General Health: Advice 1
Sleep 7 or more hours
a day
Sleep is really important just as much how eating,
drinking, and breathing is important. Sleep plays
a vital role in promoting physical health, longevity,
and emotional well-being. This explains why,
after a good night’s sleep, you feel better, your
thoughts are clearer, and your emotions are less
fragile. Without adequate sleep, so many things
are weakened, such as the ability to learn and
retain information. Sleep benefits you by helping
repair your body, keeping your heart healthy,
reducing stress, improving your memory,
controlling your body weight issues, reducing your
chances of diabetes, and reducing the occurrence
of mood disorders. Sleep does your body so
much, which is why it’s important to get the right
amount of sleep.
General Health: Advice 2
Drink 8-10 glasses of
water a day
Dehydration is a big problem, since thirst lags behind your body’s need for water. Dehydration causes loss of energy, headaches, and more.. Drinking water is important because it cleans out toxins and helps the body function better. In addition, water helps restore the energy lost from dehydration and help with the headaches. Water benefits the body in so many ways, making it one of the most important things for the body.
General Health: Advice 3
Move Around More
Daily
Increasing how much one walks around
in a day can affect them positively by
allowing the body to relax and calm
down. One way to help increase how
much a person moves around can be by
taking the stairs instead of the elevators,
or walking to school instead of taking the
bus. By relaxing the body, it can help
relieve stress for activities later in the
day, and help motivate yourself.
General Health: Advice 4
Wash Your Hands!
Washing your hands can help rid yourself
of the cold or the flu. Many colds or flus
go from person to person by contact of
the hand, so by washing your hands, you
can be more healthy and ready to do
other activities. Also, you should wash it
with soap, to decrease the chance of
getting sick from the flu, and maybe other
kinds of illnesses. If soap and water are
not available, you can use hand sanitizer
to kill the germs on your hands
Stress Management:
Advice 1
If you do something
wrong, just remember
that it’s not the end of
the world. you can
always make up for it
It is human nature to mess up. Some
people may mess up more than others, but
no matter who or what, you’ll always be
able to make it up. There’s not a single
person on this planet who has never
messed up in his/her life. It’s part of life so
don’t let something that you know is going
to happen, take you down. If a mistake
happens, which it will, you can ALWAYS
make up for it, no matter how big the
mistake is.
Stress Management:
Advice 2
Manage your
boundaries; know
your limitations. If
you know where you
cannot go any
further, this will
prevent you from
going too far and
becoming stressed out.
Know where to stop. Some people can handle
more work than others. Everyone can’t handle a
16 hour job. If you know where to stop you won’t
be overloaded and therefore, won’t be stressed
out. Teenagers nowadays want to do everything
all at once. However, that is impossible. Know
what you personally can do and how much of it
you can do. If you become overloaded you most
likely will develop stress. But, if you stop the
overloading before it happens by understanding
your limitations, this stress will not reach you.
Stress Management:
Advice 3
There’s always some
good in everything so
find the beneficial
portion of your
stressful situation and
take advantage of it.
Every single person will be in a tough
situation which causes them stress.
However, if you encounter a stressful
situation, there will always be some way
that the stressful situation can benefit
you in some shape or form. There is
always some good beneficial factor of a
situation. So next time, you encounter a
stressful situation, think about the
benefits, and take advantage.
Stress Management:
Advice 4
Avoid, Alter, or Accept
the Stressor
When you encounter a stressor, it likely won’t be
the only time you encounter that stressor.
Sometimes the stressor is inevitably in your life.
Here is a simple way to cope with any stressor
that you deal with. You must either avoid, alter, or
accept the stressor. Avoiding the stressor is the
easiest out of the three, and if you avoid complete
contact with the stressor you won’t be stressed.
Altering the stressor is a bit more difficult. In this
you have to change the stressor so that it’s no
longer a stressor. Lastly, the most difficult and the
most effective is to accept the stressor. If you
successfully accept the stressor, not only will you
not be stressed out by that one stressor, but many
different “stressful” situations won’t be stressful to
you anymore.
Mental and Emotional
Health: Advice 1
Don’t be your own
enemy.
Do not attack your mental health just because
someone can do something better than you. No
one is perfect and some people are better than
others at certain things. Although someone may
be better than you in a certain aspect, you
definitely are better than them in something else.
No two people will perform exactly equally in the
things they do. As Oscar Wilde says “Everyone
may not be good, but there's always something
good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly
because every saint has a past and every sinner
has a future.” This shows us even though you
may be depressed over something that you can’t
do as good as someone else, there’s is always
going to be some good in everyone, so do not be
your own enemy.
