The ten proven benefits to exercise why am I writing this article because physical inactivity or lack of exercise is a big deal in the world but especially in the United States it's been proven that lack of activity is associated with more mortality all right so technically physical activity and exercise aren't the same things they technically shouldn't be used interchangeably but for our purposes, I'll just say exercise is a more planned form of physical activity now I said exercise improves mortality this is based on a bunch of observational studies if you didn't know there are different types of studies that can be done in observational studies aren't the best quality studies but it's hard to study exercise because you can't just put people into a certain group for a certain amount of time and then study them over time in these different categories the same applies to studying nutrition and the same applies to studying a lot of different things in medicine what do I mean by that okay.
So there is a study that came out on CNN saying that physical inactivity was worse than smoking now that may or may not be true but I'm not gonna base my thinking on that one study because I know how difficult these studies are and you can't come to definitive conclusions based on one study because there is no perfect study especially when it comes to
Exercise and nutrition
for example
You can't just put people in different groups and study them over time it doesn't work that way you can't just have one group of okay these people are going to smoke but not exercise these people are going to smoke and exercise these people are going to not smoke but they will exercise and then these people are going to not smoke and they will exercise those four categories are each separate but you can't just lump people and force people to do you one of those and then say ok we have 1 million in this category 1 million in that quarter that category and that 1 million that category another million in that category and then say okay we're gonna watch them from the age of 18 to 65 and then study these different groups that would be a great study in theory but obviously has ethically ethical issues because you can't just say to someone hey listen for the study you're gonna smoke for a really long time because you know we're trying to get good results here number two it's been shown to improve the effects on the heart and the cardiovascular the system as a whole
For example,
There's less risk of coronary events meaning heart attack less risk of cardiac death there are improvements in overall blood pressure number three exercise has been associated with improvement of insulin levels and blood sugar control meaning you're less likely to get type 2 diabetes if you have exercised regularly also
Nutrition plays a big part in that as does everything else
That we're talking about but we're focusing on exercise in this article. So exercise by itself has shown to have a less likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes number four I mentioned earlier prevention of cancer can
Exercise prevents cancer
well the studies have shown there is less likelihood of developing certain types of cancer with routine exercise this includes
Breast colorectal intestinal prostate endometrial and pancreatic proven benefit
Obesity
You're less likely to become obese if you are beast you're likely to lose fat so exercise in and of by itself will help you lose fat dieting well having a good nutrition plan that will help
you by yourself lose fat when you combine a good diet with a good exercise regimen those two combined exponentially to help you lose fat it's like a fat burner poor looking shredded
Decreases the chances of osteoporosis and fractures of the bone
This benefit is when you do weight-bearing exercises so when you're lifting weights this increases bone mineral density decreasing the risk of osteoporosis decreasing the risk of fractures, this is especially important for women who are at higher risk of osteoporosis especially as they get older number seven wants to quit smoking well exercise helps you to quit smoking.
physical exercise is associated with a reduced risk of gall stones gall stones
are in your gall bladder well not every but they can form in your gall bladder in this little area that's right next to the liver and sometimes those gall stones can irritate the gall bladder and they can exit the gall bladder through this little canal and when that happens infection can develop there that's known as cholecystitis.
Exercise to be associated with improved cognition
keeping your mind sharp now may decrease your chances of getting dementia but the
studies are not conclusive regarding that yet.
It reduces anxiety levels reduces stress decreases your chances of becoming depressed
now when you think about it what happens when your exercise to talk about that runner's high but also you get that high from when you're working out with weights or doing high-intensity interval training what's going on there is you have this surge of norepinephrine is like adrenaline you have norepinephrine you have dopamine going you have serotonin all these neurotransmitters these chemicals in your brain are flowing and it makes you feel good at that moment you're like whoo and then what happens is you kind of comeback down to your baseline so you get this spike in these in these chemicals natural chemicals to your brain and then you kind of go back to your normal baseline where you were after the workout but then what happens is you do it again and then you go back to your new baseline which is a little a bit higher than your old baseline I need to do it again and it'll be higher and a little higher it'll be higher after a while I could do it for 30 60 90 days start having a new baseline up to hear your brain is feeling really good more often compared to where you started so exercise
I recommend every day if you can maybe one or two days off but the more the better generally speaking, of course, everyone is unique everyone has their own genetics everyone has their own physician hopefully but generally speaking the more exercise the better so I hope you enjoyed
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