GO AHEAD,EAT THAT

GO AHEAD,EAT THAT

Don’t fret over how much you should eat, exercise or sleep. Most of us live healthier lives than we think
Have you had your five to nine servings of vegetables today? Exercised for an hour? Cut back on saturated fat and gotten eight hours of sleep?
Dictating the rules for healthful living has become a cottage industry, with websites, talk shows and books devoted to the dos and don’ts of staying healthy.

But when it comes to achieving these goals, many of us feel we are falling far short. Whether you’re a busy parent who can’t find time for exercise, a chronic dieter struggling to lose 20 pounds or a multi-tasker who gets by on six hours of sleep, it is virtually impossible to follow the rules.
Now, Dr Susan M. Love, one of the most respected women’s health specialists in the US, offers a new rule: stop worrying about your health.

In her new book, Live a Little! Breaking the Rules Won’t Break Your Health, Dr Love makes the case that perfect health is a myth and that most of us are living far more healthful lives than we realise.
Dr Love, a clinical professor of surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, says that failing to live by the various health rules is a major source of stress and guilt, particularly for women. For most of us, “pretty healthy” is healthy enough.