Health and Healthy Lifestyle How to stay healthy

Health and Healthy Lifestyle Ø How to stay healthy Ø A visit to doctor´s Ø Healthy food Ø Specialists Ø Unhealthy food Ø Cold / flu Ø You and your Ø Car accident healthy lifestyle 1

What should people do to stay healthy? Health is the most important thing we have. The best way to stay fit and healthy is to lead healthy lifestyle. 2

What should people do to stay healthy? To be healthy, we should: Ø eat a balanced diet Ø drink enough water Ø practise some sport or physical activity Ø get enough sleep Ø have balanced work and leisure time Ø avoid stress 3

What kind of food is healthy? Healthy diet is part of our healthy life. We need to eat the right food in the right quantity. Healthy food includes: • Proteins • Vitamins • Minerals • Trace elements and fibre 4

What kind of food is unhealthy? Unhealthy food contains a lot of calories. Unhealthy food is: Ø fatty Ø salty Ø high in added sugar Ø low in fibre (French fries, potato chips, cakes or cookies) 5

What shouldn´t you do to keep yourself fit and healthy? we should not smoke we shouldn´t drink much alcohol we shouldn´t work long hours we should avoid unhealthy environment 6

What happens when you are ill and you go to doctor´s? If we feel unwell, we should see a doctor. The doctor: asks what is the trouble examines us wants to know where we feel pain checks our blood pressure, takes our pulse takes the blood count says the diagnosis 7 prescribes a medicine

What happens when you are ill and you go to doctor´s? We have to go to the hospital if the situation is serious, for example in the case of: heart attack appendicitis broken arm or leg pneumonia leukaemia diabetes cancer 8

Do you know any specialists? An optometrist - checks our eyes and prescribes glasses A surgeon - operates on us A paediatrician - a doctor for children A dermatologist - for problems with skin A dentist - for a regular check-up or if we have a toothache 9

What would you recommend to someone who has a cold/running nose? A cold or runny nose is a very common illness. We should: stay in a bed drink a lot of herbal tea take some aspirin and vitamins after a week or two we feel well again 10

What would you recommend to someone who has flu? Flu is quite a serious disease. You can have a high temperature and feel very bad. It is necessary to: Ø Ø stay in bed and have a rest drink a lot of herbal tea take some pills, drops and vitamins if this doesn't help, you must see a doctor 11

If you saw a car accident, what would you do? In the case of accident it is necessary to provide first aid. We should: Ø make sure we are safe (put on safety jacket, use warning triangle) Ø check the victims for injuries, but DO NOT move them Ø make sure if pulse is present and person is breathing Ø if not, start resuscitation Ø stop strong bleeding (wear gloves!!!) Ø put injured person into recovery position Ø call emergency (the number is 155 or 112). http: //www. trafficaccidentadvice. co. uk/basic-first-aid-if-you-witness-car-accident. html 12