Good Health checklist

It is always good to remember the following in trying to maintain good health:

• Healthy eating - remember to eat lots of vegetables and fruit and to reduce your intake of saturated fats and sugars. Click through to the diet calculator to see how your diet rates.
• Exercise - try to do at least 30 minutes of moderate activity a day. You can do a quick check of your fitness and flexibility yourself (these tests indicate minimum levels only)
• To test fitness - if you can walk a kilometre in less than 18-20 minutes, or you can walk up a flight of stairs without getting puffed you are probably in reasonably good cardiovascular shape.
• To test flexibility - sit on the floor, stretch out your legs keeping them flat on the floor. If you can touch your toes you are probably reasonably flexible.
• Stress - try to keep stress levels to a minimum. Learn to manage your stress and set time aside to relax.
• Alcohol and Smoking - limit your consumption of alcohol and choose not to smoke.
• Check ups - periodically visit your doctor to conduct the following checks:
  • blood pressure, blood glucose, and cholesterol
  • skin cancer screenings
  • For women - pap smears and breast exams
  • For men - prostate and testicular cancer screening