|
|
|
Articles
|
|
Exercise To Better Health
Physical activity plays a crucial role in good health. For starters, regular exercise makes you feel better. It increases your energy, decreases stress and anxiety, helps you relax, and improves your sleep. In addition, increased physical activity contributes to:
- Weight loss and weight maintenance
- Reduced risk of developing heart disease
- Lower blood pressure
- Increased levels of "good" (HDL) cholesterol
- Stronger bones, muscles, and joints
- Improved diabetes control.
The benefits of exercise are not limited to high-intensity exercise regimens. Evidence suggests that benefits can be achieved with even low- to moderate-intensity daily activities such as pleasure walking, gardening, and dancing. It's simply a matter of getting started, which is as simple as taking a 15-minute walk around your neighborhood. You have everything to gain (except weight!) by becoming more physically active.
|
|
|
|
|
