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What are the immediate benefits of exercise?
What are the long-term benefits of exercise?
The long-range positive expectations for maintaining a regular program of exercise are equally important.
Less heart disease. Studies show that a person who exercises has less chance of a heart attack. Exercise appears to increase the high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in the bloodstream and HDL seems to protect the body from hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis).
Dr. Kenneth Cooper says that a half hour of running or brisk walking three times a week is enough to decrease by about 50 percent the average person’s chance of dying from heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other chief causes of death. An interesting aspect of this is that women may benefit from exercise even more than men, because exercise helps them increase bone density and prevent osteoporosis.
Less hypertension. People who exercise generally find that their blood pressure decreases. Lower blood pressure is associated with decreased chance of stroke or heart attack.
A study reported in Circulation (83:1557, May, 1991) showed that a single exercise session significantly lowered mild hypertension in the men who were studied. On the average, blood pressure was lowered for thirteen hours after just one exercise session.
Less diabetes. “Increased physical activity is effective in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and the protective benefit is especially pronounced in persons at the highest risk for the disease,” Journal of Medicine (Dr. Helmrich and colleagues, 325: 147-52, 1991). The study showed that a person who exercises has less chance of developing diabetes. Because diabetes increases the risk of stroke, heart attack, and blood vessel disease, it is exciting to know that exercise can decrease the chance of developing diabetes.
Fewer accidents in later life. Studies have shown that older women suffer fractures from falls for two reasons. They cannot see well, and they are in poor physical condition. The first can usually be treated by an ophthalmologist, but the second must be taken care of by the person herself before she gets so “out of shape” that she can no longer exercise and then falls and breaks her bones.
Increased chance of independence and good health in later life. Women who exercise often can continue to be active and healthy as they grow older. It is true that some people seem to inherit “healthy genes,” but you cannot count on that in your own particular situation. You have to assume that you will grow old and debilitated unless you take care of yourself now.
Less pain from job-related demands. Many working Americans develop back, neck, and eye pain that has been assumed to be job-related. Denise Austin, a Loss Angeles-based exercise specialist, however, has discovered that most of these pains are due to lack of exercise rather than to any of the machines that people use in their workday. She has found that by working some easy-to-do exercises into the daily work schedule many of the problems employees develop either disappear or are prevented. Some of these problems are stress-related, and others are due to the position assumed in front of computers, word processors, and typewriters. In spite of the, however, exercise helps.
Less pain from everyday life. Lack of exercise leads to pain with everyday activities. Without exercise, our bodies are much like hot house plants. Away from the storms of life, the plants develop no resistance and strength. Because there has been no wind to make the stem pliable and sturdy, the least little bump will break them. In the same way, without exercise our ligaments and muscles get weak.
Accustomed to daily, routine activities, we function without pain in the realm, unusual activity, though, such as lifting a heavy suitcase or moving a couch may pull a muscle or tear a ligament. When this happens, it’s easy to stop doing even that much physical activity and to think, “I’m getting too old to do that.” This can be a dangerous downward progression of our bodies. It’s not that we’re too old, it’s that we have let our muscles and ligaments get weak, like those hothouse plants. Such occurrences should make us realize that regular exercise must be an important part of our daily lives so that we can do not only the things we need to daily but also the special things we want to do in the future. Our bodies do not have to “grind down into inactivity” in old age. We have the chance now to keep them strong and capable of doing the physical things we want to do.
Copy typed by Shirley-Ann Pearman
An excerpt from pages 816-818 (1240) of “1250 Health-Care Questions Women Ask With Straightforward Answers by an Obstetrician/Gynecologist” (by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D. with Susan Nethery)
Tuesday, 8 November 2011
What are the long-term benefits of exercise?
What are the long-term benefits of exercise?
The long-range positive expectations for maintaining a regular program of exercise are equally important.
Less heart disease. Studies show that a person who exercises has less chance of a heart attack. Exercise appears to increase the high-density lipoproteins (HDL) in the bloodstream and HDL seems to protect the body from hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis).
Dr. Kenneth Cooper says that a half hour of running or brisk walking three times a week is enough to decrease by about 50 percent the average person’s chance of dying from heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other chief causes of death. An interesting aspect of this is that women may benefit from exercise even more than men, because exercise helps them increase bone density and prevent osteoporosis.
Less hypertension. People who exercise generally find that their blood pressure decreases. Lower blood pressure is associated with decreased chance of stroke or heart attack.
A study reported in Circulation (83:1557, May, 1991) showed that a single exercise session significantly lowered mild hypertension in the men who were studied. On the average, blood pressure was lowered for thirteen hours after just one exercise session.
Less diabetes. “Increased physical activity is effective in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, and the protective benefit is especially pronounced in persons at the highest risk for the disease,” Journal of Medicine (Dr. Helmrich and colleagues, 325: 147-52, 1991). The study showed that a person who exercises has less chance of developing diabetes. Because diabetes increases the risk of stroke, heart attack, and blood vessel disease, it is exciting to know that exercise can decrease the chance of developing diabetes.
