Saturday, July 17, 2010

Regular Exercise is Good For the Body

Most of us are aware that exercise is good for our health, however despite all the information about the important benefits we can acquire from exercising, some of us still feel that it is easier said than done. Other reasons are that some of us are too lazy to engage in this physical activity, lack of time and lacks motivation. It is agreeable that in today's time, it's quite difficult to find time to integrate exercise into our schedule especially with the presence of cars, computers, electronics and gadgets. However, we should also give importance to our health. Determination and discipline are what we need to stay fit and healthy.

There are many benefits of exercising. Never take for granted the important welfare that you will be gaining from this physical activity because this is for your own good. Regular exercise can help you to reduce your risk of developing many health-related problems especially chronic diseases. Exercise can fight obesity, improve your blood circulation, and it can help prevent serious conditions and diseases, such as heart attack, diabetes and stroke.

Regular exercise is the best way to control your weight. Avoid being overweight because if you are obese, most likely you are prone to such chronic diseases such as high blood pressure (hypertension), type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and osteoarthritis. To maintain a healthy body weight, regular exercise with proper and healthy diet is the ideal thing to do. Take care of your body. A healthy body leads to a healthy mind and lifestyle.

Habitual exercise helps strengthen your heart and will also help in preventing the contributing factors that may cause heart ailments such as hypertension or high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol levels, heart failure and obesity. The heart is important to the human body as it is the life maintaining organ which pumps and circulate the oxygen blood throughout our body. Take very good care of your heart to live longer.

Research has shown that regular exercise reduces the chances of you developing colon cancer by 50%. There is also evidence that women who exercise constantly have a lower chance of developing breast cancer. Walking has many benefits and prevention of cancer is one of that benefits. Living a stress-free life is can also prevent cancer. Yoga is a great physical activity and is a great stress reliever. Swimming is also an excellent form of exercise. You workout out all muscles of the body, and it can be very cardiovascular.

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