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Many men only pay attention to their health when something feels wrong, but prevention starts long before symptoms appear. Taking care of your body, every day is one of the most important ways to support both physical and mental wellbeing. During Men’s Mental Health Month, we often focus on the mind as a key part of overall health.  It is ok to not be ok. The stigma surrounding men’s mental illness has been described as having wide-reaching and profound consequences and negatively impacts men’s help-seeking for mental health[IC1.1].

Mental health is important and should be managed and monitored regularly. However, mental wellbeing is closely connected to physical health. Poor sleep, unhealthy eating habits, lack of movement, and unmanaged stress can affect your mood, focus, energy levels, and overall quality of life. We often forget that the body’s organs are connected to other body systems. To maintain a healthy mind, we must take care of the whole body, as its systems work best together.

You need to protect the system that keeps you going. How? By making lifestyle choices that help keep our hearts, lungs, brains, livers, kidneys, digestive systems, and immune systems healthy. When you commit to protecting your organs through intentional nutrition and a healthy lifestyle, you are not only improving your own life but also preparing your body to be a source of strength for those around you and for those who will experience the healthiest version of you.

Wellness is not only about treating illness, but also about noticing small warning signs early and making better choices before problems become serious. Simple habits such as drinking enough water, eating balanced meals, moving your body regularly, getting enough sleep, going for health screenings, and speaking to someone when you are struggling emotionally can make a meaningful difference.

Your partner in wellbeing: Tempo wellness programme[IC2.1]
Looking for extra support on your wellness journey? The Bestmed Tempo wellness programme makes it easy to get started.

Here are a few more FREE reasons to join the Bestmed Tempo wellness programme: it has a simple sign-up process and Tempo offers:

• Tempo lifestyle screening.
• Get two (2) FREE consultations with a Tempo partner dietitian.
• Get two (2) FREE consultations with a Tempo partner biokineticist
• FREE Webinars hosted monthly themed around mental health, nutrition, and fitness.
  Each Tempo benefit supports a different part of your wellness journey. Lifestyle screening helps you understand your current health status, nutritional wellbeing supports better food choices, physical wellbeing encourages movement and fitness, and emotional wellbeing helps build mental resilience. With all these Tempo benefits, you are in control of what you consume nutritionally, mentally, physically, and emotionally. This gives you the health control you need to protect the system that keeps you alive. Your health is not just something to think about when things go wrong; it is something to protect every day, one choice at a time.

Bestie life hacks

• Community is everything: set a weekly reminder to reach out to a good friend, family member, or colleague.
• Invest in rest: schedule 60 minutes per week to simply do NOTHING; no screens, no music, no notifications, no pondering the past or worrying about the future.

References: 
SADAG MHM-Volume-11-Issue-1_compressed.pdf