Advantages of Exercise

1.                  Muscles are strengthened;

2.                  Slow down of heart beat. Exercise does hastens heart beat in the beginning but if continued regularly it slows down heart beat;

3.                  Slowing down of beat. Again it acts similarly like heart beat hastening in the beginning and slowing down if continued regularly as time progresses;

4.                  Strengthening of the bones. Some people have misplaced belief that if calcium is consumed in good quantities bones become strong. Consumed, but it will enter the bones only when your exercise;

5.                  Exercise is indeed a wonderful thing. If your blood pressure is high it will come down and if low it will rise.

6.                  There is two types of fat in the body: good fat which is called ’high density lipoprotein’ and bad fat called ‘low density lipoprotein’. Exercise does increase good fat and reduces bad fat. According to Feneth Footer, the best way to increase good fat ( hdl cholesterol) is through exercise;

7.                  Body is like a motor car. A Maruti car uses less petrol than an Ambassador car. This is because there is difference in the engines of these cars. Similarly engines of our body work differently. When basic (‘bejal’) metabolic rate is high it uses more energy and vice versa. This metabolic rate remains high during and up to one hour after exercise;

8.                  Exercise introduces substances called ‘endorfin’ in the head which reduce pain and make the person feel good.

9.                  During exercise blood circulation also speeds up and if any of limbs are not getting proper blood supply, start getting blood through newly formed veins called ‘collateral veins’;

10.                Exercise enhances constructive energy. In a study conducted on students, they were divided into two groups. One group was made to exercise regularly and the other did not. When psychological tests were performed after a certain span of time those that were exercising were found to be more constructive than those who did not

11.                Ageing is deferred by exercise. Exercise induces a substance called D.H.E.A.” which help I prolonging youth.

12.                Exercise reduces blood clotting by reducing its solidity. Blood becomes more fluid thereby increasing its ability to carry more oxygen;

13.                Exercise enables lesser solidification of the platelets (important aspect of blood);

14.                A study conducted in Fiji has shown that village folks who eat more than city folks still manage to remain slim. Because they have to physically exert more than the city dwellers. Therefore exercise, together with control on diet, should also be a part of the routine to reduce obesity. However if you walk a lot during the day and perform the other exercises, You will still be less obese even if you might be eating heartily. The America Heart Association has opined that a healthy person should walk 8 Km daily. For diabetics this could be misnomer, because when after reading this some diabetics started 8 Km  walk from day one, their blood sugar increased instead  of decreasing. Actually exercise should be increased slowly in a staggered manner. On the first day walk slowly for only one km, then increase it by half a km every week. As the distance is increased briskness should also be increased suitably. Because when breathing speeds up and if the briskness remains for 20 minutes only then the exercise becomes beneficial. Exercise increase blood circulation while at the same time reducing weight. You can take food of the dame amount of calories or you can change it suitably, which is called ‘food exchange’. However, exercise should not be changed likewise but should only be increased slowly. It is best to keep performing the same exercised which you have found beneficial every day. Change in exercises does not help in maintaining good health, spec8ially in diabetes. Regular exercises do not induce tiredness but becomes more energetic. Exercise is that magic wand which can prove all its promises right.

You look after better if you exercise because the body weight decreases and ‘endorphin’ secreted in the brain making you feel good. While exercising sugar remains in control and keeps on the good work for hours thereafter.

Who should not perform rigorous exercises?

1.                  Those whose retina has started deteriorating.

2.                  Those whose blood circulation in the feet has slowed down.

3.                  Those whose metabolic system has been disturbed resulting in difficulty in control of blood pressure.

4.                  Those with heart disease who should not perform exercises involving weight lifting.