Top 20 Benefits of Exercise

Today in America, an alarming 75 percent of all Americans are basically sedentary. That means a mile walk to the store, or even a jog around the block would likely exhaust most people. No wonder the medical system keeps growing! You don't benefit when you do not exercise. The two top health crimes that will lead to an early death are cooked food, and no exercise. Shocking thought, right?  But true nonetheless!

If you follow my blog you will here allot of pro raw food topics. Why? Because we are the only species in the world that cooks food before we eat it. Animals do not do this. The same could be said of exercise. Animals naturally get exercise by there need to gather or hunt for food. Man on the other hand by way of modern convenience neutralized the need to plant food and gather food, which is a huge way to naturally exercise.

One of the free benefits to being truly well and fit for life is exercise. Look at some of these below and see how by merging these into your experience will help you to become proactive and take control of your health.

From sedentary to extraordinary!

From the heart of champions, exercise...                                      

1.Elevates your metabolism so that you burn more calories everyday.

2. Increases your aerobic capacity (fitness level). This gives you the ability to go through your day with less relative energy expenditure. This enables a "fit" person to have more energy at the end of the day and to get more accomplished during the day with less fatigue.

3. Maintains, tones, and strengthens your muscle. Exercise also increases your muscular endurance.

4. Decreases your blood pressure.

5. Increases the oxidation (breakdown and use) of fat.

6. Increases HDL (good) cholesterol.

7. Makes the heart a more efficient pump by increasing stroke volume.

8. Increases hemoglobin concentration in your blood. Hemoglobin is part of the red blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body.

9. Decreases the tendency of the blood to clot in the blood vessels. This is important because small clots traveling in the blood are often the cause of heart attacks and strokes.

10. Increases the strength of the bones.

11. Causes the development of new blood vessels in the heart and other muscles.

12. Enlarges the arteries that supply blood to the heart.

13. Decreases blood levels of triglycerides (fat).

14. Improves control of blood sugar.

15. Improves sleep patterns.

16. Increases the efficiency of the digestive system which may reduce the incidence of colon cancer.

17. Increases the thickness of cartilage in joints which has a protective effect on the joints.

18. Decreases a woman's risk of developing endometriosis by 50%.

19. Increases the amount of blood that flows to the skin making it look and feel healthier.

20. Exercise, in addition to all the physiological and anatomical benefits, just makes you feel GREAT!




















The Bible says that, "Bodily exercise profits little..." 1 Timothy 4:8 But from the caption above, we see what a profit can result in by doing exercise consistently!