Why Exercise is Good for Health And Living a Healthy Lifestyle
Today, due to the advancement of science and technology, any new change can create different effects in all aspects of individual, social and economic life. But among these factors that affect human health, have a special role. Today, due to the epidemiological transition, i.e. the replacement of non-communicable diseases with infectious diseases due to the control of biological factors on the one hand and the role of abnormal health behaviors and lifestyle and nutrition in increasing the rate of non-communicable diseases on the other hand, the need to change attitudes And health is essential in order to maintain and promote health.
According to the mentioned cases, the role of inactivity as one of the main factors in the prevalence of diseases and death is important.
Considering that proper physical activity can have an important impact on the prevention of diseases, their complications and ultimately their mortality, a review of scientific texts and articles on the relationship between disease and physical activity is telling. This is because walking has beneficial effects in preventing chronic and non-communicable diseases.
In today's world, walking is the best activity and the most natural exercise for gaining physical and mental fitness. Walking is an enjoyable and low-risk sport that is available to everyone and can be performed anywhere, anytime. Regarding the effect of walking exercise on creating and maintaining health, there are questions that will be addressed.
What kind of walking exercise is useful and effective?
Proper physical activity to strengthen the muscles of the heart and lungs and overall health, is useful and effective when it can cause beneficial biological changes in the human body, including increasing the number of beats to its rapid form, i.e. a soft run and The amount of walking can be different from the slow form, i.e. walking.
The program can be different based on the level of physical fitness of people with the ultimate goal of 3,200 meters in half an hour and with an increase in heart rate of 120-130 times per minute.
What benefits can be expected from walking exercise?
A review of texts and articles shows the very useful and numerous effects of walking exercise on human health from different dimensions. For more information about these beneficial effects in the field of disease prevention and control, the following can be mentioned: Reducing the process of osteoporosis Especially in women, control of hyperlipidemia, control of blood pressure, reduction of complications of obesity and its treatment, control of diabetes and reduction of type 2 diabetes (diabetes mellitus), prevention of coronary atherosclerosis (atherosclerosis), reduction of complications of diseases Joints and osteoarthritis (arthritis), reduce pregnancy complications, strengthen the immune system, strengthen the respiratory system, reduce the symptoms of intestinal diseases, strengthen the mental health of people with reduced stress, insomnia and anxiety, strengthen and create a sense of freshness, prevention and treatment Addiction.
Given the above and the ease of walking exercise and its broad effects on promoting the health of the individual and society, this category of sports requires special attention in health planning and certainly the scope of the issue, the need for participation and coordination between the sector and the public. Requires both in the field of planning and implementation of comprehensive programs, especially the inter-sectoral coordination in maintaining and promoting the health of people in the community by promoting a culture of walking is a step in empowering people and society, in other words, health promotion. .
Exercise and treatment of diseases
Various exercises, in addition to preventing the occurrence of many diseases and have a preventive role, are always effective in the treatment of many diseases and play a therapeutic role in terms of medical science. For this purpose, we draw your attention to the therapeutic effects of exercise in various organs of the body and related diseases.
High blood pressure
By doing regular exercise with proper diet and rest in a year, you can increase your maximum blood pressure from 17 to about 14, and it is clear that athletes usually do not suffer from the effects of high blood pressure, and exercise is possible even at the age of 80-60. Can contribute to keeping blood pressure balanced. Because as a result of exercise, the arteries that flow on the surface of the body expand and blood pressure falls. Exercise walking and mountaineering well balances high blood pressure.
Patients with heart pain (stroke)
According to global statistics, light exercise not only relieves and reduces persistent and unstable heart pain, but also dissolves blood clots in the arteries of the heart and prevents further strokes. Light exercise also prevents the deposition of fatty platelets in the coronary arteries of the heart or arteries in other parts of the body and is involved in preventing cardiovascular disease in people who have had a heart attack once. Today, it has been proven that proper exercise is very beneficial for people with diabetes and even injects insulin and increases the body's resistance to the complications of this disease.
The effect of exercise on cancer
Exercise strengthens the immune system in cancer patients. According to Korean researchers, doing simple exercise can strengthen the immune system of patients who have undergone surgery for gastric cancer. A study of 25 patients who underwent surgery to remove gastric tumors showed immune function People who exercised 2 days after surgery were stronger than those who did not. Two weeks after surgery, the number of anti-cancer cells in people who exercised was significantly higher than others. Anti-cancer or killer cells attack cancer cells and help fight infection. Dr. Yang Mona and colleagues from Inju University in Shemi Kuyangar examined a group of 17 patients. The patients began to perform simple exercises while lying on the bed 2 days after surgery. They also started doing exercise on a stationary bike 5 times a week since they were able to walk.
The researchers took several blood samples from patients to check for changes in the number of killer cells. The results showed that the number of killer cells in each group decreased in the first week after surgery. But in the second week, the killer cells returned to the first successful state in the patients who exercised. But in people who did not exercise, the downward trend in cells continued. However, over time, the number of killer cells increased in all of these patients. According to Dr. Mona, because a weakened immune system strengthens cancer cells, it is important to do exercise to strengthen the immune system.