Eating a healthy and well balanced diet, supplementing your diet with vitamins and minerals, exercising regularly, minimizing stress in your life, and maintaining good sleeping habits are key to remaining healthy. In addition, visiting your chiropractor periodically to check for subluxations will help you achieve and maintain optimal health. Missing scheduled appointments can disrupt your progress toward this goal. Following the advice of your chiropractor, as well as home care instructions, are also very important.