Promoting Real Healthy Families: Home Economics

Benefits of having good physical health

Having learnt about the advantages of the benefits of participating in physical exercises; and having known that: Kole Intellectual Forum is advocating to their students that, physical health helps in: 

• Increasing metabolic rate
• Burning extra calories
• Improving on endurance – both physical and mental
• Making ones limber
• Enabling weight loss and helps keeps it off
• Providing more muscular definition
• Toning and firming muscles
• Enhancing coordination and balance
• Adding sparkle and radiance to your complexion
• Enhancing the quality of sleep
• Improving digestion
• Decreasing stress levels – we are all busy people with various stresses from home to work. Walk it off and help change your mood.
• Reducing depression – Exercise increase the production of Endorphins which is our body’s “Feel good” hormone.
• Increasing on one’s strength and stamina – Over a period of time exercise will make everyday things feel much easier to do.
• Reducing blood pressure
• Decreasing risk of Osteoporosis – Exercise, including weight-bearing exercise, reduces the risk of Osteoporosis.
• Decreasing risk of heart attack – helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure and when, combined with some healthy eating choices, helps diminish the chances of having a heart attack
• Sharpening mental focus – as we age we need all the tools available to stay young and to think young. Exercise helps with focus and concentration.
• Increasing on one’s energy – combine exercise and nutrition for a powerful tool in increasing muscle strength and energy
• Improving self-esteem – it’s empowering to look in the mirror and see a difference in yourself. Regular exercise takes some discipline. The benefits will carry over into all parts of your life!