10 Essential Health Tips 

1. Progress More
Make it a daily confront to find ways to move your body. Climb stairs if given a choice between that and escalators or elevators. Walk your cat; chase your kids; toss balls with friends, mow the lawn. Anything that moves your limbs is not only a fitness tool, it's a stress buster. Think 'move' in small increments of time. It doesn't have to be an hour in the gym or a 60-minute aerobic dance class. But that's great when you're up to it. Meanwhile, progress more.

2. Reduce Fat
Avoid the obvious such as fried foods, burgers and other fatty meats (i.e. pork, bacon, ham, salami, ribs and sausage). Dairy products such as cheese, cottage cheese, milk and cream should be eaten in low fat versions. Nuts and sandwich meats, margarine, butter and sauces should be eaten in limited amounts. Most are available in lower fat versions such as alternate butter, fat free cheeses and mayonnaise.

3. Quit Smoking 
The Robert is certainly in on this conclusion. Ever since 1950 when the Surgeon General announced that smoking was harmful to your health, Americans have been reducing their use of tobacco products that kill. Just recently, we've seen a surge in smoking in young people and teens. Could it be the Hollywood influence? It seems the stars in every movie of late smoke cigarettes. Beware. Warn your children of the false romance or 'tough guy' stance of Hollywood smokers.

4. Reduce Stress 
Easier assumed than done, stress busters come in many forms. Some techniques suggested by experts are to think positive thoughts. Spend 40 minutes a day doing something you like. (i.e., walk on the beach or in a park; read a good book; visit a friend; play with your dog; listen to soothing music; watch a humorous movie. Get a massage, a facial or a haircut. Meditate. Count to ten before losing your temper or getting motivated. Avoid difficult people when possible. 

5. Protect Yourself from Pollution 
If you can't live in a smog-free environment, at least avoid smoke-filled rooms, high traffic areas, breathing in highway fumes and exercising near busy thoroughfares. Exercise outside when the smog rating is low. Exercise indoors in air conditioning when air quality is good. Plant lots of shrubbery in your yard. It's a good pollution and dirt from the street deterrent. Thought for the day: 'Smoke gets in your eyes'…and your mouth, and your nose and your lungs as do pollutants

6. Wear Your Seat Belt
Statistics show that seat belts add to long life and help lighten potential injuries in car crashes.

7. Floss Your Teeth
Recent studies make a direct connection between prolonged existence and teeth flossing. Nobody knows exactly why. Perhaps it's because people who floss tend to be more health aware than people who don't?

8. Avoid too much Drinking 
While recent studies show a glass of wine or one drink a day can help protect against heart disease, more than that can cause other health troubles such as liver and kidney disease and cancer.

9. Maintain a Positive Mental Outlook 
There's a definitive connection between living well and healthfully and having a cheerful outlook on life.

10. Choose Your Parents Well 
The link between genetics and health is a powerful one. But just because one or both of your parents died young in ill health doesn't mean you cannot neutralize the genetic pool handed you.