Sleep
According to the Mayo Clinic, the recommended amount of sleep for adults is _____ or more hours a night.
What is seven?
Healthy cooking starts with moving away from high-calorie, sugary, fatty, and salty foods that are highly ____________.
What is processed?
Regular physical activity releases ____________, which have mood-boosting effects.
What are endorphins?
Good friends are good for your health. Friends can boost your happiness and lower your _______.
What is stress?
A number of mindfulness-based interventions are now available online or through smartphone ________ as well.
What are apps?
Before going to sleep, you should avoid _____ (color) light, such as the kind emitted by your phone, tablet, laptop, or TV.
What is blue?
When choosing an eating option, make sure to look for one that includes a variety of foods from the major food groups: fruits; vegetables; whole grains; low-fat dairy products and lean protein, including beans and other legumes, nuts, and seeds; and healthy ______.
What are fats?
As a general goal, aim for at least ______ minutes of moderate physical activity every day.
What is thirty?
Reach out instead of waiting for others to come to you. Look for groups or _______ that gather around an interest or hobby.
What are clubs?
Meditation can be defined in many ways, but a simple way to think of it is training your mind's ____________ to achieve a mental state of calm concentration and positive emotions.
What is attention?
Sleep helps the brain process information, consolidate memories, and prepare for the next _____.
What is day?
Always consult your healthcare team about health risks. For example, you may be counseled to eat foods low in _________ if you have high blood pressure.
What is sodium?
____________ helps your joints move through their full range of motion.
What is stretching?
_____________ is a great way to make new friends. Offer your time or talents at a hospital, place of worship, museum,, community center, charity, or something similar.
What is volunteering?
Studies have found that mindfulness was especially effective for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression. It can also help treat people with specific problems including depression, pain, smoking, and ___________.
What is addiction?
Chronic sleep deprivation has been linked to an increased risk of developing or worsening anxiety and ________.
What is depression?
When you shop at the grocery store, focus on choosing fresh, frozen, and less-processed, wholesome foods. That means spending more time in the __________ section to stock up on fruits and vegetables.
What is produce?
Being active boosts __________ cholesterol, the "good cholesterol," and it decreases unhealthy triglycerides, keeping your blood flowing smoothly, which lowers your risk of heart and blood vessel, or cardiovascular, diseases.
What is high-density lipoprotein or HDL?
Social support has been shown to positively impact physical health, including improved cardiovascular health and a stronger __________ system.
What is immune?
One form of meditation involves the repetition of a calming word, phrase or thought called a ________.
What is a mantra?
Sleep deficiency may result in a higher-than-normal blood sugar level, which may raise your risk of ________.
What is diabetes?
In the US, moderate drinking for healthy adults is different for men and women. It means on days when a person does drink, women do not have more than one drink and men do not have more than two. For example, ______ fluid ounces of wine is counted as one drink among research studies and health agencies in the US.
What is five?
Exercise that raises your heart rate is called _________ exercise.
What is aerobic?
Social connection is widely acknowledged to be a fundamental need linked to higher well-being, safety, resilience, and prosperity as well as a longer lifespan. Recent studies, particularly following the COVID pandemic, have lead to rising global concerns about a "____________ epidemic"
What is loneliness?
Seeing the good in people and in yourself is part of a spiritual journey as is accepting others as they are, without ___________.
What is judgment?