- Milan K Sinha
Various studies have shown conclusively that
physical inactivity leads to many health problems. The sedentary lifestyle of
growing number of people of all strata of society including large number of
white collar employees across industries and businesses is a serious cause of
concern. The so-called modern lifestyle actually makes the life of several
million Indians devoid of even minimum amount of physical activity absolutely
necessary to keep this unique machine called human body going. The growing
dependence on technology in some way or the other has also been contributing
its share to make a crippling effect on the lives of large population of our
youth.
A recent medical study has revealed that sitting for longer
hours in office or home before the Computer or TV or with laptop or engaged
with your smart phone or such electronic gadgets can definitely raise the
chances of all types of major diseases and then even 30
minutes of exercise every day may not be sufficient. As such, longer duration
of daily exercise would be necessary to keep you fit.
To be more precise, physical inactivity or lack
of physical exercise is known to affect badly our muscles, heart, lungs,
kidney, bones, joints, brain and digestive system which lead finally to
indisposition of some kind or the other in quicker intervals. Besides weakening
the immune system of our body significantly, it impacts our monthly budget to a
reasonable extent as we are forced to incur avoidable expenses towards doctor’s
fee, medicine and at times hospitalisation as well.
It is interesting to know that moderate to
intense exercise including simple brisk walking for some time also acts as a mood
booster and also a de-stressing tool.
So,
what should one do to keep the body healthy and going?
Starting the day with a few minutes of warm up
session is widely recommended by health experts. It is necessary for loosening
your muscles as they become stiff while resting for couple of hours in the
night. This is needed to be rightly ready for intense exercise or work-out. If
for any reason, you are not going out for a walk, you may very well do spot
running and other free hand exercises for a few minutes, may be ten to
fifteen minutes. This should be done on
an empty stomach preferably during morning hours.
It is needless to emphasise that even this kind of
simple routine exercise confers many benefits like better exercise tolerance,
lower body weight, lower blood pressure, better control of blood sugar, lowered
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It also contributes significantly
towards reduced stroke risk, reduced risk of cancer of all types, lesser
incidence of viral infections and lowered risk of depression. Not only this,
regular dose of physical work out and exercise in many ways keeps our physique
in right shape and also ensures a better sleep in the night.
Hence, the
standard medical advice has been to recommend exercise duration ranging from
20-40 minutes a day, if not possible for all the days of the week, for at least
four to five days in a week. Undoubtedly, if done daily, it is still better.
Studies have shown that benefits of lowered blood pressure due to exercise
disappears if one stops the activity for more than two weeks. It is because
exercise helps decrease the level of LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein, commonly
known as bad cholesterol) and enhance the level of HDL (High Density
Lipoprotein, also known as good cholesterol) in our blood.
Will meet again with Open Mind. All The Best.
# Published in Patna Daily.com
Will meet again with Open Mind. All The Best.
# Published in Patna Daily.com
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