Simple ways to live a healthy lifestyle: Exercise

You hear a lot about living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that mean. In general, a healthy person doesn’t smoke, is at a healthy weight, eats healthy and exercise regularly.

This may sound simple.  The trick to healthy living is making small changes,  taking more steps, adding fruits to your cereal, having an extra glass of water. These are just a few ways you can start living healthy without drastic changes.




In this post, you will discover the simple ways to live a healthy lifestyle through exercising.

Exercise

One of the biggest problems in the word today is lack of physical activity. We all know it’s good for us but we avoid we avoid it like the plaque either because we’re used to being sedentary or afraid that exercise has to be vigorous to be worth our time. The truth is, movement is movement and the more you do, the healthier you’ be. Even moderate activities like chores, gardening and walking can make a difference.

If you just add a little movement to your life, it will benefit you in the below ways:

·         Reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

·         Improve joint stability.

·         Increase and improve range of movement.

·         Help maintain flexibility as you age.

·         Maintain bone mass.

·         Prevent osteoporosis and fractures.

·         Improve mood and reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression.

·         Enhance self esteem.

·         Improve memory in elderly people.

·         Reduce stress.

So, even if you opt for small changes and a more weight loss, you can see the benefits are still pretty good. One study has found that just a 10% weight reduction helped obese patients reduce blood pressure, cholesterol and increase longevity.