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Doctors from all over the world have revealed their main “rules” for everyone who wants to live a healthy life.
Reddit pros recently came together to highlight important safety tips and specific tidbits that could improve your quality of life in the long run.
Doctors emphasize how important it is to move your body every day, even if it’s just walking.
‘It’s good for the heart and veins. Most patients are obese, often with diabetes, and (doctors) have to do a lot of necessary amputations just because people are very sedentary and don’t take care of themselves.’
Doctors revealed their main ‘rules’ for anyone who wants to live a healthy life
Another also shared how it helps you in the future.
‘If you want to have fewer problems in your old age, start exercising now. People who weren’t as active in life are usually the ones who are in wheelchairs and walk with walkers,” said a nursing home worker.
“The number of people who haven’t been physically active their entire lives and then end up not being able to get off the toilet and then we have to send them to a nursing home from the hospital when they’re in their 70s is staggering and preventable.”
“I wish I could get in a time machine and tell these people in their 30s and 40s: START NOW.”
A speech therapist revealed that adults who are around children should talk to them constantly
Speech therapist on why you should talk to children
A speech therapist revealed that parents and adults around young children should talk to them constantly.
‘Research suggests that (babies) need to hear 40 million words during the first four years to acquire early conversational language.
‘This is the first pillar of literacy. Language and literacy proficiency will be one of the things that most separates social classes as we move toward imminent and ever-widening class divisions.
‘Do you want your son to get ahead? Expose them to language constantly. Speak your thoughts out loud (obviously use discretion with love for them), talk to them and among friends and family, put the subtitles on the TV ALWAYS so they can see it, and start associating symbol with meaning. Talk to them about the mundane.
Doctors Reveal Why You Should Keep a Diary
The speech therapist also recommended that adults constantly write things down in a notebook or on the computer.
‘Writing promotes neuroplasticity. The more novel and creative the better, but even remembering events and interpreting them on the page is cognitive work. Stay alert and healthy!’ she said.
First responders recommend always wearing a seat belt when in a car.
Paramedic explains why you should wear a seat belt
First responders recommend always wearing a seat belt when in a car.
‘I’ve seen people walk away from mangled wreckage with little more than a scratch when wearing full safety gear. “I have seen people thrown onto the road through windows simply for brushing against a barrier,” one revealed.
Another also said that you should always keep your car tidy and free of items that could hurt you in an accident.
‘In an accident, everything in your car becomes a projectile that can and will cause further injury. If you are not tied, you will become a projectile.
Never lie to your doctor
Medical professionals cannot give you proper care unless they know the true extent of what is wrong.
‘The paramedic who picked you up off the ground at the music festival knows you’re high and he doesn’t care. He just wants to make sure you don’t die (from it),’ one of them provided an example.
Brush your teeth twice a day and floss every night.
One dentist shared that maintaining a good dental hygiene routine is the only way to prevent gum disease.
‘Bacteria that cause gum disease are linked to heart disease, cancer, premature birth and Alzheimer’s.
“Your mouth is connected to the rest of your body and if it is a cesspool of bleeding and infection, the rest of your body will suffer the consequences.”
