Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Want to Avoid the Flu? Exercise!

I came across this article today and after reviewing it I knew this is something I wanted to share. The first line of the article states, "Regular exercise may help reduce the misery of the flu by boosting the immune system's response to the virus".

Intuitively I think you know that exercise does this, but it helps to be reminded of it once and a while.

Take a moment and read the full article posted by Reuters titled Regular Exercise May Help Battle the Flu.

The article is cautious to give a definitive answer, but there are many studies and reports that show the benefits of exercise and overall health.

If you can bear with me, stand up. Stand up and reach as high as you can , then reach down and touch your toes. Make sure to breath deep when you go up and breath out when you go down.

Try this five or six times!

How do you feel?

Do you feel alive? Awake? Energetic?

The point I'm trying to make is this; when you move your body and your spine moves with a good range of motion, your nerves will relay messages to your brain. Some of messages being sent can act like charging a wind up flash light.

Instead of the result being light, it is more health!

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