While a sedentary person may contract a cold 2 – 3 times per year, those who include moderate exercise reduce their incidences of becoming ill. This study also reports, though, that excessive exercise–such as marathon runners–may reduce immune function. So, include moderate exercise but don’t overdo it! Read more here.
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Preventative Medicine–Exercise and Everything We Eat
Here is yet another article summarizing the impacts of our diet and lifestyle choices. What we eat DOES make a difference–eat a diet which contains mostly VEGETABLES and INCLUDES healthy naturally-raised meats/poultry/fish, fruit, seeds, and nuts. Note–grains are not on my list of recommended foods–use them as treats only.
Encourage your children to get outdoors.
Recent research indicates that low Vitamin D is associated with childhood obesity. Encourage your children to play outdoors to receive natural source of Vitamin D–they will tend to get more exercise, too. Cod liver oil is another great source of Vit. D.
And Sleep Better, too, With Exercise!
Here’s another recent article regarding the benefits of exercise. This study reveals that exercise can also improve the quality of our sleep. Sleep is so important, not only for maintaining daytime energy, but for allowing the body to heal and mend itself overnight. Click here to read more.
Another Reason Exercise is Important for Weight Loss
This is interesting research showing that exercise not only helps improve metabolic rate but also helps the brain sense when enough food has been consumed. Read more here–and keep exercising!!
Hope for Fibromyalgia
Research has found that exercise helps improve memory and reduce pain in women suffering from fibromyalgia. This is exciting news but often difficult since those with fibromyalgia often complain of too much pain and fatigue to include exercise in their daily routines. PLEASE CALL for an appointment if you suffer […]
Exercise may help eye health, too!
Click here to read this article on the potential benefits of exercise on reducing your risk of glaucoma. Let’s get moving!!
Yet another benefit to exercise! Vitamin D . . .
The researchers report that not only does exercise improve HDL, improve blood sugar control, and reduce the risk of heart disease, vigorous exercise improves your vitamin D level. Click here to read more.
Research showing advantages of healthy lifestyle
While this research seems to report the obvious, what I find interesting are the rates of risk reported (click here for article). For example, they found that those who eat vegetables only three to six times weekly had over 25% lower risk of heart failure! Imagine
Laughter IS good for you! Here’s why . . .
Research results indicate that laughter really IS good medicine. Even mimicking laughter’s “ha, ha, ha” can be beneficial. Click here to read more. 🙂
