Run for Your Life: The Major Health Benefits of Even Modest Exercise and stay—more active
Everyone knows exercise is good for you. But not everyone knows just how good. When you see the health benefits of physical activity in a list, they can seem almost too good to be true.
Exercising consistently can help prevent heart disease and muscle weakness; control and treat chronic conditions such as diabetes, arthritis, and hypertension; increase bone and muscle strength; improve brain function and sleep; and boost mood and enhance your overall quality of life, says Dori E. Rosenberg, Ph.D., an associate investigator with the Kaiser Permanent Washington Health Research Institute.
And it does all that without causing the side effects of some of the prescription drugs used to treat those conditions.
Becoming—and remaining—consisten is they key and it can be as simple as a daily walk.
