Warning: Lack of Exercise Is Detrimental
To Your Health
By Jim O'Connor
You just put in a good 10 hour day in front
of your computer screen, and the last thing
you want to do is exercise. Let's see, exercise,
and improve your fitness level, or sit down
with a glass of wine and watch your favorite
evening television show. What would you do?
Seventy percent of individuals know
they should exercise, but choose the wine
and the television program instead.
Do you know this simple daily decision
can end up being detrimental to your health?
According to the USCDC, 54.1% of adults
don't do the minimum level of exercise
or physical activity recommended for wellness.
The slogan "use it or lose it"
has never been more true.
The simple innocent choice of not exercising
has shown, in studies, to promote 10 serious
health conditions you don't ever want
to develop. The bottom line is physical
inactivity has a lot of unhealthy implications
even at our bodies cellular level. At
the cellular level, inactivity decreases
the ability to transfer oxygen from your
blood stream to your cells, and also decreases
the number of power activating mitochondria.
However, the worst cost of not exercising
or being physically active can result
in the following 10 devastating conditions:
1. CANCER - Studies have shown that fitness
enthusiastic men and women who are physically
active have a 30 to 40 percent lower risk
of colon cancer compared to individuals
who are inactive.
2. DIABETES - Studies show lack of regular
physical exercise increases insulin sensitivity.
Diabetes is considered the "sedentary
disease" which is striking people
at an alarming rate. If it is not controlled,
it can destroy the body's organs.
3. HEART - Lack of consistent physical
activity, over time, decreases the function
of the heart muscle, affects the blood
vessels, including the large aortic artery
to the veins and small capillaries. According
to many studies, scientists have good
reason to believe that regular exercise
protects the heart.
4. STROKE - Regular exercisers are 25%
less likely to have a stroke than their
sedentary counterparts. Being fit lowers
blood pressure, raises HDL cholesterol,
and reduces the risk of blood clots.
5. BRAIN - People who are physically
active, according to solid evidence, are
at lower risk for cognitive decline and
dementia.
6. MUSCLES - If you don't exercise on
a regular basis, you are at risk of losing
some 6 percent of your muscles mass every
decade of life from the age of 30 on.
This also translates into a 10 - 15 percent
loss of strength per decade. Once again,
if you don't use the muscle, you will
lose the muscle quickly.
7. OSTEOPOROSIS - Fragile bones cause
more than 1.5 million fractures each year
in the U.S. Bone is like muscle, if you
stress it, it responds. If you don't,
you gradually lose its strength, and increase
your chances of breaking them. Regular
weekly strength training can help prevent
osteoporosis, and decrease your chances
of breaking a bone.
8. MENTAL HEALTH - People who don't exercise
on a regular basis are more prone to develop
depression. According to a recent study,
people who were more active were nearly
20 percent less likely to be diagnosed
with depression over the next five years
than less active people. Fitness conscious
individuals also generally display an
improved self esteem, or self image.
9. WEIGHT - If you are inactive, year
in and year out, you will eventually gain
weight and lose fitness which increases
the chance of a heart attacks, and diabetes.
10. IMMUNE SYSTEM - Moderate amounts
of exercise reduces the risk of upper
respiratory infection. Regular exercise
may boost immune function.
Now I would like to ask that same question
I asked above. What would you do? Wine
and television, or physical activity?
Now for the good news! In as little as
30 minutes of exercise or fitness work
each day, you can significantly decrease
your chances of developing any of these
horrible conditions mentioned above. This
is the best "medicine" any doctor
can possibly prescribe!
I hope I have encouraged you to become
more physically active today, and beyond.
Your quality of life depends upon it.
Consider these the most important words
you will hear today!
Remember, you have a choice. Make the
fitness choice. _______________________________________________
For information on how to develop a fitness
program which delivers twice the results
in half the time, visit Wellness Word
Multimedia Newsletter at http://www.WellnessWord.com
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Jim O'Connor, Beverly Hills celebrity
fitness consultant, has conducted thousands
of personal fitness consultations with
celebrities, business executives, and
highly motivated individuals throughout
Los Angeles. He is the Chief Exercise
Physiologist for Wellness WORD, LLC, a
health, fitness, and nutrition promotion
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