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I know 2009 will be your year to follow Dr. Oz's ultimate health checklist
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1. Find a doctor and schedule a checkup.
"People who have doctors live longer, and they live better," he says. "If you don't have a doc, it's like going into dock with a big ship without a captain on board. You end up smacking into the wall of the dock, and you cause more problems that you can't fix down the road."
2. Know the five ingredients to avoid. "It's called the rule of fives," he says. "When you look on the back of a food label, they have to list the ingredients from the most common to the least common. You want to actually make sure these five ingredients are not in the top five on the food label."
They are enriched flour, high fructose corn syrup, saturated fat, hydrogenated oil, and sugar. So read labels!
3. Add healthy foods to your diet.
Dr. Oz suggests starting with foods that don't need a label, like fresh fruits and vegetables. "If they're coming out of the ground looking the way they look when you eat them, they're good for you in general," he says.
4. Take a multivitamin every single day. 
Multivitamins contain multiple micronutrients such as vitamins and dietary minerals. wikipedia
5. Know your numbers.
Dr. Oz says to grab a measuring tape and start with your waist size. "Measure at your belly button," he says. "Ideally, your waist size should be less than half your height. For most men, that means less than 40 inches, and for most women, less than 37 inches."
Once you have a handle on your love handles, check your blood pressure. Of all the numbers you need to know, Dr. Oz says this one is the most important. "If the systolic or first number is 140 or above or if your diastolic or second number is 90 or more, alert your doctor," he says. The ideal blood pressure is approximately 115 over 70.
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