Technology and Digital Applications and their connection to a healthy lifestyle

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Preface

Examples of technology from everyday life

How do technology and applications help you to get a healthy lifestyle?

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• Preface

Hello fellows! Here is my new article, and it is going to help you in making reforms in your life style to bring it up to mark.
Today I am going to discuss technology and different sorts of digital applications that have surrounded our lives, and now I am going to put some light on the way they are affecting our life style.
Technology and electronic gadgets encircle our lives. None of us can proudly claim that he or she is living a life without technology; it’s just not possible. Starting from mobile phones and refrigerators to televisions and cars, everything is based on technology.
Cellphones have engulfed our young generation, and they use them more than ever. Even a large number of elderly people are using their mobile throughout the day. Studies claim that with every passing day, the number of users of mobile phones and tablets is increasing, and there is no way this number could be brought down.
We exist with the essence of being surrounded by technology and digital applications, and yes, they have great impacts on our life and lifestyles. Technologies and digital devices affect our lives positively and negatively, and it is determined by how and why we are using the same. Technology indeed has made life easier; it’s made keeping in contact with loved ones easier, getting information is available at your fingertips, medical care is hugely improved, it changed people’s lives, traveling around the world is easier, and it managed life much better. But at the same time, it has also created certain adverse effects on our lives such as bad influence of social media, addiction to digital devices, sleep deprivation and reduction in physical activities, and it has also made people exhausted and stressed.

• Examples of technology from everyday life

I am going to give you a few examples of technology and applications that are present around us and make our lives easier.
1.Smartphones
2.GPS
3.Smartwatches
4.Vehicles
5.Camera
6.Robots
7.Television
8.Computers
9.Artificial intelligence (AI)
10.Earphones
11.Refrigerators
12.Washing machines

Now, let me give you some examples of digital applications in order to make it clear how they are helping us in our daily routine.

• Banking applications
• Facial recognition applications  
• Online Shopping     
• Online advertisements      
• Chatbots     
• Social media     
• Healthcare
• Smart home devices
• Online book-reading applications
• Video Games
• Digital assistants

These are the most common technologies and applications that we use in our daily life, and surely we know, all of them have made our lives easy and enabled us to keep pace with the fast-moving world.

• How do technology and applications help you to get a healthy lifestyle?

In this digital world, none of us can escape technology. People have become highly reliant on it, and this dependency will further rise with each passing day. Technology has transformed the way we learn things, reach resources, and cope with various aspects of life. But the major thing is how to keep a balance in its usage so that maximum benefits can be availed out of it and one can lead a successful life without getting affected by its negative effects. Technology has much control over the way humans behave and carry out tasks in their daily lives; therefore, technology greatly influences our lifestyles. Living a healthy lifestyle means you need to understand when you can depend on technology and its applications and when you should stay away from them.

Let’s have a look at how technology and digital applications are guiding us in finding our way to a healthy lifestyle and just how they are related to our lifestyles.
1. Many applications enable you to manage your calorie counts, and other health applications guide as to what is to be consumed and at what time of the day. Such health applications make it easier to get rid of those extra pounds or simply keep you at a healthy weight. Other applications help you track the amount of fluid intake, which is critical for maintaining good health.
2. Fitness trackers were previously meant for athletes and trainers only. However, with smart watches and phones, it has now become rather easier for the laymen to keep track of their workout efforts. Many applications keep track of the number of steps you take every day, and they also design a particular workout plan which best fits a particular body type and its needs.
3. Most sleeping apps track for the users how many hours they have slept, at what time they slept, and at what time they woke up. These statistics help the users find out about their sleeping patterns and improve them in order to maintain good health.
4. Many devices allow you to keep a check on your physical health, like digital blood pressure apparatus, portable monitors to check your ECG for 24 hours, blood sugar checking machines known as glucometers, and there are many other devices that keep people healthy.
5. Technology and the invention of certain applications made it possible for people to work from home and live lives according to their needs.
6. Technology and applications have helped us to handle our work life with so much ease. For example, instead of piling stock of files, you can store everything on a computer or laptop. It has also improved the hiring process, error-free collections, and data analysis. Hence, there is a reduction in stress and anxiety, which is bad for a healthy lifestyle.
7. Now, one does not have to invest much time in markets searching for his/her desired products. In fact, technology and its applications have made it easier to shop online by just sitting at home. That has saved a lot of time and energy that could be utilized in some other productive tasks.
8. There are lots of books available online, which might not be available to us in the physical sense, and there are also so many web seminars on different topics which could facilitate students in doing their assignments. So, instead of wasting time on gathering material for an assignment, a student can use it for other healthy activities.
9. There are numerous websites and online programs that offer quality content for people’s amusement.

When we come back after a long working day, we want to relax on our couch and watch something for entertainment. At that time, technology came for our help and gave us mobile, laptop, tablet, or television to see entertainment programs. There is no denying that technology has brought within our reach a wide array of options to soothe agitated nerves and get back into the grind called life. Opening up your mind and trying to find out what technologies and applications are needed in your life, while others are not, is what will help you live a healthy lifestyle. You also need to incorporate technology into your life to match the pace of others and to live a stress-free life.