Healthy Tips and Advice

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Healthy tips and advice

Get active

Along with adopting a healthy diet, regular physical activity can contribute to lowering your cholesterol levels. It can also help you:

Achieve a healthy weight and shape
Maintain healthy blood pressure levels
Re-energise, de-stress and relax

Experts recommend a minimum of 30 minutes of moderateactivity on at least five days a week –whether it’s three ten-minute sessions or one half-hour burst. A brisk walk is ideal as it leaves you slightly breathless and increases your heart rate. Other ways to increase your activity include:

Taking the stairs
Parking the car further away from your destination
Getting off the bus a stop earlier
Using an exercise bike while watching TV
Getting stuck into some vigorous gardening
Using a pedometer and taking more steps each day
Dancing to your favourite tunes!
Swimming during your lunch hour

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