Once we had depleted the resources nature provided for us within our immediate scope, we were forced to travel further away from home to eat and sustain ourselves.
In fact, researchers have estimated that men walked about 10-20 kilometers every day in order to collect the necessary resources for themselves and their partners and families.
Scientists agree unanimously that one of the greatest predictors of successful aging is the presence or absence of a sedentary (lack of activity) lifestyle.
In fact, research has shown that those who exercise decrease their chances for getting Alzheimers Disease by 60%! Your chances of getting a stroke decreases by 57% if you exercise regularly! Now those are some motivating statistics, aren't they?! So how much exercise is really needed to reap these kinds of benefts? The answer is not much.
Taking a walk or two during the course of the week provides immediate benefit, as does moving around your house.
The ideal amount to hit is 30 minutes of exercise (that increases your heart rate) about 2-3 times a week.
But engaging in most forms of leisurely physical activity will provide benefit to your brain and to your body.
Exercise benefits not only your physical health, but directly impacts and improves your mental health.
When you exercise, you increase blood flow across the tissues of your body.
Exercise stimulates the blood vessels and even creates new blood vessels that penetrate deeper and deeper into the tissues of the body.
Blood volume to the brain is also greatly increased, specifically to the area known as the "hippocampus" - an area that is deeply involved in memory formation.
Exercise also contributes to the development of the area of the brain that assists in cognition (the ability to know and perceive things).
The more you exercise, the younger and healthier the neurons in your brain remain, keeping you sharp and alert and refining your memory retention.
Exercise makes your muscles and bones stronger and improves your strength and balance.
It regulates your appetite and reduces your risk for more than a dozen types of cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Exercise also boosts your immune system and combats the effects of stress.
Knowing all of this, it seems negligent not to engage in even the most minimal amount of activity.
There are so many possibilities: take a walk, do some stretches, dance, have sex, go sailing, take a hike or a swim...
lift some soup cans while you're watching tv on the couch! But do something - and start today!
In fact, researchers have estimated that men walked about 10-20 kilometers every day in order to collect the necessary resources for themselves and their partners and families.
Scientists agree unanimously that one of the greatest predictors of successful aging is the presence or absence of a sedentary (lack of activity) lifestyle.
In fact, research has shown that those who exercise decrease their chances for getting Alzheimers Disease by 60%! Your chances of getting a stroke decreases by 57% if you exercise regularly! Now those are some motivating statistics, aren't they?! So how much exercise is really needed to reap these kinds of benefts? The answer is not much.
Taking a walk or two during the course of the week provides immediate benefit, as does moving around your house.
The ideal amount to hit is 30 minutes of exercise (that increases your heart rate) about 2-3 times a week.
But engaging in most forms of leisurely physical activity will provide benefit to your brain and to your body.
Exercise benefits not only your physical health, but directly impacts and improves your mental health.
When you exercise, you increase blood flow across the tissues of your body.
Exercise stimulates the blood vessels and even creates new blood vessels that penetrate deeper and deeper into the tissues of the body.
Blood volume to the brain is also greatly increased, specifically to the area known as the "hippocampus" - an area that is deeply involved in memory formation.
Exercise also contributes to the development of the area of the brain that assists in cognition (the ability to know and perceive things).
The more you exercise, the younger and healthier the neurons in your brain remain, keeping you sharp and alert and refining your memory retention.
Exercise makes your muscles and bones stronger and improves your strength and balance.
It regulates your appetite and reduces your risk for more than a dozen types of cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes.
Exercise also boosts your immune system and combats the effects of stress.
Knowing all of this, it seems negligent not to engage in even the most minimal amount of activity.
There are so many possibilities: take a walk, do some stretches, dance, have sex, go sailing, take a hike or a swim...
lift some soup cans while you're watching tv on the couch! But do something - and start today!
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