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There are plenty of reasons stuck
in people’s mind behind the thought of fitness. The first and foremost is that,
losing extra pounds is fitness, but this thought remains limited and spread
almost over 80% of population who are fitness enthusiasts.
The actual step towards fitness
is not only losing extra pounds but strengthening your immunity or body’s
natural defense shield, as during losing weight or after weight reduction
numerous “free radicals” are created than normal which, if ignored, can lead to
various degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, cataract
etc. by attacking our body’s defense shield continuously. Free Radicals are
unstable cells of oxygen (that we breathe) having 7 or less electrons in its
outer orbit which are the result of our normal metabolic activities and enhance
the oxidation of cells or tissues. To stop this oxidation we (who are aware)
usually intake Anti-oxidants (vitamins A,C,E & K ; beta-carotene, CoQ10) in
the form of vitamins and minerals, nutritional medicines or in the form of
natural food sources like spinach, almonds, walnuts, green tea, coffee etc.
which help in making these unstable cells or free radicals stable by donating
required electrons to fill the outer orbit of oxygen.
For being fit, nutrition covers
almost 60-70% of its role and exercise gives only 30-40%. The logic behind this
principle is, as we all spend 24 hours in a day by doing various activities
including sleeping and we normally can exercise for maximum 2 hours and rest of 22
hours are spent in maintaining healthy lifestyle through adopting healthy
eating habits or not. Also healthy eating habits have nearly 6-8 sessions per
day instead of 1 or 2 session/s. Fitness is like a journey towards the destiny
(being fit) and the vehicle (body) needs fuel or a better fuel (healthy
nutrition) to make the journey comfortable. On the other hand if we focus on
exercise mostly and least on nutrition, we gradually invite various diseases
which are hidden as side effects. As every act of us has some side effects
whether its positive or negative, exercise also gives side effect as the
production of free radicals that can only be neutralize by anti-oxidants which
are almost ignored. It’s like the impurities in the carburetor that can hampers
your journey (fitness) by stopping or slowing down your vehicle (body).
I am quoting some benefits of
healthy nutrition :
- Lowers cholesterol levels (VLDL/LDL)
- Maintained Blood Pressure
- Clean blood circulation
- Healthy colon and digestive system
- Healthy visceral organs
- Remain active
- Improved metabolism
- Treat some hormonal disorders like PCOD/PCOS, Thyroid etc.
Without above mentioned benefits
one can’t run or walk on the way of fitness. Many fitness experts claim that
exercise improves blood circulation or make the heart healthy, here the
question arises if there is not much space in the blood vessels for blood to
circulate (due to LDL rings and it can only be reduced by HDL that is taken not
made through exercise) throughout the body, the recipient cells or tissues like
muscles will not get proper nutrition and will remain deficient.
So, the ignored side is the first
and the foremost step to attain healthy nutritional lifestyle and trigger further thoughts of a smart physical workout.
In my next post I will be discussing the role of psychology or thought power
that can be very helpful in a healthy lifestyle.
Stay fit, stay happy!
Nitin
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