Research has also proved that along with helping you to control your weight, regular physical activity has many other hidden advantages for you. Yes, you are at a reduced risk of attracting many deadly diseases. It’s possible you not only can avoid them, but also improve your quality of life on a whole. Let’s see the diseases that healthy eating and regular exercising can help us prevent. (Please note exercise or lack there of may not be the sole reason you get or don’t get these diseases.)
Back pain
This is a very common problem today. You may have heard many people complaining of their stiff backs. Back pain can become very painful at times. But, this is very much avoidable. Increasing your muscle strength[1] and endurance can help you stay away from this problem. Regular exercising will help you in preventing back pains by improving your flexibility and will give you a good posture too.
Diabetes
Regular physical activity keeps your body fat at check. By reducing you body fat through exercising, you are keeping your body to produce excessive insulin. Thirty minutes of moderate exercise and a good diet acts as a preventative measures in getting Type 2 diabetes. You may start with some light aerobics exercise such as brisk walking, dancing, swimming, outdoor bicycling, or take aerobics class.
Osteoporosis
This is a disease that is related to bones. If you are doing your weight-bearing exercises and eating a good dose of bananas[2] regularly, you are promoting your bone health. This will help you in preventing bone loss that is commonly associated with aging. Plus you’ll be able to save time and pain, should you need a thorough root canal treatment procedure[3].
Cancer
This is a very deadly disease, which everyone should be aware of. But you can reduce the risk of getting this disease by exercising, whatever type of cancer it may be. Many people acquire this disease because of obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, which apparently makes up one-third of all cancer-related causes in the United States.[4] Once a person starts getting active, the digestive acids, insulin, inflammation, body fat, and all other factors are greatly reduced, resulting in a reduced risk of cancer.
High blood pressure
Regular exercising reduces your blood pressure. So, people who are having this high blood pressure problem or hypertension can avoid it easily. Just start slowly, and then gradually increase the activity, in order not to put too much strain on yourself. The point there is to keep moving so that your heart beats a little faster. It doesn’t just lower your blood pressure, but also is also an excellent way to de-stress yourself. So now you know that when you exercise regularly and eat healthy, you are in turn reducing the likelihood of getting these diseases in your life. At first, it might not be easy to adapt to these healthy habits, but soon it will become second nature. I recommend to slowly do exercise in order to gradually introduce it to your body rather than abruptly change your routine, which normally doesn’t have as great of an outcome.
