Exercise For Health

Exercise for Health

Summary

Everyone likes like their lives in new style by looking healthy, smart and courageous. Demand of such type people increased because they are competent to do all deeds in each and every field of complex activities. Demand for slim and active youths has increased for marriage also. No conscious person wants to get married to unhealthy, clumsy, ugly and fatty one. Physical activeness and fitness has become today`s first choice.

Human health depends on many factors like age, food, lifestyle and occupation etc. Daily routine plays an important role in arranging all these things. To keep fit and healthy, long lasting youth and life, physical exercise in daily routine has an important place.  Out of our busy routine schedule keeping some time for exercise is just like insurance of your health and long life. Carelessness towards health make us prey to different ailments in our life, additionally leads to waste of money, time and peace of mind, and/or become burden on the society. In case of life insurance policy the invested money with bonus is paid back to its nominee or successor. On the other hand by doing physical exercise in routine, we get our invested capital as health, and fine body alongwith long life as bonus.

For long lasting puberty and long life, regular exercise is vital and compulsory.  During squeezing of muscles all dead cells and toxins are thrown out of the blood, and when we expand our muscles, blood brings in new materials for the body building. A wrong concept is prevailing in the society that only fatty people need physical exercise, weak, unhealthy and ailing persons do not require exercise. Now exercises are used for curing various diseases. 50 years ago, in developed country like America, doctors used to advise rest in chronic diseases as heart disease, joint pain, nervous weakness etc.  Physical exercise was recommended only for prevention of diseases. Now-a-days, doctors are advising exercise to aged ladies having osteoporosis.  It has been proved beneficial in many diseases like; diabetes, high blood pressure, joint pain, depression, tension, obesity, Parkinson etc. According to learned health consultants, no other therapy is as good as physical exercise. Physical exercise reduces the symptoms of disease if not cures fully. As per Charak physical exercise is that intention  which increase  stability and strength of body.

Effects of Physical Exercise:

These are classified in the following categories:

·                  Effects on Skeletal system

·                  Effects on Respiratory system

·                  Effects on Blood circulatory system

·                  Effects on  Digestive system

·                  Effects on Excretory system

1.               Effects on skeletal system:

Physical exercise strengthens bones and joints by building surrounding muscles, and increasing blood circulation.  The bones are held together with ligaments.  Without ligaments the joints would be very unstable. When exposed to regular exercise ligaments become stronger.

Exercise helps in production of bone marrow properly in the long bones.Exercise prevents deposition of calcium in the body. Exercise stops the breakdown and eventual loss of articular cartilage, which prevents osteoporosis.

2.             Effects on Respiratory system:

During the exercise the body needs supply of oxygen to release energy in the muscles. Respiration increases to provide that oxygen and remove carbon dioxide.

This is done by;

·                   Increasing breathing rate by about three times the normal rate.

·                   Increasing amount of air taken in and out with each breathe by five times the normal rate.

·                   Increasing blood supply to and through the lungs.

·                   Increasing oxygen uptake.

·                   Increasing the size of chest.

·                   Squeezing and expansion of lungs remains proper.

·                   Extra mucus flows out of the body.

·                   Keeps control over body temperature.

·                   Exercise cures Asthma, chills etc. easily and earlier.

3.              Effects on Blood Circulatory system:

Physical exercise has profound effects on the circulatory system of our body.  These can be listed as under:

·                   Regular exercise keeps sugar level in control and prevents diabetes.

·                   It reduces risk of increase in blood pressure and heart attacks, because cholesterol level in blood remains under control as a result of regular exercise.

·                   Inactive capillaries in an athlete open up especially in the lungs that contribute to the efficiency of his movements in exercise.

·                   Regular exercise leads to increase in the number of red bloodcells resulting  in lesser load during exercise, also improves the color of skin.

4.               Effects on Digestive system:

·                   Exercise and digestion are mutually exclusive. When you exercise, your body is not using its energy for digestion. Instead it slows any digestion currently taking place, so it can divert as much blood as it can to feed your muscles and your lungs.

·                   Exercise can relieve constipation and promote healthy digestion when you are at rest.

·                   Over time, regular exercise can strengthen your digestive tract and appetite.

·                   If you are fit the amount of blood diverted from your digestive system decreases because the need is less urgent.Your muscles are more efficient when you are in shape.

·                   Exercise massage the intestines.

·                   Liver secretes proper amount of bile to digest the food.

5.              Effects on Excretory system:

The breakdown of proteins and nucleic acids release nitrogen containing wastes.  The body must eliminate these compounds before they build up. Filtering wastes from the blood stream is the job of excretory system. Your body regulates excretion in response to changes in its environment. When you exercise, you may begin to sweat as your body tries to regulate its temperature. Sweating removes water and salts from your body together with a small amount of urea. Exercise increase the peristalsis movement as a result waste materials (faeces) passes down from the alimentary canal.

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