Top 10 Tips to Maintain Your Health in Winter

The winter season brings along a whole lot of changes in the way how people live. Usually in this season, people get more lazy and sleepy, and moreover the chances of being caught by diseases and infections increase the most. However this is the right season to gain health and to protect you against the season associated diseases.

Here I have gathered below the Top 10 tips to maintain your health in winter, which are proven to be the best winter health care tips ever:

Top 10 Tips to Maintain Your Health in Winter

1. Maintain a Healthy Diet

Try to maintain a healthy diet throughout the whole season. Bring EGGS, oily fish, cheese, dry fruits and sweet potatoes and other heat producing foods in use. It will help you enhance your energy level and will maintain your immune system. Adjust your eating intervals accordingly, such as always have breakfast at the right time, since breakfast is the starting of the day and it sure effects on the overall health. Avoid eating junk foods; always go for home-cooked food. Salad is a good alternative to your regular junk snacking, try to bring it in use. At least eat 4 times a day!

2. Bring Exercise in Daily Routine (Morning)

When you are taking calories, you should invest them for good use, rather than converting them into extra body fats and making you fat. Bring exercise in daily routine, especially in the morning time. Jogging is the best exercise to maintain your health in winter, and when done early in the morning, it will benefit you the most. After returning from the morning walk, do a heavy breakfast.

3. Have a good Night Sleep

Overload stress is the biggest factor responsible for hurting the immune system of the body, which increases the risk of getting attacked by diseases. Lack of proper sleep reduces brain function, increases tiredness, headaches and weight loss or excessive gain. Therefore, you must get enough sleep, during winter. Try to darken your room, drink milk and water, avoid drinking coffee or tea, and cover your body completely and especially your legs, as it is a proven fact that it helps you to sleep well and deeply. Average sleep duration should range from 7-9 hours. If you are having a tough routine, then you should take short naps during day time to cover your sleep deficiency. While also avoid excessive sleep!

4. Get a Flu Jab!

Taking a flu jab is one of the easiest ways to protect you from the extremely contagious illness transmitted by those coughing and sneezing around you. It is especially recommended for people with weaker immune system. It helps you to get rid of flu and maintain good health during the winter. It usually costs around $20 to $25. This precaution is better and cheaper than getting the flu afterward.

5. Wash your Hands every now and then

When flu infections are on the loose in this season, you must wash your hands every now and then to lessen the chances of attacking you. It is medically proven, that just a simple hand washing habit can help get rid of a great number of diseases. Make a habit to wash your hands before having your food, whenever you touch your nose, eyes or mouth, or if you’ve been with ill people. Try to go for hand-washing liquids, rather than soaps!

6. Strictly Avoid Intake of Caffeine, Alcoholic and Sugary Beverages

Having a cup of coffee, alcoholic drinks and sugary beverages can be fun but they are extremely dangerous in the long run. Try to restrict your intake of alcoholic drinks, caffeine and other sugary beverages. All these things damage your body’s immune system, which is not good for you health in winter.

7. Take Care of your Skin by Drinking Water

Winter season have low humidity which dries your skin. The best way to avoid this is to drink water as much as possible, as a minimum 8 glasses of pure water (no beverages) a day is recommended, and bring skin moisturizers, chip stick and other skin products in use.

8. Eat Dry Fruits as much as Possible (Particularly Nuts)

Try to eat dry fruits as much as possible, especially nuts and seeds which are very beneficial for your body to keep it warm during winter. Dry fruits also maintain good health!

9. Wear Warm and Dark Colored Clothes

Make sure to cover your whole body (specially your legs, neck, ear, nose and hands) with warm clothes when going out in winter season. Try to wear dark colored clothes. This will increase the chances of staying healthy in winter season by protecting you from season associated infections and viruses.

10. Avoid Smoking!

Smoking leads to severe illness in winter most likely as compared to other seasons, such as bronchitis, pneumonia, cold, lung cancer and heart diseases are more likely to attack a person who smokes. So strictly avoid smoking and stay healthy in winter!