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Want to Save Money? Live Healthy!

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Three Ways Living Healthy Saves You Money

As 2013 approaches, you might be formulating your New Year’s resolutions, which, oftentimes, means vows to exercise, eat healthier and lose weight. The health benefits of such activity are obvious. But did you know that living healthier also can improve the well being of your bank account?Girl placing a coin on stack

Such a statement sounds counterintuitive when you’re shelling out for a health club membership or paying more for healthier food at the grocery store.

But here are three ways healthful living certainly can slash your bills:

1. Lower healthcare costs. American spend an average of $7,800 each year on health care, more than half of which are linked to lifestyle, reports the National Association of Health Underwriters. People who eat healthy and exercise three times a week for at least 20 minutes see prescription costs decrease by 70 percent and medical costs by 30 percent. For example, exercise can cut or eliminate the reliance on medication for diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and heart disease, the American Dietetic Association reports.

2. Good health means higher earning potential. Staying healthy means more productivity at work and better performance, and, therefore, greater potential to earn more money. Inactivity is linked to arthritis, diabetes, heart disease and cancer, among other ills. Stave off illness, and your costs go down while your productivity rises.

3. Cost savings you might not have considered. Eating healthy at home costs less than eating fast food. Maintaining your weight rather than gaining weight save money on clothes (which are often more expensive in plus sizes). Being healthy means it’s easier to obtain life insurance and it will cost you less. That’s just three ways healthful living saves you money in ways you might not have realized.

So do yourself and your pocketbook a favor – live a healthy life!


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