That glass of orange juice has more sugar than a can of soda. Eat an orange, not the orange juice. 8 hours of sleep is one of the easiest ways to improve your health. It’ll improve your mental health, and also regulates hormones around cardiovascular health and weight.
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#12Caffeine is the classic. As others have said, the sugar without fiber is probably net bad for you and most of the things that benefit your life probably aren't dietary. There is no greater thing you can do for your physical health and especially your mental health than be below 20% bodyfat, that becomes asymptotically true if you are obese. If you lift then some form of protein, or potentially creatine. > one ingredi…
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#13Addition by subtraction. Delete junk. I am working on "the three C's". Chips, Chocolate and Cheese. The three are kind of addictive, and are way too easy snacks to grab. You might say, a time lock on the fridge, though only cheese fits that solution.
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#14GLP-1 There is no other 'one ingredient' for better health. Your body needs a multitude of ingredients for 'better health' (whatever that means to you).
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#15One / two boiled egg per day.
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#16Physical exercise.
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#17Metformin.