World Mental Health Day 2019: Four lifestyle changes which could boost your mental health | Malay Mail

Thursday, 10 Oct 2019 07:12 AM MYT

To help you take care of your own mental health, today and throughout the year, here we round up four lifestyle changes that can be easily made to help boost our mental well-being.A new study published earlier this year, which looked at 10,386 adults, found that both men and women who were lifetime abstainers from alcohol had the highest level of mental well-being at the start of the study.

A US study which looked at adults who spent one hour a day on Facebook also found that those who quit the social media site not only reported feeling happier, but also increased their time spent doing offline activities such as socialising with family and friends.Increasing the amount of fruit and veggies in your diet could also give your mental health a boost.

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