Are you ready to adopt healthier habits in 2018? Simple tricks and lifestyle changes can create improved overall health. By initiating small changes, you can achieve the longevity and optimum health you desire. Caring For Women, Anchorage, Alaska’s premier Women’s Health Clinic, specializes in providing their clientele with supportive and professional gynecological and women’s health care for over 20 years. Below they’ve outlined their top recommended tips for a better life.

The Top 5 Women’s Health Tips for an Improved Life

1. Exercise Regularly

You can improve your mood while reducing your likelihood of getting serious heart disease, cancer, and diabetes by incorporating exercise into your day. For those who are averse to gyms, try moving your workout outdoors and connect with nature. The trick is to find what works for you, whether it’s a good sweat at the cycling class or the deep relaxation and stretch of a yoga class.

2. Get Your 8 Hours a Night

Schedule sleep into your day every day. By getting a minimum of seven to eight hours of sleep each night, you reduce your chances of getting severe diseases, as with incorporating exercise. In addition, your work life and focus will significantly improve, as you will start to feel a sense of alertness during the day.

3. Quit Smoking 

Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, cancers, and high blood pressure. If you do anything on this list, place this as your number one in the New Year. Aside from these diseases, smoking contributes to poor oral health, infertility, bone deficiencies, and a host of other debilitating diseases. 

4. Identify Your Best Methods of De-Stressing

While yoga and meditation work for many people, it might not work for you. Take the time to try different classes, spiritual practices, and other stress-reducing activities. Be open to trying new things like taking a class, developing a healthy hobby, or joining an activity you wouldn’t normally participate in. 

5. Schedule Your Annual Checkup

Schedule your annual gynecologist visit to your local women’s health clinic. Not only will this give you an overall sense of where you stand, health-wise, but your gynecologist will screen for cancers, STDs, and other health issues. Speak with your gynecologist about your overall health, as well as what you would like to improve. 

Are you planning to improve your overall health in 2018? If so, it helps to have a support network by your side to cheer you on and provide answers to your most pertinent questions. The knowledgeable staff at Caring For Women specializes in helping their clients transform their overall health, as well as providing gynecological care. Call (907) 279-2229, or visit the website for more information.