Healthy Lifestyle

Good morning, I am honored to be here today on this occasion to learn about healthy lifestyles awareness. Similarly you should also be honored to learn about these issues and stay life longer in this wonderful world. Before I start my speech, let me tell you how serious the chronic diseases happen in your surroundings. According to Health Ministry recently revealed there are around 2.6million Malaysians who suffer from diabetes – which makes 1 in 5 people have diabetes. While, more than 50% of Malaysian either overweight or obese. Until today, heart diseases still remain number one killer in Malaysia. According Consultant cardiologist and Malaysian Heart Foundation director Datuk Dr Khoo said just now, one out of three Malaysians suffered from hypercholesterolemia. So, put on your thinking cap: try to asking yourself, have you been on healthy diets? Have you gotten sufficient rest each day? Or even have you been performing healthy lifestyle by doing sport regularly? Your answer lies with yourself.

The key massage I want to share with you today is that we all need to modify our behaviors in order to be healthy and to live long. Healthy living is about adopting right behavioral practices such as healthy eating, physical activity and practicing safe sex. We need to also stop smoking and alcohol abuse.

First, we must do regular exercise at least three days a week. Exercise benefits every part of the body, including the mind. Exercise help in improving one’s stamina, physical strength, reduce stress and sleep better. During exercise, our body will able to take more oxygen and increasing metabolism for healthier cells. Regular exercise can protect your heart, keep blood pressure and cholesterol levels healthy, maintain a healthy body weight, and protect against diabetes. All of these issues are risk factors for suffering a stroke, so exercise also helps to protect against stroke. Exercise also helps tp protect against depression, and helps you better manage