Exercise is healthy
Everything happens in your body as soon as you start moving. It activates physical and mental processes. It has been shown that exercise and sports contribute to the prevention, recovery or prevention of deterioration for many diseases.
So what are you waiting for?
You become fitter with sufficient exercise and that is because:
Exercise improves your metabolism
Metabolism converts fuel into energy in your cells. Your body becomes better at picking up fuel from your blood, which lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes.
Exercise stimulates your blood circulation
You put your heart and blood vessels to work, making them stronger, which reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.
Exercise releases endorphins in your body, happiness hormones
The Dutch Society of General Practitioners (NHG) states that endorphins inhibit the feelings of pain. In addition to their pain-relieving effect, endorphins also stimulate the feeling of happiness and well-being. In this way, feelings of sadness, depression, anxiety and stress are inhibited.
Exercise gets your brain working
Parts of your brain are extra stimulated, blood flow to your brain increases and the functioning of hormones and other substances in your brain improves. Such as the effect of dopamine, a substance that plays a role in communication between brain cells. In various brain disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, depression, anxiety disorders and dementia, the functioning of dopamine is disrupted. Exercise also produces new brain cells and creates new connections in the brain cells.
