2. Cook the spinach: Roughly chop the spinach. Warm the olive oil in a skillet and add the spinach, garlic powder, cumin, and a pinch of kosher salt. Cook until spinach is wilted and bright green, about 2 minutes, then remove it to a bowl.
3. Assemble the tortilla: Cut the sweet potato in half and slide off the skin: place the flesh into a bowl and mash it with a fork. Spread 1/4 cup of the mashed sweet potato onto one tortilla. Drain and rinse the beans, then top the sweet potato with 1/4 cup of the black beans. Sprinkle sweet potatoes and black beans with a pinch of kosher salt. Then top with sprinkles of the cooked spinach (use your hands and leave any liquid at the bottom of the bowl). Top with 2 slices of cheese, tearing it as necessary to fit onto the tortilla. Cover with the second tortilla. Then repeat these instructions for the second quesadilla.
4. Lightly coat a skillet with olive oil and heat it to medium heat. Place one quesadilla in the pan, cheese side down. Cook for 2 minutes per side until lightly browned and the cheese is melted. Cut into wedges and serve. (Note: For lunch boxes, you can keep the quesadilla wedges refrigerated for a few days and place them into lunch boxes each morning.)