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Health is a state of complete physical mental and social well-being and free from disease or any infirmity. A person is said to be healthy when an individual is free from any disease and is mentally healthy and happy and having healthy social relationships in society.
Living a healthy life style woul help you to prevent from chronic disease and long-lasting illness. Taking care of your body is the most important thing for an individual.

Tips for staying healthy during vacations:-

One can stay healthy even during vacations by following or opting and taking care of some points.

Follow some of the following points to make and keep your body healthy even during vacations.

1.) Keep your snacks with you:-

Keeping healthy snacks with you will help you to stay away from unhealthy snacking and will help you to keep you full during your small hunger.
Carry snacks, like almonds, roasted chana, makhana, fruits, homemade bhelpuri, etc. in your carry bags.

2.) Stay hydrated:-

Keep your water bottle always with you during your vacations to stay away from dehydration.
Dehydration is common during vacations. So, to stay away from dehydration drink plenty of water during traveling.

3.) Never skip your breakfast:-

Usually, people skip their breakfast during vacations. It is the most common mistake people usually do during traveling. Never skip your breakfast.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day which helps you to be energetic throughout the day. Try to have a healthy breakfast like cereals, sandwich, juice, stuffed roti, fruit juice.
If you are in hotels, try to have their buffet meals. If you are travelling, keep your healthy breakfast options with you.

4.) Walk everywhere:-

Try to walk during your local visits as it will help you to burn some of your calories. Make sure to be in your comfortable clothes and supportive shoes so that you can walk easily. walking will help you to digest your food and ultimately will help you to burn some of your calories.

5.) Try to have local food and meals:-

Try to enjoy local and some traditional meals and foods as it will have made up of fresh vegetables and ingredients and would have very less processed ingredients. Make sure you don’t overeat even traditional meals.

6.) Control your portion size:-

It is very common that we overload our plates during vacations with some tempting and tasty dishes. It is one of the most common mistake people usually make during vacations, which in turn helps them to gain weight.

Try to control your portion of food by having smaller plates. Fill your one portion of the plate with some fresh vegetables and fruits. Try to avoid cheesy and fried food. Donot overeat.

There are many variations of passages to maintain health blood sugar, like insulin injection form,medicine form, and many others. Though we all want a healthy life and fit body but due to our unhealthy lifestyle, we are prone to many diseases at an early age only. One of the most common diseases spreading in a younger age only is DIABETES.

There are different types of causes of diabetes but the most common factor is unhealthy lifestyle and unhealthy eating patterns and meals.

So to get rid of diabetes or to avoid diabetes try to follow some of these easy tips:

1.) Replace high glycemic index food with natural sugar:-
foods that are with high glycemic index spikes the blood sugar very quickly, and that may cause several health issues if a person eats too much of them. On the other hand, if someone starts eating low glycemic index food, it may help to prevent diabetes even to manage diabetes and also prevents and manages cardiovascular diseases. Low GI food also helps to maintain a healthy weight.
The GI is classified into 3 categories:

-low GI – 55 or less
-medium GI – 56-69
High GI – 70 or more

Some foods that are high in GI should be avoided to manage diabetes and weight are:-
White rice
potatoes
fries
cakes, pasteries
white bread
dairy products

some foods with low GI are:-
Spinach
Eggs
cauliflowers
green vegetables

2.) Excercise regularly –

by doing regular exercise, it will help you to improve your insulin sensitiivity ie your cells can better use the sugar in your blood, reducing blood sugar levels.
Include good forms of exercise daily in your life like walking, running, skipping, jumping, swimming, dancing.

3.) Eating moderate portions or portion control:-

By doing portion control, it will help to reduce calorie intake, and that ultimately helps you to maintain a moderate weight, which in turn promotes healthy blood sugar levels and reduces the risk of having diabetes type 2.

Diet plays a very important role in the management of diabetes. To control type 2 diabetes, portion control is a very good option. portion means the quantity of food.

Plate method:-

Half of the plate should be filled with non starchy food else green leafy vegetables, or low GI vegetables.

The rest of the half plate should be divided between proteins and fibers.

4.) Add More Fiber

Fiber slows the digestion of carbohydrates and sugar absorption, which means it promotes more gradual increases in blood sugar levels. Adding high fiber food to your diet will help you to control high blood sugar.

By adding high fiber in your diet it also helps to stay full for longer time which in turns helps you to maintain moderate weight . fiber also promotes good health, helps to lower the risk of heart diseases, and also controls the blood sugar in several ways.

Some high fiber foods

-fruits
-oats
-leafy vegetables
-barley
-nuts
-lentils
-beans