subject: Not Exercising In Two Days Can Increase Your Risk Of Obesity, Diabetes And Heart Disease. [print this page] Studies have shown just two days of physical inactivity can have very detrimental effects on your body and health. According to the study performed at the University of Missouri, just two days of not exercising is enough to affect your body's efficient use of insulin, which can lead to diabetes and other related diseases. Researchers conducted a study on rats and found insulin sensitivity decreased the longer the rats stayed inactive.
Researchers conducted a study on rats and found insulin sensitivity decreased the longer the rats stayed inactive. The rats were allowed to run on a wheel for 3 weeks. After that time, the rats were stopped from running. Just two days after the rats stopped running, the amount of sugar absorbed into their muscles in response to insulin decreased by about one-third. The findings were discussed and the results were astonishing.
Researcher David Kump said, "Insulin works by taking glucose, or blood sugar, out of the blood stream and into the muscle to be used for energy. The less efficient your insulin is the greater risk you have of diabetes, heart disease, obesity and hypertension." Kump also added, "Everyone is looking at the benefits of exercise, but we are looking at the consequences of stopping that exercise. People already know that exercise is good for them. This shows that, within a very short time frame of inactivity, the insulin does not work as well and might have negative effects."
I love this study for several reasons. One, it has been obvious for a long time, exercise is good for you. I don't think you really need a study to tell you that. Sometimes looking at something with a little common sense and reasoning goes a long way. Like, did we really need to research to know cigarettes were bad for us? Yeah, big tobacco companies lied, but did you really believe inhaling a burning weed for 30 years wasn't going to do something bad to you?
Regardless of what you thought, it's nice to have hardcore proof in reference to this. This is especially important when the results are so dramatic and can be so life changing. What I also am fond of in this study is that it shows the consequences of not exercising. There is no doubt in my mind that exercising makes you healthier and live a better life. I also have no doubt that if you do not exercise; in the long run it will cause diseases such as diabetes and heart disease and will most likely shorten your life.
This also refers to back and neck pain. Many people think that to get rid of back pain, you can just go exercise the problem away. This is just plain nonsense. If you have a herniated or bulging disc in your spinal column, exercise can make it much worse. We see this in practice all the time. You have to focus on getting to the root of the problem. Once you get the disc fixed with spinal decompression therapy, then you can go and exercise it to strengthen the area. But this does not work the other way around in this case.
New Century Spine Chiropractic Centers in San Diego has had countless patients finally get out of pain, start an exercise program and feel years younger. Some lose 10, 20, even 30 pounds because they can finally exercise without the pain that hindered them.