Mental and Emotional
Health: Advice 2
Life is going to have
its ups and downs so
don’t let those get the
best (or worst) of you
Everyone wishes they had the ability to
control every aspect of their life and
make everything happen as they want it
to happen. However, you obviously can’t
do that, and you just have to accept life
and live through it. Accept the fact that
life will not always go where you want it
to go. You must also accept the fact that
life will have ups and downs, and you
have to deal with them.
Mental and Emotional
Health: Advice 3
Mistakes aren’t always
bad... Learn from
them
Again, It is human nature to make mistakes
(i,e no one is perfect). So accept this that
you are not perfect, and therefore, you will
also make mistakes. However, you should
not let your mistakes make you feel
depressed, but rather you should take
advantage of your mistakes. Mistakes are
something can teach you. Mistakes are
lessons to you and as Brett Favre said "Life
deals you a lot of lessons, some people
learn from them, some people don't." So
view your mistakes as lessons and learn
from them.
Mental and Emotional
Health: Advice 4
Life is too short; don’t
let the smallest things
take you down.
Nowadays, we get saddened by the
smallest things. We may get depressed
from things ranging from losing a few bucks
to getting a low grade in a test. Although
these things are inevitably saddening, you
have to learn that you will be able to make
up for it. Remember life is very short, and
don’t let small things make you depressed.
Always learn from your mistakes. Life will
always give you a chance to make up for a
mistake, so don’t let yourself fall down
because of one mistake. Cherish life: it
won’t last forever
Self Esteem: Advice 1
Stop comparing
yourself to others
Nowadays everyone is comparing themselves to other. It
is a good thing because it might give you motivation, but
most of the time people compare themselves to others
way too much. They let themselves become depressed
because they can’t do something as well as someone
else. Bobbe Sommer said “Having a low opinion of
yourself is not "modesty". It's self-destruction. Holding your
uniqueness in high regard is not "egotism". It's a
necessary precondition to happiness and success.”
Putting yourself down is killing your inner self esteem.
And next time you put yourself down because someone is
better than you at something, just remember the wise
words of Mary Dunbar. She said “We are each gifted in a
unique and important way. It is our privilege and our
adventure to discover our own special light.” It is
impossible to compare yourself to others because
everyone is unique in their own way. Be yourself and
accept that life is not a race against others but your self
confidence depends on you and your personal needs.
Self Esteem: Advice 2
Don’t think that you
will not be able to do
something.
Anything is possible in every situation. If
you say it is impossible and don’t even try
how do you know if you will succeed or not.
You chances of success completely
completely depend on your perception of
the situation as well as the perception of
yourself. Robert Collier once said “Your
chances of success in any undertaking can
always be measured by your belief in
yourself”. Therefore, we should never think
that anything is impossible, because the
amount of success lies in the perception.
Self Esteem: Advice 3
Make sure your
friends are supportive
and POSITIVE people
When conquering the endeavors of life,
you cannot do it on your own. You will
need support in your life, and the only
way you can get this support to keep you
going is by being in the company of
supportive and positive people. Make
friends, which think positive and are
supportive of you. Negative thinkers will
only make life a lot harder for you.
Self Esteem: Advice 4
Think “The glass is
half full, not half
empty”
In order to be successful, you yourself,
along with the people of your company,
should be thinking positive at all times.
Thinking negative will not get you
anywhere. When you encounter any
situation, remember that there is a
positive as well as a negative of every
situation. Always think the positive, and
let that be your motivation and inspiration
for success.
Drugs: Advice 1
Take medicines only
when completely
necessary
Almost every single medicine, even over
the counter drugs, have many side effects
that are not good for you. For example, a
very commonly used drug Advil contains
many unknown side effects such as
irritation of the stomach. Therefore, we
should be completely aware of the side
effects of a drug before taking it. We also
must be careful as to not take too many
medicines at once. Some medicines can be
very harmful when taken with others. We
must also only take medicine only when
you have to because they’re not good for
you.
Drugs: Advice 2
Realize that one
could easily lead to
many.
