Showing posts with label heart health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heart health. Show all posts

Friday, 24 August 2012

How To Add Aerobic Exercise To Your Day


                             
One of the most important parts of a healthy life style is aerobic exercise. Adding aerobic exercise to your day helps improve your health, prevent disease and lose weight. Choose exercise program you enjoy doing and be consistent with it to reap the positive benefits of exercise to your health.

Adding aerobic exercise to your daily routine will help you stay motivated and focused. To achieve this and have fun, find a good selection of exercise types you enjoy that will keep you away from boredom.

For any aerobic exercise to be considered beneficial and effective, it must increase your heart rate for twenty minutes or more. You can begin with the following forms of exercise;

·         Brisk Walking – You can include brisk walking to your exercise as long as it can increase your heart rate and you can sustain it for twenty minutes or more. You can increase to jogging as your fitness level increases.

·         Running – This will definitely get your heart rate up to aerobic level. However it is not easy for some people due to their fitness level and health. Starting slowly is the best way to overcome this huddle. 

·         Skipping – I love skipping because you engage all the major muscle groups when skipping. Taking about 100 – 300 hundred skips within three minutes or less will get your heart racing.

For you to gain all the health benefits of exercise, consistency must be your watch word. Heart disease, diabetes, obesity and lots more respond positively well to the introduction of exercise.

Aerobic exercise is a great way to increase your energy level. Exercise along with eating a healthy diet is the secret of a youthful look. It can help you feel and look younger for a longer period of time. Remember it is never too late to get started on your exercise routine. Please don’t forget to consult your doctor before starting any exercise program.

Tuesday, 12 June 2012

Exercise For Diabetes



Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are the most common known types of diabetes today. Type 1 diabetes also known as adolescent diabetes occurs as a result of the body stopping to produce insulin. While type 2 diabetes which is usually diagnosed in older people occurs either as the body stop to produce enough insulin or the person becomes resistant to his or her own insulin.

Irrespective of the form of diabetes you are suffering from, the major problem is that your body will lose the ability to adequately utilize sugar. This results in the increase of your blood sugar level due to your body’s difficulty in transporting sugar into the cells and out of the blood stream.
Exercise, proper diet and medication are all ways to lower your blood sugar level.

Exercise is a very important part of diabetics’ management for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes as it helps to maintain insulin sensitivity, increase the use of glucose by muscles and prevent the accumulation of excess weight.
To prevent type 2 diabetes, you have to consider complimenting regular exercise with vitamins and herbs that can help prevent insulin resistance as well as proper weight control.

Exercise also helps to minimize other complications of diabetes. Aside lowering blood sugar levels and maintaining insulin sensitivity, exercise also help improve circulation throughout the body. This is one of the greatest benefits of exercise to diabetic individuals as most diabetic patients tend to have poor blood flow to their lower areas and feet.
Exercise will help to prevent and minimize some common diabetes complications such as heart problems, high blood pressure, circulatory deficiencies and many more.

Exercise should be part of your daily routine if you are diabetic. Always exercise at a slow and regular pace. Exercise can help you get your life back on track and head you towards the healthy life direction no matter the form of diabetes you are suffering from.
You are advised to see your doctor before starting any exercise program especially if you have any health issue.