Physical activities has been proven to affect all body systems positively, and the heart seems to benefit a lot from exercise. Exercise improves heart health, reverse some of the risk factors of heart disease and help you maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Frequent exercise is associated with a decrease in cardiovascular mortality, as well as reduced risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Walking, jogging, and swimming are examples of aerobic exercises that benefits the heart. Also, light exercise such as walking for at least 30 minutes everyday, for 5 days in a week can also be helpful.
Benefits Of Exercise To The Heart
Reduces The Risk Of Blood Pressure: Adequate exercise helps reduce stress on the heart and surrounding arteries,
Cardiovascular exercise may help you manage symptoms of high blood pressure, or prevent the occurrence of high blood pressure.
Regulation Of Blood Sugar: physical activities helps regulate insulin levels and lower blood sugar, thereby checkmating body weight. This can be seen in People with type 2 diabetes.
Creates Better Blood Flow: Regular physical activities enables the heart to improved blood flow in the small vessels around it, where blockages of fatty deposits can build over time. Better circulation in these areas may prevent heart attacks. It also encourages the heart’s arteries to dilate more readily.
Research shows that exercise can cause the body to create more physical connections between these small blood vessels, meaning the blood has more ways to travel to where it needs to go.
Reduces The Risk Of Heart Related Diseases: The risk of getting heart disease like coronary heart disease, Stroke and type 2 diabetes are reduced.
Studies show regular exercise helps reduce the risk of coronary heart disease as much as 21 percent for men and 29 percent for women.
Helps Quit Smoking: Yes, I know it doesn’t seem possible, but As smokers become more fit, they often quit. And people who are fit in the first place are less likely to ever start smoking, which is one of the top risk factors for heart disease because it damages the structure and function of blood vessels.
Weight Regulation: Exercise helps the body burn calories, we lose weight, when we burn more calories than we eat and drink. Exercise in turn helps optimize heart health.
Being overweight puts stress on the heart and is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
People that have experienced any heart issues before, should sure to talk to your doctor before starting any new exercise program to make sure it is safe to do so.
Thanks for pointing out how a regular exercise routine keeps diseases away. My friend mentioned that he’s trying to lose weight and try dating again. Maybe we should look around for a fitness equipment store where he could purchase one!