Health and Fitness

It’s time you decide to exercise, and improved weather and every day we know you get more benefits by doing so. You know that exercise is good for your health and for you, but you may not know that good is. If you want to live longer, feel better, have more energy, look better, no better remedy than exercise. Never too late to start, regardless of your sex or your age or your current physical condition.

By Dr. Jorge Goldberg, MD FACP

I’ll tell you some of the benefits of exercise and stay active, I hope it is the first step to start a regular exercise program.

The main benefits are:

1. Reduce the risk of premature death, to develop or die of cardiovascular disease (heart), high blood pressure, reduce cholesterol and the risk of developing colon cancer or breast.

2. Very important is to reduce the risk of developing diabetes (high blood sugar), exercise helps you reduce your weight and body fat. Increases levels of good cholesterol (HDL) and lowers triglycerides. Significantly improves glucose tolerance and lowers insulin resistance. (more…)

Want to make exercise part of your plan to lose weight. How nice! But do not know where to start … What exercises are used more? How long? Life and Health I’ll tell you about the most effective exercises to achieve your goal.

The theme of calories is easy, pay attention …

Your body burns calories constantly. And obviously the calories are the energy source that let you do your daily activities, from up in the morning and go to work, to play with your kids or go out dancing. When you eat more calories than your body burns, they are stored in your body in the reserves then become those “fat” you want to be gone.

Therefore, in order to lose weight or need to eat less or burn more calories than you eat to exercise. But do not think a walk with your dog you will achieve your goal. The more seriously you take the exercise and the more time you spend, you will get better results.

Here we have what some of the most effective exercises to lose weight.

Aerobic and cardiovascular exercise

Those who make fun of your visits to the gym for aerobics classes, or to a cardio routine on the exercise bike or elliptical machine, you will soon prove to be very efficient for burning calories.

If you weigh 160 pounds (72.5 kilos) …

* When exercising for 30 minutes burns 200 calories
* When exercising for 1 hour, burning 400 calories (more…)