Having Regular Exercise In Life Matters
Do you believe that exercise has nothing to do with weight loss? A recent national magazine thinks this way. It was concluded that the athlete or non-athlete consumes more food when they engage in more exercise. That may be true, but to think exercise can make a person fat is irresponsible. Exercise is an important factor for anyone looking to lose weight.
Successful weight lose needs a combination of diet and exercise. How much food you eat and the calories the food contains is a factor as well as genetics and lifestyle habits. We’ve all heard the saying, “burn more calories than you eat”. It’s a simple truth to stand by. Regular exercise helps maintain weight.
Exercise plays an important role in controlling childhood obesity, diabetes and heart disease. So to suggest that exercise makes you gain weight is irresponsible. Exercise may also help stem certain cancers. Physical activity helps us maintain proper weight, increases our strength and stamina, and makes are bones stronger. This is especially important if you are a senior. With out some form of exercise as we age, one can be looking at osteoporosis and being more susceptible to broken bones as a result from falls.
Americans have to start making better food choices. That and regular exercise is the beginning of a healthier lifestyle. Since we no longer hunt for our foods or walk as much for everyday conveniences, it is important that we find our calories in the quality of food we eat. It is also just as important that we find the time to exercise since technology has given us the automobile.
Health care costs continue to rise. Most of these costs go into lifestyle related problems. Americans as a nation are getting fatter. More live a sedentary lifestyle that fosters obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Gone are the days of working the fields to produce our night’s dinner. Now we have frozen dinners to zap, fast food chains on every corner, and junk food machines accessible to our young children thanks to school boards who look to profits over health.
As a nation we should choose to become healthier. Healthy minds and bodies makes for a better productive workforce. Exercising keeps are weight in check, improves are stamina and endurance and makes us physically stronger. Exercise makes one sleep better, combats deep depression and may relieve our need for medications.
So what can you do as a family? Get out and take family walks or bike rides. Support your child in a sports program. Take the stairs and not the escalators when at the mall. Go on family vacations where lots of physical activities are readily available.
So how important is fitness? A little bit of exercise goes a long way in the development of good lifestyle habits. Put some effort into physical activity, watch what you eat and how much you eat, and you’ll see how much better you’ll feel each and everyday of your life. It’s never too late to start.
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