3 Cheers for Physical Activity!
Physical activity deserves at least three hearty cheers. It does far more to create and maintain a robust state of health than diet, sleep, or any type of medication.
What can moderate to high levels of physical activity do for you? Let’s see. It can…
- Improve the quality and quantity of your sleep
- Boost your energy
- Increase your endurance
- Make you more resistant to illnesses and diseases
- Control your weight
- Help you relax and reduce stress
- Improve your mood
- Reduce your blood pressure
- Raise your “good” cholesterol, lower your “bad” cholesterol
- Lower your blood sugar
- Decrease arthritis symptoms
- Prevent or reverse osteoporosis (fragile bones)
- Reduce your risk of falling
- Enhance your coordination
- Improve your balance
- Increase your strength
- Improve brain function
- Enhance your self-control
- Increase your sense self-efficacy
Physical activity—in the right forms and doses—is the greatest polypill* ever invented. Plus it’s free and immediately available wherever you are! No prescription necessary.
* Polypill: A pill that simultaneously treats or prevents multiple diseases or disorders.