Healthy Lifestyle Habits May Help You Stay Disease-Free, Study Shows

(Newswire.net — May 5, 2022) Orlando, FL — Years of research have demonstrated that living a healthy lifestyle is one of the keys to achieving optimum health. Researchers have even time and again shown that it helps ward off a range of diseases.

A study highlights links between healthy lifestyle habits and the decreased risk of chronic disease. 

It is worth noting there are four healthy lifestyle factors, namely maintaining a healthy weight, never smoking, exercising regularly, and following a healthy diet. 

The study has particularly revealed that these factors are associated with as much as 80 percent of a decrease in the odds of developing the most common and fatal chronic diseases.

The findings of this research were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, which are chronic ailments that account for high mortality rates, are largely preventable. 

“An impressive body of research has implicated modifiable lifestyle factors such as smoking, physical activity, diet, and body weight in the causes of these diseases,” the authors write.

In this research, Earl S. Ford, M.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, and colleagues evaluated data from 23,513 German adults aged 35 to 65. 

This European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition–Potsdam (EPIC-Potsdam) study was carried out between 1994 and 1998.

At the start of the research, the subjects were made to complete an assessment of their body weight and height, have a personal interview that included questions about diseases, and answer a questionnaire on sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics as well as a food frequency questionnaire.

Their responses were assessed according to their adherence to the four healthy lifestyle factors. 

“Our results reinforce current public health recommendations to avoid smoking, to maintain a healthy weight, to engage in physical activity appropriately and to eat adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables and foods containing whole grains and to partake of red meat prudently,” the authors write. 

Years of research have shown that making dietary and lifestyle improvements is vital for disease protection. While the prevalence of diseases continues to increase nowadays, it is worth noting that experts are increasingly stressing the techniques potentially helpful in achieving optimum health.

There are even kitchen ingredients like the medicinal mushroom called lion’s mane being widely studied nowadays. According to research, the lion’s mane has strong medicinal properties that help in protecting the body against diseases. 

It is widely obtained today through the use of supplements like Divine Bounty Lion’s Mane. (www.amazon.com/Organic-Lions-Mane-Mushroom-Capsules/dp/B07LGR1KN7).