By Natasha Turner, ND

Last week was the first part of our lifestyle assessment. If you missed it, check out How Healthy is your Lifestyle? Part 1. Test yourself again this week. Use the questionnaires to help you identify which of your health habits are worth keeping and which you should think about changing. Are you truly health conscious – or kidding yourself?

Click on the questions below to see the best answer.

1. Do you wear gloves when using cleaning agents?

a. Often
b. Sometimes
c. Occasionally
d. Never

2. How effectively do you manage your stress?

a. I feel stressed out occasionally
b. Not too badly—I feel I am coping
c. I feel overwhelmed a lot of the time
d. I feel my stress affects my health (I experience stress-related symptoms such as backaches, insomnia, indigestion or headaches)

3. How do you feel you manage your relationships with others?

a. Great—my friendships and family ties are strong
b. Somewhat lacking, because I am so busy
c. I feel isolated a lot of the time
d. Good—even though I may not speak to or see people regularly

4. Do you get the flu shot?

a. Yes, I had it once
b. Yes, I have had between two and four flu shots
c. Yes, I have had more than five flu shots
d. No, I have never had the flu shot

5. How often do you eat fried or deep-fried foods?

a. Never
b. Occasionally
c. Often
d. All the time

6. How many things in your life make you happy and grateful?

a. I don’t have much to be happy about
b. Life is okay, nothing special
c. There are a few things that really make me happy
d. The list is so long I don’t know where to start.

7. Do you smoke?

a. Never
b. Occasionally
c. Yes
d. No, but I’m regularly exposed to second-hand smoke

8. Do you consume more than two or three servings of alcohol per day?

a. Yes, once per week or more
b. Yes, once per month
c. Yes, once every two to four months
d. Not usually or rarely

9. How often do you use your cell phone?

a. I don’t have a cell phone.
b. Less than 15 minutes per day
c. About an hour
d. All day long 

10. How often do you consume large fish like tuna, swordfish, mahi mahi, shark or farmed salmon?

a. Never
b. Occasionally (approx. once per week)
c. Often (approx. two or more times per week)
d. Rarely (approx. once per month or less)

Scoring:

1. a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
2. a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
3. a. 3 b. 1 c. 0 d. 2
4. a. 2 b. 1 c. 0 d. 3
5. a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
6. a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
7. a. 3 b. 1 c. 0 d. 1
8. a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
9. a. 3 b. 3 c. 2 d. 0
10. a. 3 b. 1 c. 0 d. 2

Interpretation:

25–30: Health Guru!
So far your habits are health promoting! Let’s see if you can keep it up next week with Part 3 of our quiz.

16–24: Health Savvy
Your habits are good, but they could be better. Complete the Truestar profile to start improving your health today.

Less than 15:
Your habits need some tweaking! Let’s see if you can redeem yourself next week in Part 3.

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