Wellness Center Facts
Good Nutrition
It is important to eat healthy because:
- eating healthy builds up immune system as we age;
- eating healthy helps prevents certain diseases;
- eating healthy provides fuel for exercise;
- eating healthy keeps bones and muscles strong;
- eating healthy gives you energy and vitality;
- eating healthy may help to reduce stress;
Muscle
You build muscle through good nutrition and weight resistant exercise
Muscle is important because:
- one pound of muscle burns 50 to 75 calories at rest;
- one pound of fat burns 3 to 5 calories at rest;
- muscle helps the body to keep weight off;
- muscle increases metabolic rate
- building muscle helps to prevent the bone thinning disease osteoporosis
Aerobic Exercise
Aerobic Exercise is important because:
- it burns fat as fuel
- it raises HDL the good cholesterol in your body to prevent heart disease
- it helps lower high blood pressure
- it regulates blood sugar to prevent diabetes
- it gives energy
- it helps to reduce stress
Examples of Aerobic Exercise
Anything involving large muscle groups such as:
- walking,
- jogging,
- swimming
- cycling
- mowing the lawn with a push mower
- vacuum cleaning