Regular Physical Exercise
- Health experts
- have long emphasized
- the importance
- of physical activity.
- New reports
- support the evidence
- that
- being active
- can help a person
- get in good shape,
- feel happy,
- and
- reduce health risks
- of some diseases,
- such as heart disease.
- Medical experts say
- cardiovascular disease
- is the leading cause
- of death
- in the United States.
- In two thousand six,
- heart disease
- killed
- more than
- six hundred thirty thousand Americans.
- High blood pressure
- and high cholesterol levels
- in blood
- can lead to the disease.
- These risk factors
- can be reduced
- through normal exercises.
- You
- can improve your energy levels
- by engaging in routine exercises.
- Exercise
- increases the flow of blood
- to the heart and blood vessels.
- By doing so,
- you can control
- or
- reduce your weight.
- Physical activity
- burns calories
- by using up the energy
- that is stored in your body.
- The more calories you burn
- through physical activity,
- the easier it is
- to control or reduce your weight.
- Exercise
- prevents you
- from getting cardiovascular disease.
- Exercising regularly
- stimulates your brain,
- and
- it releases endorphins,
- which reduce feelings of pain,
- and
- helps people feel happy.
- After doing some physical activity,
- you can feel refreshed,
- and
- happy
- due to the effects of endorphins.
- Medical experts
- suggest
- that
- you should have at least two days
- of muscle training.
- Each exercise period
- should be
- at least ten minutes long.
- Some activity
- is better than none,
- so let’s get started today.
- Then
- you can keep the doctor
- and medicine away.