How to Improve Yor Body
Essay by review • February 25, 2011 • Essay • 479 Words (2 Pages) • 1,124 Views
How To Improve My Body
There are so many things I can do to improve my body. I have a lot of bad habits such as smoking cigarettes and not eating healthy. Also I do not exercise very much. I know I can easily improve my body by doing just a few simple changes in y lifestyle.
For starters I know I need to quit smoking cigarettes. Smoking accounts for about 30 percent of all cancer deaths, t is the major cause of lung cancer, larynx (voice box) cancer, throat cancer, esophagus cancer, and bladder cancer. It also contributes to the development of cancers in the pancreas, kidneys, cervix and stomach. Lung cancer is the most common and unfortunately is one of the most difficult cancers to beat.
Cancer is only one of the numerous problems smoking can cause. Cigarette smoking is also the major cause of heart disease, aneurysms, bronchitis, emphysema and strokes, not to mention yellow teeth, and bad breath. It also has damaging effects on the womans reproductive cycle. It is associated with reduced fertility and a higher rate of miscarriage, pre-mature delivery and stillbirth. After reading up on the effects it has it really makes me want to quit smoking. There are so many damaging health problems because of it.
I also have a problem with eating, I eat mainly junk food fast food and take-out and not very many vegetables. The hours that I work makes it hard for me to eat a healthy dinner. I feel that I should change my eating habits and take salad to work instead of ordering pizza or eating taco bell. My snacks during the day is usually crackers or chips. I think I could change that and start eating things such as carrots and celery and more granola bars and nuts. Also I drink a lot of soda and no water. I also stay clear of milk so I don't get the proper amount of calcium I need for my bones. I think to improve this I should take a bottle of water to work with me instead of a bottle of coke and I should start to take a multi vitamin once a day to make up for the amount of calcium I am losing in my diet.
I also do very little exercise> I am very lucky to be naturally skinny, except I am far from being in shape. I need to do more exercises for my heart like walking or riding my bike and I also need to tone my muscles.
I think I can really improve my health by just walking for about an hour a day or doing a few sit-ups every night. I could benefit from changing my eating
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