Ten ways to stay healthy, save money

INDIANAPOLIS, July 6 (UPI) -- A group of Ohio organizations and Lilly USA are offering ways to help maintain health during trying economic times.

The Athletic Club of Columbus, Ohio; the Central Ohio Diabetes Association in Columbus; the Columbus Dietetic Association; Mental Health America of Franklin County in Columbus; National Alliance on Mental Illness in Arlington, Va.; the Ohio Association of Free Clinics in Columbus; the Ohio Department of Health in Columbus; Prevent Blindness Ohio in Columbus and Lilly USA in Indianapolis are providing 10 tips for staying healthy including:

-- Seek balance in your life through energizing your body, engaging your passions and enriching your mind.

-- People with diabetes should attend a full diabetes self-management education series.

-- Record what you eat so you can help you identify trouble spots and find empty calories slowing weight loss goals.

-- Free health education materials are available at lillyforbetterhealth.com.

-- Thinking negatively can drag down mood and health. Experts say you can learn to be less gloomy, by not assuming the worst. Keep a gratitude journal.

-- Mental illnesses disrupt a person's thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan.

-- Concentrate on good nutrition.

-- Being physically active.

-- Quit smoking. If you smoke one pack a day at $5 a pack and quit, you will save $1,826 a year.

-- Regular comprehensive eye care is the most cost-effective way to ensure healthy sight.