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How often you do exercise? Once a week, twice a week? Regular physical activity can strengthen your muscles and improve your endurance. But your heart, a muscle, can also benefit from physical activity. In fact, exercise helps protect against heart disease and reduces symptoms in people who already have heart disease.

Exercise benefits the body in a number of ways. Regular physical activity can lower triglycerides and help raise HDL cholesterol. When it results in weight loss, physical activity can also play a key role in managing the metabolic syndrome and reducing LDL cholesterol. Moreover, it reduces the risk of other chronic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure — risk factors for coronary heart disease — as well as osteoporosis and some cancers. Physical activity is an integral part of an overall healthy lifestyle, including a balanced diet and not smoking, that can lower your risk of heart disease.

Physical activity also helps prevent the loss of lean muscle tissue that may occur when dieting. In addition, studies have indicated that people who participate in regular physical activity tend to have a lower body mass and adopt healthier lifestyle habits, including quitting smoking and choosing healthier foods. And not to be overlooked, exercise can help alleviate stress and contribute to a positive attitude. Many people report that a regular program of physical activity brings an improvement in self-esteem and self-image along with an improvement in physical appearance. An increase in strength can even contribute to greater general mobility and make it easier to handle basic, everyday tasks.

What are you waiting for? Let’s have some exercise. No matter kind of physical activity we take, fitness or aerobic is the same fine. It’s never too late to get moving :-D

Topik: Cholesterol, Dietary, Habits