Staying healthy at any age involves staying fit and eating a well balanced diet. Eating foods you enjoy will help you maintain your diet.  A healthy diet improves your mental health and moods. It also increases your chances of living longer. Eating healthy food, staying active and exercising can help your diet.

A diet with low fats, low cholesterol, and low sodium will also lower your risk of heart disease.  A diet  with a lot of calcium keeps your bones and teeth healthy and helps stop bone loss with osteoporosis.  Good nutrition can relieve mental health, better your sleep, and increase your energy output. 

The main components of a healthy lifestyle are Nutrition, Socialization, Mental Stimulation, Spirituality, and Physical Activity. Eating three meals a day is a good way to keep your nutrition in tact and help growth. Having a healthy lifestyle can prevent the onset of diabetes. A healthy lifestyle helps you maintain the right weight and a healthy blood sugar, blood pressure and blood cholesterol. Avoiding excessive calories in soda and sugar-enhanced drinks can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle.

1.) Stretching is important because it helps improve flexibility.

2.) Decreases injury by preparing muscles for work.

3.) Stretching before running warms muscles and gets them ready.

4.) Stretching can calm the mind.

5.) Post stretching helps pull out and lengthen muscles.