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How Exercise Can Help Prevent an Enormous Amount Of Health Conditions:
1) High Cholesterol:This happens occurs fatty substances build up in the bloodstream. It can cause strokes and heart attacks, but can be drastically reduced from consistent exercise.
2) High Blood Pressure:Eating a diet full of whole grains and exercising can help reduce the negative effects of high blood pressure.
3) Coronary Heart Disease:This is when the blood supply is blocked by fatty build ups around the coronary arteries. You reduce the risk of this deadly condition when you exercise.
4) Stroke:This happens when the blood supply to the brain gets interrupted. Scary enough, 1.5 million people die each year from strokes, of which about 75% are overweight. You'll reduce the risk of stroke the more active you are.
5) Cancer:Facts show that physical activity reduces the overall risk of developing cancer, especially breast cancer in women after the menopause, as well as colon cancer.
6) Type 2 Diabetes:Blood glucose levels are the main culprit in getting the chronic disease diabetes. Exercise helps reduce this risk.
7) Osteoarthritis:Exercise can help reduce joint inflammation and prevent an onset of this debilitating disease.
8) Osteoporosis:This is more common in older females, and happens when the bones become brittle. Exercise during younger years can help prevent the condition, and exercising when you're older can slow down the decline of mineral density in the bones.
9) Obesity:This is an obvious one. The more you exercise, the more weight you lose, the less chances of being in the "obese" category.
10) Lower Back Pain:Some types of exercise and physical therapy have been shown to reduce back pain and help people recover from spinal surgery and spinal injuries.
11) Stress:Stress can be responsible for a huge number of ailments, so increasing your physical activity can be very beneficial, including giving you more energy, a feeling of euphoria, and of course relieve stress.
12) Mental Health:Along with stress reduction, exercise has been shown to treat depression, anxiety, phobias, panic attacks and schizophrenia.
These exercise facts are not meant to scare you rather to motivate you to exercise and stick to the goals you've set for yourself this year. Even if you only start out small you'll create momentum and giving yourself the greatest chance at a healthy life for years to come.
