EXERCISE IS MEDICINE
THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISE ARE WELL KNOWN. PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, DIABETES, CANCER AND DEMENTIA.
LOWEST EFFECTIVE DOSE OF EXERCISE IS 15 MINUTES A DAY AT A MODERATE INTENSITY. EVEN 5 TO 10 MINUTES A DAY HAD A REDUCTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE AND ALL CAUSES OF MORTALITY.
TOO MUCH SITTING CAN KILL YOU. SITTING TOO LONG AFFECTS ONE’S GENES.
BONES IN OUR JOINTS BECOME WEAKER WHEN THEY ARE NOT USED LEADING TO OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CERVICAL DAMAGE. THERE IS ALSO ORGAN DAMAGE WHEN YOU SIT TOO LONG AS THE ORGANS DO NOT GET ENOUGH BLOOD FLOW.
SITTING LEADS TO CHRONIC DISEASES AND DECREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY.
EVERY HOUR SPENT SITTING WATCHING TELEVISION DECREASES YOUR LIFE EXPECTANCY BY 27 MINUTES. THUS STAND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WALK OR TAKE THE STAIRS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
MORE THAN 100 MINUTES/A DAY DOES NOT SEEM BE ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL REDUCTION IN MORTALITY RATES THOUGH.
NEW STUDIES SHOW THAT IN GENERAL EVEN INTENSE EXERSISE IS NOT DANGEROUS FOR THE NORMAL HEALTHY PERSON.
HOWEVER FREQUENT EXERCISE MAY CAUSE CHANGES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE HEART, CHANGES THAT ARE MOSTLY BENEFICIAL.
CARDIAC REMODELING DUE TO EXERCISE IS BENEFICIAL AND HEALTHY
FOR SOME HEALTHY PEOPLE THOUGH, EXERCISE MAY BE DANGEROUS.
EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE MARATHON RUNNERS STILL PRODUCE CORONARY PLAQUES JUST LIKE THEIR SEDENTARY COUNTERPARTS. HEREDITY OR LIFESTYLE TRUMP EXERCISE. MOREOVER THE ACT OF EXERCISING MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF PLAQUE RUPTURE. MANY PEOPLE SUFFER A HEART ATTACK WHILE RUNNING OR WHILE AT A GYM INSTEAD OF SITTING AT HOME QUIETLY.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE MAY HAVE SOME INHERITED CARDIAC DISEASES THAT MAY PREDISPOSE THEM TO PREMATURE DEATH AND EXERCISE MIGHT ACCELERATE THIS. ALSO OUR OBESE POPULATION IS PUTTING MORE RISK TO THEIR HEARTS WHILE EXERCISING VIGOROUSLY. THEY SHOULD RATHER EXERCISE AT A SLOW LEVEL FIRST AND INCREASE INTENSITY GRADUALLY.
WEEK END EXERCISERS ARE ADVISED TO DO THE SAME; THEY SHOULD ALSO START SLOW AND WITH MODERATION.
TO AVOID THESE PROBLEMS ONE HAS TO KNOW ONE’S FAMILY HISTORY OF CARDIAC DISEASE AND SUDDEN DEATH. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THE POSABILITY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS OR CARDIOMYOPATHY ( HEART MUSCLE DISEASE) BEFORE UNDERTAKING STRENUOUS EXERCISE.
PAY ATTENTION TO SYMPTOMS OF UNUSUAL FATIGUE, SHORTNESS OF BREATH OR CHEST PAIN WHILE EXERCISING.
IN GENERAL THOUGH EXERCISE IS MORE LIKELY TO STRENGHTHEN OUR HEARTS THAN HARM THEM.