Exercise increases life expectancy

Do exercise is vital to keep you healthy, counteracts the effects of sedentary life and decreases the stress , because when we move, the blood transports more oxygen to the muscles, increasing their capacity to work.

An investigation in Taiwan indicates that with only 15 minutes of exercise per day, one can increase life expectancy by three years, as well as reduce the risk of death by 14%.

Experts in the magazine The Lancet they claim that it is the least amount of activity that an adult can do to obtain any benefit for the Health , and although it is a minimum of time, it is a good start for those who currently do not perform any type of exercise.

In the UK adults are recommended to have 150 minutes of activity per week, which translates into 2 10-minute sessions in daily activity periods or 30-minute sessions of exercise five times a week.

The study of The Lancet , based on a review of more than 400 thousand people in Taiwan, showed that 15 minutes per day or 90 minutes per week of moderate exercise , like brisk walking, you can add three years to your life. And the people who start doing more exercise They tend to take pleasure in it.

For its part, the British Journal of Sports Medicine It indicates that a sedentary lifestyle, with six hours of television per day, reduces the lifespan by five years.

 

The benefits of the exercise

  1. Improvement of the general state of health
  2. Increase in strength
  3. Injury prevention
  4. Bone maintenance
  5. Improves joint stability and its functions
  6. Helps intestinal activity (abdominal strength)
  7. Increase in metabolism
  8. Normalizes the heart rate
  9. Improves the respiratory muscles.
  10. Antidepressant
  11. It enhances sleep quality
  12. Increase self-esteem and self-confidence

Say goodbye to sedentary lifestyle, exercise and increase your quality and life time!


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