Lifestyle determines our Health and well-being

Lifestyle means the way we live our lives. What we eat, how we move, how we sleep, stress, connect with our own selves and others, our environment, and our life satisfaction in general.
Harvard Medical School considers the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine to be:
1. Nutrition – a whole food, plant-based diet more like the Mediterranean diet, full of fiber, nutrients, antioxidants, good fats, and clean protein.
2. Movement – moderate exercise between 150-300 minutes of exercise, 5 days a week, and two days of resistance training.
3. Sleep – 7-9 hours of restorative sleep with a fixed schedule, and good preparation – 3 hours after dinner, no screen time, and slowing down. A cool bedroom, no lights, noise, blue screens, radio or TV. 
4. Stress management – breathing and mindfulness exercises, learning techniques to become stress resilient.
5. Social connections – positive social relationships and spirituality.
6. Avoidance of risky substances – quit smoking, drink no more than one glass of alcohol/day for women and two for men, and avoid any substances that alter the mind and can cause harm.
To these six pillars I would add a seventh pillar:
7. Our relationship with ourselves. This relationship determines how we treat our bodies in all the other six areas and what thoughts, feelings, and attitudes we have. It also involves our life’s meaning and purpose, our hobbies, and vocation, our overall satisfaction with life.

Our lifestyle determines the quality of our relationships, the quality of our life, and ultimately, our longevity. 
The source of our body’s energy – our vitality – is affected by the way we eat, move, sleep, think, stress, live, and connect with ourselves and others. Each of these elements and their synergistic interconnection can impact our health in a positive or negative way.
Stress impacts all of these lifestyle pillars and is the cause of most diseases.