How to improve your health

If you are like most of us, you want to either stay healthy or improve your health. There are a few simple steps that can improve your health but not change your world too much.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Drink pomegranate juice
   This colorful fruit is high in antioxidants,which can help reduce atherosclerosis (arterial plaque), a major risk factor for heart disease.
2. Eat an apple a day--I know, I know--you have heard this before.
   A London study found that eating at least five apples a week may improve lung function, thanks to a powerful antioxidant called quercetin that may protect lungs from the effects of pollution and cigarette smoke.
3. Get more calcium
   This powerful nutrient can protect your colon as well as your bones. Swedish re-searchers have found an association between high dietary intake of calcium and vitamin D and a decreased risk of colorectal cancer.
4. Add cranberries to your diet
   University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth scientists have linked cranberry consumption to stroke protection. Early evidence suggests that the berries may reduce the oxidative damage to the brain that occurs during a stroke.
5. Take a vitamin E supplement
   High blood levels of alpha-tocopherol, a form of vitamin E, may lower the risk of developing cancer of the stomach and esophagus, according to new research from China.

Tips & Warnings

• These are simple tips that ANYONE can manage
• These aren't life changing changes, just little changes that can help
• Have a healthier life!