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6 Reasons Why the Mediterranean Diet Contributes to a Longer, Healthier Life
Longevity and The Mediterranean Diet: Introduction Over the course of many generations, observers have been able to discern that the people who populate the region around the Mediterranean Sea live longer lives than do men and women in some other parts ...
Coffee and Tea Are Good for Us? Yes! (First in a Series)
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The Bra and Health Risks
The startling fact is that, where there are no bras, there is little breast cancer. The main problem with bras appears to be that they block the circulation of the lymph system. Try this: at the end of the day, take off your bra and look in the mirror. ...
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There are three types of exercise: aerobic exercise, strength training, and flexibility exercise. Aerobic exercise increases your heart rate, works your muscles, and raises your breathing rate. For most people, it's best to aim for a total of about 30 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week. Strength training, when done several times a week, helps build strong bones and muscles and makes everyday chores like carrying groceries easier for you. Flexibility exercises, also called stretching, help keep your joints flexible and reduce your chances of injury during other activities. These get the body in a state of readiness for vigorous activity and enhance the performance of movement required for exercise. Gentle stretching for 5 to 10 minutes helps your body warm up and get ready for aerobic activities such as walking or swimming. Flexibility exercises also result in mild elevation of the heart rate and ventilation and perhaps light perspiration but should not be fatiguing.
Exercise has lots of benefits. First, it can burn calories. The more you get up and perform a set of exercise, the more calories you will burn. You don't necessarily need to go to a gym to do this, you can do exercise even while playing, or doing house chores. You can even burn extra calories just by walking to and fro, or going up and down the steps. Second, exercise can help you succeed at losing weight. Many people get disappointed when their diet and amount of exercise simply seems to stop working to make them achieve their goals. They probably perform the exercise the wrong way that is why they never see results. Exercise should be done on a regular basis, and if a person is really determined and motivated to lose weight, it is not impossible to achieve.
Third, exercise increases metabolic rate this is why active people can eat anything and not gain weight. Fourth, exercise helps you to sleep better. Exercise within a few hours of going to bed, but make sure it's only a brisk walk. Just save the high-impact aerobics in the morning or early afternoon. Fifth, exercise is good for body and soul. It improves mood and due to the chemicals it releases in the brain called endorphins, it gives you an overall feeling of well-being. And lastly, exercise reduces the risk for several diseases including heart disease, adult-onset diabetes, high blood pressure or hypertension, breast cancer, osteoporosis and colon cancer. Exercise may also help prevent, or be effective in treating, some mental illnesses, such as depression.
Your body is made to be active daily, and once you started doing exercise, you will be more willing to exercise on a consistent basis. But the secret to being consistent is to make your exercise as enjoyable as possible and an experience which you will look forward to each and every day.
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