Nowadays in our society, many adolescents
believe that it will be cool to smoke a
cigarette or another drug. However, these
drugs are very harmful for you, and they
have substances that easily get you
addicted. For example, the nicotine is so
addictive that 80% of smokers want to quit,
but are incapable of doing so because the
nicotine has them hooked. If you think that
you’ll be able to do one just to be able to try
out, chances are that you will likely become
addicted. So the best advice, is to never try
it in the first place
Drugs: Advice 3
Drugs won’t make you
“cooler”
If someone tells you that it’s cool to
smoke a cigarette or do drugs, they’re
wrong. Smoking or any drugs, do not
make you cooler at all. Who is that
person to define what the term “cool”
means? If drugs are cool that means
getting cancer and other extremely
harmful diseases is cool too.
Drugs: Advice 4
Drugs are a lot more
dangerous than you
may think.
Drugs can kill you. Many drugs have been
directly linked to many deaths. However,
some people think that some drugs like
marijuana and tobacco are fine because
they don’t directly kill you. However, they
cause many diseases that can later ruin
your entire future. Did you know that the
average cigarette contains about 4000
chemicals including rat poison, and jet fuel.
69 of these chemicals are proven to cause
cancer. Many drugs that taken in through
needles can even cause. Overall, drugs are
bad and can either directly or indirectly kill
you.
Nutrition: Advice #1
You should eat the
recommended serving
size of food every day.
Two servings of fruits and vegetables
each. 6 servings of grains. 1 serving of milk and
protein. And a small amount of fat. A balanced
diet is a very good way to manage a person
weight. They will also get the amount of
nutrients they need. It is a very easy and useful
way to be healthy. You can also cook the food
in any way you like. You can make rice with
meat and vegetables and have fresh fruit for
dessert. That will help give you most of your
nutrients for the day.
Nutrition: Advice #2
2. You should avoid Fast
Food and soda.
Fast food is a very sneaky way in which
calories can sneak up on you. The salads they
sell are filled with sugar and preservatives to
keep them fresh. Dressing for the salads adds
about a thousand calories to it. Soda that
seems to be “Diet” is in fact really bad for you
because it uses a kind of fake sugar which
makes the body think it is eating sugar. This is
bad because the body will try and break down
extra sugar in the body that you need. This
turns that sugar into fat.
Nutrition: Advice #3
Have at least one
hour of exercise a day
Exercise is a great way to boost your self
esteem. Remember if at first you don’t succeed, try again. An easy way to exercise is
to do some jumping jacks and sit-ups. Those
are the easiest forms of exercise. If you can
support your own body weight, you should do
push-ups. A great way to improve your social
life is to play sports with your friends because
you can have fun, and get a lot of exercise.
Taking martial arts and boxing classes is also a
great way to get rid of stress as well as
exercise. Many people use this technique to
blow off some of their stress. So this is a key
point to being healthy so get up and exercise
for at least an hour every day.
Nutrition: Advice #4
4. Avoid Saturated Fats
and simple carbs.
Saturated fat is unhealthy and should be
avoided. It can cause heart disease in large
amounts. It is normally found in cooking oil
and lard. Saturated fat becomes saturated
when it has taken in a lot of hydrogen
molecules. Oils that have less saturated fats
are oils such as olive oil, vegetable oil, and
canola oil. Simple carbs are carbs that are
found in refined bread, potato chips and foods
like that. Complex carbs are healthier and they
are found in whole grains such as rice and
whole wheat. They have more nutritional
value because they have less starch and more
glucose.
Physical activity and
Fitness: Advice #1
If you are young
do not lift weights or
have extreme workouts.
Lifting weights at a young age is a very
harmful thing to do to your body. It can lead to
a stunted growth and heart problems in the
future. If you are young, you should do
pushups in order to strengthen your arms, sit
ups to help strengthen your stomach and ab
muscles. And squats in order to work out your
legs and strengthen your stabilizing muscles.
Also, you should do different sets of each
exercise. You should do three sets of ten
pushups, ten sit ups, and ten squats. This way
you do not work out one muscle in particular.
Physical activity and
fitness: Advice #2
A balanced diet is key.
You should avoid one food in particular
in order to be healthy. Soda is a very sugary
and unhealthy drink as everyone knows. It is
carbonated which doesn't make it unhealthy
but the syrup and sugar which is added really
packs on the calories and carbs. The thing no
one understands is that soda does not even
need all of the sugar. It also does not need the
high fructose corn syrup. It is one of the
factors that aids in all of the additional sugar.
The syrup is also a vestigial ingredient.
Physical activity and
Fitness: Advice #3
Find a distraction when
you are exercising.
