5 Easy, Natural Tips for Moms to Stay Healthy

Mothers often end up juggling many responsibilities, from family life to work. However, busy lifestyles can make it difficult to lead healthy lifestyles. What are busy moms to do?

It’s easier to live healthy when you take life step-by-step and make healthy choices.

It’s important that the changes you make to your life are sustainable and contribute to living in a healthier way in the long-term. It can take time to adjust. However, it’s worth it. It eventually becomes easier to balance healthy choices with your busy lifestyle.

The following tips will help busy moms live a healthy life:

1. Utilize Natural Remedies

It’s always a good idea to look for wholesome ways to solve your health issues before you reach for a pill bottle. The best way, in fact, to combat a disease, is to keep yourself so healthy you don’t get infected in the first place.

Try eating whole foods, exercising regularly, and getting the sleep you need to keep your immune system functioning at its best.

It’s best to avoid chemical solutions when possible. Unstudied or unnatural drugs may sometimes lead to adverse side effects. As an example, Depo-Provera, a popular contraceptive, is linked with spinal tumors and brain tumors. Stick to natural remedies when it’s practical and feasible in order to stay healthy.

That said, always have discussions with your doctor. If they suggest you need to be on medication, then perhaps it’s best for you.

2. Keep Healthy Options In Your Kitchen

A practical life hack is ensuring your refrigerator and pantry get stocked with options that are healthy. Replace overly processed foods and junk food with healthier foods. Foods which are out of sight can be out of mind.

Choose fresh or frozen vegetables and fruits, high protein foods, functional drinks and whole grains. These can keep you from resorting to unhealthy foods when you get hungry.

Choose:

• Sliced deli meat over lunch meat which is packaged with preservatives
• Energy bars with fruit and nuts or high protein, low carbohydrate bars over candy bars or cookies
• Whole grain bread over white bread, helping you to avoid large insulin spikes and large blood sugar rises

Eating wholesome, home-cooked meals can improve your health and the health of your family. After all, fast-food places regularly cook horribly unhealthy foods, sometimes in unsanitary conditions. For example, McDonalds recently had an E. coli outbreak that hospitalized a handful of people. That’s just another of many reasons to avoid fast-food when possible.

3. Quit Smoking

Smoking can be devastating to your health and negatively impact all of your bodily systems. Not only does it increase your cancer risk, but it makes it more likely that you will develop gum disease, cataracts, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. Women who smoke see a higher risk of going through early menopause than women who don’t.

Addiction to tobacco affects around 14 percent of women in the United States. Fortunately, by quitting smoking, you can reduce your risk of dying early by half, even if you’re already in middle age.

4. Visit A Primary Care Doctor

Moms can take many steps to maintain or achieve good health. Perhaps the first step you should take is to set a doctor’s appointment in order to figure out what you should work on.

It’s always a good thing to know what your status is regarding your health.

So, make a visit with your doctor and get a blood pressure check. Find out what your cholesterol and blood glucose levels are.

If you’re healthy, that’s great. Keep checking in with your healthcare provider at least once a year. That said, if you have health issues, it’s better to know that they exist. From there, you can make a game plan and tackle your issues one step at a time. 

Remember, the healthier you are, the longer you can be around for those precious family gatherings.

5. Wake Up Earlier

You can make a big difference by starting days 30 to 60 minutes earlier. Use the extra time gained for meditation, exercise, or eating a wholesome breakfast. Early rises also allow for calmer morning routines without the hustle and bustle of family chatter. This reduces the chance that you start days with stressful rushes and lets you build momentum before you tackle your responsibilities.