14 Benefits of Exercise
Exercise protects us from heart disease, stroke, diabetes, brittle bones, cancer and other degenerative diseases. It is a vital key to a longer and healthier life.
The following is a list of fourteen benefits of regular exercise:
- Improves mental attitude
- Improves physical appearance
- Enhances efficiency of heart and lungs
- Increases blood flow and oxygen volume
- Increases muscle strength and endurance
- Improves flexibility
- Protects from lower back pain
- Delays the aging process
- Reduces body fat
- Assists in weight control
- Protects against heart disease
- Cleanses the cells of toxins
- Lowers bad cholesterol
- Increases energy level
Researchers have found those who exercised about 30 minutes a day, trimming their weight by 5 percent to 7 percent, dropping ten to fifteen pounds, reduced their risk of developing diabetes by 58 percent.
Another study tracked 16,000 men and women for sixteen years. It found that those who took a brisk thirty minute walk six times a month appeared to cut the risk of premature death by 44 percent.
Even occasional exercisers - those who did less than the equivalent of six brisk walks a month - were 35 percent less likely to die prematurely than those who were sedentary.