Well-being and healthy living go hand-in-hand. Healthy living goes beyond eating a balanced diet and taking regular exercise. It also reflects the mental, emotional and social aspects of an individual’s life.

Maintaining good health by preventing the risk of disease is another important feature of well-being. We can take many steps to improve our health, to lead fulfilling lives and to increase our chances of living longer. Just by avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol we can significantly reduce the risk of certain diseases and improve the quality of our lives. We can also make necessary changes to our lifestyle before these potential problems become serious.

A balanced diet is the most important - you are what you eat. Adopting a balanced diet is vital to a person’s well-being and can have a major impact on how we look and feel about ourselves. It also will help to maintain a healthy body weight. Basically we need to eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and reduce our saturated fat and table salt intake.  At the same time, it is important that we enjoy our food. I will show you how to make tasty and healthy meals from fresh and healthy ingredients.

Regular physical exercise should form part of everyone’s daily routine. Exercise helps to build up stamina and strength and manage body weight. Walking, cycling, jogging and swimming, playing tennis, practicing yoga are all ways of staying fit.

A healthy body and mind,  a positive outlook, getting involved in further education and training, doing crosswords, puzzles, can all contribute to well-being.