Importance of Exercise and Activity

EXERCISE AND ACTIVITY:

* For correct living, it is essential to differentiate between exercise
   and activity. While both are important as they are involved in
   vital physical movement, they vary in degree and benefits.

* Activity uses the body to a limited degree and generally to
   achieve a specific purpose.

* Activity requires less physical effort and often less conscious
   effort once the routine has been established.

* Exercise demands considerable physical effort and is more
   beneficial as mental concentration is simultaneously employed.

BENEFITS OF EXERCISE:

* Regular exercise taken properly can achieve the increased use
   of food by the body,which contributes to health and fitness.

* The healthy person usually has abundant body heat and a warm
   radiant glow.

* Exercise can prevent or reduce gravitational ptosis or sag,
   as it is commonly called. Ptosis results from uneven flow of blood
   in the feet, legs and lower abdomen.

* The full use of the lungs in vigorous exercise can reduce or
   prevent long congestion due to lymph accumulation.

* Gas and intra-intestinal accumulations can be reduced by exercise
   that acts to knead and squeeze or vibrate the intra-intestinal mass.

*  Better respiratory reserve is developed by persistent exercise.

* Sweating in exercise aids kidneys by helping to eliminate the
   waste matter from the body.

* Persistent exercise leads to improvement in the quality of blood.

* Systemic exercise promotes physical strength and mental vigour.

* Exercise increases calorie output. The body fat can be reduced by regular exercise.