Huang Qiushi, Class 5, Senior 1, Shenzhen Xin’an Middle School Instructed by Tang Ying

How to keep healthy? You might find the following suggestions helpful.

First, make sure you get enough sleep. American scientists have shown that teenagers aged 13 to 17 should sleep more than eight hours a day.

Lack of sleep can lead to inattention, memory loss, and brain retardation. For most people, an extra hour of study at night is far less valuable than an extra hour of sleep.

Second, pay attention to your eating habits. Living in Guangdong, you may sometimes feel uncomfortable if you get a sore throat and feel that your body is very dry and hot, especially in summer, so we should eat less fried food.

Third, moderate exercise is beneficial. It can not only help you improve your immunity, but also make it easier for you to fall asleep. In fact, it will also build up an appetite so that you can enjoy various delicious foods to keep healthy.

Fourth, relax properly and enjoy your life. In the past, many people only considered their physical health and ignored their mental health. In fact, mental health is as important as physical health. Now most of the students are under high pressure, and they study in the classroom all day without relaxing their bodies and minds, which leads to their physical and mental problems. Therefore, going out to drink a cup of milk tea and reading some novels to relax are important.

Finally, deal with your interpersonal relationships correctly. Relevant studies in the U.S. show that in most cases, in terms of thinking activities and learning abilities, people who are good at social interactions are 50 percent better than those whose skills are relatively poor. At the same time, we are developing our brain to stimulate the neural synapses in the cerebral cortex to make them more sensitive.

A healthy body is not only our capital to work, but also our capital to enjoy life. It is our responsibility to take good care of our health.