T.V. and music are always blaring in a
gym. Few people know the real reason why it
is there. Music is a key distraction when you
are exercising. While exercising, many people
ignore their workout and focus on their music
instead. They do not get focused on their tired
muscles and work out more. Remember,
perseverance needs to be your motto. You
should never give up. The distraction should
also be overpowering. It should be pretty loud
so you can focus on it a lot. You should listen
to music in noise isolating headphones in
order to get lost in the music.
Physical activity and
fitness: Advice #4
Do not speed up
your exercise if you are
not capable.
Lifting weights requires a large amount
of strength and when you lift weights really
quickly, you are putting lots of pressure on
your arms. This can pull the muscles and cause
tremendous pain. It can also cause permanent
damage on your muscles. If you are running on
a treadmill keep the speed at a pace in which
you can keep up. if you speed up, you may get
very tired and give up easily. This way, you will
feel exhausted and you will not have much of
a workout. So keeping a specific pace is key
when you are working out. If you do not have
a pace, then your workout will not be very
effective.
Eating Disorders and
body image: Advice #1
Do not be
uncomfortable with
your weight. You are
who you are.
The majority of people who develop eating
disorders are people who are uncomfortable
with their weight. You should know that you
cannot blame yourself for how much you
weigh. If diets don’t work for you, then you
shouldn’t try so hard to become more
“beautiful”. Being comfortable with your body
weight is the first step towards becoming a
happier and healthier person. Being confident
with your weight is the best way to increase
your self esteem which can build more
confidence.
Eating Disorder and
Body Image: Advice #2
If you have an eating
disorder, contact a
therapist.
An eating disorder is not a way of life, it is an
actual disease that needs special treatment
and care. If you are eating almost nothing, it is
technically starvation. You must contact a
therapist if you think you have an eating
disorder because he/she can start you on a
healthy diet and lots of medical help. An
eating disorder is not something to be taken
lightly and it may lead to malnutrition and
even death. It may also cause other diseases
due to your immune system being severely
damaged.
Eating Disorder and
Body Image: #3
Do not exercise too
much
Too much exercise may lead to self esteem
issues which can lead to steroid use. Many
people who are anorexic also exercise way
too much in order to try and lose even more
weight. This also induces vomiting, fainting,
nausea, and it can even induce comas. Since
you already have malnutrition, your body
cannot afford to lose even more energy.
Many people do this to themselves because
they view themselves as fat. Remember, you
are who you are and no one can change who
you are.
Eating Disorder and
Body Image: Advice #4
Do not purchase any
medicine which can
induce vomiting.
Many medicines such as ipecac can induce
immediate vomiting and it can also lead to
bulimia if it is taken periodically. Many other
medicines such as castor oil may induce
vomiting if something goes wrong. Bulimic
patients take these medicines if they cannot
vomit. This is extremely unhealthy for your
inner organs because you will vomit up
stomach acid. Your stomach acid is strong
enough to dissolve razor blades and can form
holes in your esophagus and mouth.
Many people are afraid to make friends
because they have a large fear of rejection from
people. But the first step in order to make
friends is to speak to them and talk about things
you both like. Remember, every friendship starts with
a smile. Just joke around and try to make them
laugh. Just don’t speak
too much and give others a chance to speak. If
you are annoying and talk too much, many
people will not want to be near you. You
should just have a nice personality and very
good charisma.
Social Health:
Advice #1
Don’t be shy and try
to make new friends
Social Health:
Advice #2
Treat others the way you
would want to be
treated.
Countless friendships have been ruined
because people have been made fun of. Many
people also stay with friends who make fun of
them because they feel as if they are more
popular because they are getting laughed at.
This not only a very mean thing to do, it also
degrades the victim and drastically
lowerstheir self esteem. This leads to a drastic
negative impact on their social health. It
makes them feel all alone in the world because
they have been made fun of so much.
Spending time with your friends makes them want to spend time with you more. It allows you to practice social events such as ice skating, or going to the movies. This way you can enjoy yourself and enhance your social health. Sometimes, parties are good for your social life because you can have lots of people over and if you throw a really good party,many people will want to return to have more parties. Just make sure that the parties do not get too crazy or it will not be fun anymore.
Social Health:
Advice #3
Spend Time with
your friends
If you have good grades, you should keep
trying to maintain those grades because, your
friends will not want to hang out with
someone who wants to give up everything for
friends. It is a really dumb move because your
friends may not stay by your side. If they leave
your side when your grades are really bad,
then it will leave you with nothing left. You
should never give up anything for a social life
because it really isn’t worth it. Your friends will
still respect you if you want to do well. You
should just let them know.
Social Health:
Advice #4
Don’t Sacrifice Your
Grades for Your
Friends