Heart disease over the years has been a great terror to mankind, and is one of the leading causes of death all around the world in this generation. It’s not only directly affects health, but is also a risk factor for other life-threatening diseases, stroke in particular. When you have heart disease, your chances of having stroke significantly increases.
There are so many ways by which this illness can be prevented and exercise happens to be one of the most prominent ways alongside proper nutrition. Getting regular exercise, especially aerobic exercise, is the best thing you can ever do for your heart’s health.
Regular exercise greatly reduces the risk of developing heart disease. It is also good for your blood pressure, weight, cholesterol and energy levels, and also improves your mood.
If you’re still looking for other benefits of exercise apart from fitness and weight loss, this article is meant for you. Below are different ways exercise can help prevent heart diseases:
1. Exercise improves blood circulation
One thing that can lead to heart disease is when there’s an interruption in the blood flow or circulation. Exercise helps ensure that this doesn’t occur by improving blood circulation, generally, all over the body. Interruption of blood circulation can also cause stroke, so in this way, exercise also helps prevent stroke.
2. Helps you sleep better
Experts have identified inadequate sleep as one major factor that can lead to so many health issues including heart disease, but exercise helps solve this problem by releasing hormones that make people feel tired.
3. Lowers your blood pressure
Research has clearly shown us that having constant exercise greatly lowers your blood pressure. This is why people that have high blood pressure are often advised to exercise by their doctors.
4. Helps manage stress levels
Exercise is the best treatment for stress, anxiety and depression. These three are also factors that can eventually lead to heart disease and other life-threatening conditions. Exercise causes a release of feel-good hormones called endorphins, which help in dealing with stress and depression.
5. It encourages weight loss
Obesity is one of the major risk factors that leads to heart diseases and other dangerous illnesses like diabetes and stroke, just to mention a few. Obesity is condition that develops as a result of the storage of excess fat in the body. The two major ways of dealing with this condition are by proper nutrition and exercise.
6. Regulates your cholesterol levels
There are both good and bad types of cholesterol. Exercise increases the amounts of good cholesterol that is in charge of transporting fats away from the arteries and back to the liver for processing and immensely reduces the levels of bad cholesterol that form clots in the arteries. It is important to avoid foods with high cholestrol. For example; Burgers and fries.
Conclusion
Make regular exercise a part of your lifestyle, and save yourself from facing so many medical conditions. Research shows that people that exercise regularly have a longer life span than those that don’t.
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