If you want to maintain a high quality of life, you have to take care of your health.
A healthy lifestyle will help you in developing social interaction.
Good health is not what you are blessed with but it is something that you have to maintain in order to stay fit for as long as you live.
So here is a lowdown on top seven habits to keep you healthy and good looking.

1. Antioxidants are supposed to provide protective effects against heart diseases and cancer by removing the damage causing free radicals within your body.
   In addendum, antioxidants retard our aging process.
   Prunes, strawberries, blackberries and blueberries are nutrient rich sources of antioxidants which should be eaten on a regular basis.
   
2. Relieving stress and relaxing the body are main components of good health.
   Scientifically it is proven that physical exercises create a positive effect on stress and anxiety.
   Also, people who remain physically active, sleep faster than those who maintain a sedentary lifestyle.
   A perfect night-time sleep helps in calming and relaxing your body.
   
3. Regular exercises will improve the energy systems of the body, resulting in a finely tuned stamina level which will help you in performing your daily tasks more efficiently.
   
4. Eating regular meals and avoiding frequent gorging on snack foods is yet another healthy habit.
   The logic is that if you eat regularly, you will crave less for eating fast food, ensuring that your body is free from toxins, which invade the immune system slaughtering all white cells which come in their way.
   
5. Maintaining a healthy weight is a good health practice.
   Obesity invites health related issues like stroke, high blood pressure and cancer.
   If you are planning to undergo surgery, your obesity becomes a major impediment to the doctors.
   
6. Not smoking and limiting alcohol consumption is the best thing that you can do to your health.
   Smoking pumps nicotine in your body, to which you eventually get addicted to.
   Nicotine acts as a stimulant which increases blood pressure and the heart rate thereby causing you to breathe fast, at the same time constricting the arteries.
   It also suppresses your diet.
   Alcohol contains ethanol, which again has harmful effects on the body's cognitive functioning.
   Thus, avoiding the two will help you in staying fit always.
   
7. According to a study conducted by researchers in Alameda County, California, for over 35 years, it was seen that married people lived a long and healthy life than those who were separated or divorced.
   This was especially true for men.
   So the finding actually suggested that in order to improve your health, you might have to start improving your relationships or strengthen your marriage.
   

Other habits for acquiring good health include involvement in religious activities as it is associated with an improved mental health and develop social relationships - an essential component of life for women.
Physical activity safeguards you from arthritis.
Arthritis is usually linked to getting aged, being obese, having depression and being a woman.
The bottom line is that the points covered above establish the significance of lifestyles and the health outcomes associated with them.
If you want to live long and healthy, you have to practice healthy behaviors.