The Benefits of Exercise
The best remedy of course lies in the practical exercise. To be effective, it must be regular, even daily. The benefits of regular exercise are many:
- It helps to fight against the crippling and osteoporosis and contributes to smooth muscle development.
- It helps to burn excess fat and sugar that clutters our body, reduces excess weight by replacing a portion of body fat by a muscular quality. By burning the fat of the blood, lowering levels of “bad” cholesterol (LDL and triglycerides) and increases that of “good” HDL cholesterol, protects our arteries. It helps to retard arterial sclerosis.
- It increases cardiac output and regulates blood pressure: the first heart is a muscle.
It is essential to good respiratory health. Exercise increases ventilation and circulation in the bronchi and lungs. It is one of the best ways to ensure proper drainage of bronchial secretions and sinus, and fight against nasal obstruction so common among those who spend most of their time in rooms too heated, too dry, sometimes smoky, eating to excess without “moving” their bodies. It provides a better balance nervous, helps fight against stress and free themselves from the noxious stimulation provided by tobacco to alcohol, it makes a good quality sleep, including sleep and refreshing.
It stimulates immunity against infection and is accompanied by an increase in lymphocytes and Granulocytes, as well as interleukin, chemical mediator of the stimulation of immune cells.