Apart from keeping you fit and helping to control excessive weight gain, exercise also reduces your chances of getting a severe stroke. Your level of activity before the stroke is strongly related to how severe the stroke is and how long it takes you to recover. If you were physically active before the stroke, recovery [...]
Exercise boosts “good” cholesterol
July 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment
If you’re not exercising already, here’s another good reason to do so. According to a report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a review of previously-published studies showed that aerobic exercise (the kind that gets your heart pumping fast) can help increase the levels of “good” (HDL) cholesterol in your body. The increase was [...]