8 Reasons to Exercise

Want to feel better, have more energy and even add years to your life? Just exercise. The health benefits of regular exercise and physical activity are hard to ignore. Everyone benefits from exercise, regardless of age, sex or physical ability. Need more convincing to get moving? Check out how exercising can lead to a happier and healthier you.

Exercise Lifts spirits by releasing mood-lifting hormones and relieving stress.

Moderate exercise reduces levels of stress hormones and other chemicals that suppress immune system functioning and increase inflammatory activity thereby increasing your ability to fight infection.

One of the most common mental benefits of exercise is stress relief. Exercise also increases concentrations of norepinephrine, a chemical that can moderate the brain’s response to stress and boost the body’s ability to deal with existing mental tension.

By increasing blood flow, exercise helps nourish skin cells and keep them vital.

Exercising regularly helps prevent plaque buildup by striking a healthier balance of blood lipids (HDL, LDL, and triglycerides), helps arteries retain resilience despite the effects of aging, and bumps up the number of blood vessels feeding the heart.

Lowers blood pressure, a boon for many body systems. Helps prevent diabetes by paring off excess weight, modestly lowering blood sugar levels, and boosting sensitivity to insulin so that less is needed to transport glucose into cells.

Exercise lessens your risk for cancers in which obesity is a factor, too.

Exercise helps protect joints by easing swelling, pain, and fatigue and by keeping cartilage healthy.

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