Three Reasons to Move Your Body - Living Well In Saratoga Springs ...

By Sarah A LoBisco, ND

Now that the holidays are in full swing, the last thing people are thinking about is dieting!? This results in one of the top New Year's Resolutions: weight loss.

This after thought of holiday splurging is probably most evident in various fitness centers attendance rates: cycling at full speed ahead in January and dead at the doorknob in July.

It's true, diets work, but they don't last. It's only with shifting lifestyle habits,such as nurturing the body with healthy foods, that optimal weight can be maintained. In fact, one of the pitfalls of dieting, besides the emotional swings from yo-yo weight loss, is an obsessive focus on food "laws" and body image distortions.

(I actually highlighted this as a thought to ponder on my "December 2012 Holistic Health Top Reads" on my homepage. Make sue you key in your thoughts.)

Although many still are of the belief that they can burn calories with working out to make up for an unhealthy diet, this is simply not true. Exercise can aid in weight management by increasing muscle mass and curbing cravings, but it must be in conjunction with a healthy diet, balanced hormones, optimal digestive function, and quenching inflammation systemically.

Still, the other health benefits of exercise can't be overstated. My previous blogs discuss some of the brain boosting and mood support exercise has. Besides these facts and optimal weight maintenance, here's more proof below on how moving your body can also has reduce pain and has heart promoting properties.

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Move it to Beat Join Pain

Ignoring the pain won't make it go away. Nor will avoiding all motions that spark discomfort. In fact, limiting your movements can weaken muscles, compounding joint trouble, and affect your posture, setting off a cascade of further problems. And while pain relievers and cold or hot packs may offer quick relief, fixes like these are merely temporary.

By contrast, the right set of exercises can be a long-lasting way to tame ankle, knee, hip, or shoulder pain. Practiced regularly, joint pain relief workouts might permit you to postpone -- or even avoid -- surgery on a problem joint that has been worsening for years by strengthening key supportive muscles and restoring flexibility. Over time, you may find limitations you've learned to work around will begin to ease. Tasks and opportunities for fun that have been weeded out of your repertoire by necessity may come back into reach, too.

Harvard Medical School. The Secret to Joint Pain Relief-Exercise. Harvard Health Publications 10/4/12. http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/the-secret-to-joint-pain-relief-exercise?e=mkester%40nci.com&j=28081960&l=16278673_HTML&mid=148797&u=323662523&jb=0

Yoga Boosts Stress-Busting Hormone, Reduces Pain, Study Finds

A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia. The study is the first to look at the effects of yoga on cortisol levels in women with fibromyalgia. The condition, which predominantly affects women, is characterized by chronic pain and fatigue; common symptoms include muscle stiffness, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal discomfort, anxiety and depression

York University (2011, July 27). Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain, study finds. ScienceDaily. Accessed August 2, 2011.

Exercise + Fish Oil= Better Heart Outcomes!

Taking fish oil and exercising had a combination heart boosting effect by lowering triglycerides (TAG) and atherogenic lipid molecules!

Fish oil was shown to independently improve plasma TAG homeostasis but did not resolve hyper-chylomicronaemia. Instead, combining fish oil with chronic exercise reduced the plasma concentration of pro-atherogenic chylomicron remnants; in addition it reduced the fasting and postprandial TAG response in viscerally obese insulin resistant subjects.

Karin M Slivkoff-Clark, Anthony P James and John CL Mamo^. The chronic effects of fish oil with exercise on postprandial lipaemia and chylomicron homeostasis in insulin resistant viscerally obese men. Nutrition & Metabolism 2012, 9:9?doi:10.1186/1743-7075-9-9. http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/9/1/9

Source: http://www.saratoga.com/living-well/2012/12/three-reasons-to-move-your-body.html

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