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Exercise reduces LDL cholesterol (the type that closes your arteries), increases HDL (good cholesterol) and lowers blood pressure so it reduces pressure on your heart. In addition it also strengthens your heart muscles. In combination with a healthy diet, exercise reduces the risk of coronary heart disease. Exercise improves mental health and learning. This can help people sleep better. When you exercise, your body makes chemicals that help you feel good. Exercise reduces your chances of depression and reduces your feelings of anxiety. In addition, exercise can give you a real sense of achievement and pride on achieving a goal - such as mastering a new dance routine or beating the old time in a 100m dash.
Processed foods cause our systems to accumulate toxins that put pressure on our internal organs and cause weight gain, fatigue and eventually disease. Finally the work and modern requirements of society have attracted us to be more seated, giving up activity for more hours behind computers - this causes stress and builds cortisol in our systems, reducing our body's natural detox capabilities. It is also important to include movement in our lives - sweating and shedding our blood and lymph, it is very important to help our body get rid of toxins. Motion also helps us tune in our body and reminds us to drink enough water to help remove the toxins from our system.
Laughter is a strong medicine. It brings people together in ways that trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter strengthens your immune system, boosts your mood, reduces pain, and protects you from the harmful effects of stress. To balance your mind and body, nothing works faster or more reliably than a good laugh. Humor lightens up your burden, inspires hope, connects you to others, and keeps you grounded, focused, and vigilant. It also helps you to leave anger and forgive quickly.
Living in nature, or even watching the scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Nature's exposure not only makes you feel emotionally better, it also helps to reduce your physical fitness, blood pressure, heart beat, muscle tension and stress hormones production. Furthermore, watching time or natural scenery in nature increases our ability to pay attention. Since humans consider nature as inherently interesting, we can naturally focus on what we are experiencing in nature. It also provides respite to our more active minds, refreshes us for new tasks.
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