Welcome to the former Office of Consumer Technical Assistance (OCTA) of Oregon where we cover the wide subject of physical and mental health. On the list of topics we will be including such things as how diet affects both the physical and the mental health of people depending upon a wide variant of factors. We will also look at how activity and exposure to natural daylight also makes a big difference in a person's overall health.
The old saying that you should eat, drink and be merry is not such a fanciful phrase when you boil it down to a more real world meaning. Indeed we all should be more aware of what food we eat and make sure we get enough healthy optios in our diet. We should also be aware of our body's level of hydration and drink plenty of water to ensure we stay at the right level. Being merry, or having a predominantly positive, happy and upbeat personality has been proved to bring greater health benefits on both the physical and mental fronts.
So do try and be as happy as you can be. Smile and laugh more because that's just what the doctor ordered! Laughter does indeed banish the blues and is about the best "medicine" you can get!