The Key to Good Health: Healthy Living

There's a simple answer to the prevention of serious diseases: healthy living. If you envision a healthful, secure future for you and your family, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined four lifestyle factors that, together, can reduce your risk of diabetes, heart attack, cancer or stroke, by 78 percent. These life style choices are: never smoking, avoiding excess body weight, exercising regularly an average of 30 minutes a day, and eating healthier meals (i.e., high intake of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and low consumption of red meat).¹

Looking at the effect of these four healthy lifestyle practices on individual diseases, the diabetes risk was reduced by 93 percent, heart attack risk was reduced by 81 percent, strokes were reduced by 50 percent, and the risk of getting cancer was reduced by 36 percent. ¹

If more people would follow these guidelines, imagine the impact it would have on the cost of health care. The research also demonstrated that even if you only follow two of the four healthy lifestyle practices, your risk of experiencing these serious diseases would be greatly lowered. For example, when participants in the study followed only the exercise and healthy eating practices, their risk of getting a serious disease was cut by 66 percent. The participants who exercised regularly and maintained a healthy body weight cut the risk by 64 percent. ¹

You can make a decision to help control these factors for yourself and for your family. Once educated with how significantly these basic steps can improve your long-term health and quality of life, the rewards become clearer.

Take control of your future by analyzing your long-term security. Healthy lifestyle choices, health insurance, and life insurance are important keys to a more secure future. There are many options to achieve these goals. Be informed, and choose trusted advisors to help you make the decision about a term life insurance policy that is uniquely tailored to meet your needs. Matrix Direct has a diverse range of coverage options, and their experts will listen to you to help you determine the best and most affordable term life insurance policy.

Matrix Direct is concerned about helping you provide your family with a secure, healthy future. This is accomplished through education about health and healthy lifestyle choices, and with insurance experts available to tailor a life insurance policy to suit your specific needs. Matrix Direct has been a trusted resource for life insurance quotes for five million Americans since 1995, and will work with you to help build the foundation of a more secure future for your family.

Be smart and protect your family by taking some simple steps. To stay healthy: avoid smoking, maintain a healthy body weight, exercise daily, and eat healthier meals containing more whole grains, fruits and vegetables. And contact a trusted representative from Matrix Direct for life insurance to provide the extra security for your family's future.

Source:

1. Ford ES, et al. "Healthy Living Is the Best Revenge." Archives of Internal Medicine. 2009;169(15):1355-1362