Fewer accidents in later life. Studies have shown that older women suffer fractures from falls for two reasons. They cannot see well, and they are in poor physical condition. The first can usually be treated by an ophthalmologist, but the second must be taken care of by the person herself before she gets so “out of shape” that she can no longer exercise and then falls and breaks her bones.
Increased chance of independence and good health in later life. Women who exercise often can continue to be active and healthy as they grow older. It is true that some people seem to inherit “healthy genes,” but you cannot count on that in your own particular situation. You have to assume that you will grow old and debilitated unless you take care of yourself now.
Less pain from job-related demands. Many working Americans develop back, neck, and eye pain that has been assumed to be job-related. Denise Austin, a Loss Angeles-based exercise specialist, however, has discovered that most of these pains are due to lack of exercise rather than to any of the machines that people use in their workday. She has found that by working some easy-to-do exercises into the daily work schedule many of the problems employees develop either disappear or are prevented. Some of these problems are stress-related, and others are due to the position assumed in front of computers, word processors, and typewriters. In spite of the, however, exercise helps.
Less pain from everyday life. Lack of exercise leads to pain with everyday activities. Without exercise, our bodies are much like hot house plants. Away from the storms of life, the plants develop no resistance and strength. Because there has been no wind to make the stem pliable and sturdy, the least little bump will break them. In the same way, without exercise our ligaments and muscles get weak.
Accustomed to daily, routine activities, we function without pain in the realm, unusual activity, though, such as lifting a heavy suitcase or moving a couch may pull a muscle or tear a ligament. When this happens, it’s easy to stop doing even that much physical activity and to think, “I’m getting too old to do that.” This can be a dangerous downward progression of our bodies. It’s not that we’re too old, it’s that we have let our muscles and ligaments get weak, like those hothouse plants. Such occurrences should make us realize that regular exercise must be an important part of our daily lives so that we can do not only the things we need to daily but also the special things we want to do in the future. Our bodies do not have to “grind down into inactivity” in old age. We have the chance now to keep them strong and capable of doing the physical things we want to do.
Copy typed by Shirley-Ann Pearman
An excerpt from pages 816-818 (1240) of “1250 Health-Care Questions Women Ask With Straightforward Answers by an Obstetrician/Gynecologist” (by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D. with Susan Nethery)
Saturday, 1 October 2011
What are the immediate benefits of exercise?
What are the immediate benefits of exercise?
There are several direct rewards for anyone who starts a regular program of exercise.
Feeling better. When patients complain to me of feeling tired and of not having much energy, I assure them that if they will begin exercising, within two weeks they will feel like different people. When they return to my office, they almost always say that they did start feeling better almost immediately.
Increase in mental alertness. Many people who feel mentally lethargic find that exercise seems to increase alertness.
Weight is easier to control. The best way to control weight is by eating properly and exercise regularly. It is much more sensible to do both than to rely on either one alone for weight control.
Less illness and fewer accidents. Studies have shown that if employees exercise and keep physically fit, there is an increase in productivity as a result of a decline in absenteeism and accidents. This translates into money savings for businesses. Companies with employees who exercise and stay in good physical shape have one-half of the insurance premium costs of companies whose employees are not staying fit. Your ultimate income and productivity is dependent on staying fit and healthy – both at home and on the job.
Copy typed by Shirley-Ann Pearman
An excerpt from page 816 of “1250 Health-Care Questions Women Ask With Straightforward Answers by an Obstetrician/Gynecologist” (by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D. with Susan Nethery)
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Exercise Regularly
Exercise Regularly
Is exercise an important part of good health?
It is my opinion that exercise is foundational for good health. Except for quitting smoking, exercise is probably the most important choice a person can make to insure optimum health now and for the future. This seems to be supported by statistics that show that since more and more of our population starred exercising, there has been a decrease in the number of deaths from heart disease.
Since 1968, when Dr. Kenneth Cooper first published Aerobics, there has been a gradual decline in the number of deaths from heart disease in the number of people dying of heart disease in our country, although most experts had predicted an increased incidence of heart disease during these years. During this period of time the number of adults in our population who exercised regularly increased from 25 percent to 50 percent. I mention these figures in association with Dr. Cooper’s book because his book and his influence seem to have been the impetus that started American exercising.
These facts alone should encourage everyone to start active exercise, but I have found that many women, especially those who are fifty and over, tune me out when I talk to them about increasing their physical activity. There are immediate advantages to exercising as well as benefits for the future.
Copy typed by Shirley-Ann Pearman
An excerpt from page 816 of “1250 Health-Care Questions Women Ask With Straightforward Answers by an Obstetrician/Gynecologist” (by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., M.D. with Susan Nethery)
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