Why Exercises are Necessary for Good Health?


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By : Nick Mutt

Exercise is necessary for good health. It makes you active and alert in your day to day activities. Exercise promotes digestion, lightness of the body, sturdiness of the body, reduces fat in the body and increases capability to do work. It increases the tone of the muscles, balance of autonomic, voluntary and involuntary muscles, increases the metabolic rate. Exercise makes lungs to function properly and also the decrease of gastrointestinal accumulations.

Exercise makes the body to sweat, and indirectly the function of the kidney is reduced. It helps eliminate toxins out of the body. Daily exercise will increase hemoglobin and alkalinity of blood and total protein is increased and also red blood corpuscles. Exercise promotes the physical and mental strength and will power and self-control and thereby the entire development of body will take place.

Exercise increases resistance of the body. It also increases caloric value in the body. It plays prominent role in the treatment of depression. It increases the hormones of beta, endorphins which promote and regulate the mood. In diseases also some sort of physical exercise is advised. Doctors advocate a sort of mild exercise in arthritis. Even in accident cases and fracture of bones and paralysis of body some types of exercise are used.

Exercise should be done early in the morning on an empty stomach. As soon as you feel tired then it is better to stop it. Exercises must be done only to get refreshed and relaxed. First start exercise lightly and increase it gradually and slowly in stages, so that your body must be adjusted to the changes in the body environment.

Exercise must be regularly and systematically practiced. Yoga, walking, swimming, cycling, horse riding and tennis etc are also a type of exercises. Exercise makes the person to live long in health and happiness.

Disclaimer: This article is not meant to provide health advice and is for general information only. Always seek the insights of a qualified health professional before embarking on any health program.