Surprise benefits to exercise!

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

There are several surprise benefits to exercise.  We all know the usual…..weight control, better sleep, cardiovascular benefits, less stress, controls depression, etc; however, there are other not so known benefits to exercise workouts.  One of the first benefits is better skin!  Now who does not want to have better skin!  You may have thought that sweating is bad for the skin; but sweating actually gets rid of the toxins and dirt from the body.  Sweating increases oxygen flow, which is a great thing overall for the body!  When you are done exercising, it is important to wash off the sweat.

Most people have food cravings.  Some of us have it on a daily basis.  Exercise helps reduce those cravings.  Craving for that bowl of ice cream, or a bag of cookies, working out can help put those thoughts aside.  After you work out, food cravings range low on the neurological side of your body, so the cravings are easy to get over.  Working out over a long range of time, can rewire the reward region of the brain to reduce food cravings!  For all you food cravers exercise must be looking pretty good right now!

Trying to kick the habit of smoking; then start incorporating exercise in your daily life!  Daily workouts have an effect on the stress induced hormone cortisol and reduce the nicotine cravings, according to a University of Toronto study.  Other studies have not proved the exercise and cortisol connection, but they do agree that exercise workouts reduce the need to smoke.  At the cost between 4 to 5 dollars a pack of cigarettes, it may be cost effective to work out daily!

Another body part beside the skin, that may benefit from exercise is the eyes.   Daily work outs do not improve vision; however, it can prevent it from becoming worse!  It also helps prevent glaucoma, according to a study in the United Kingdom involving 5000 people.

I have informed you about exercise increasing oxygen circulation, but it has a stimulating effect on cell growth.  Cell growth helps with small wound repair, like the scrapes and tears that we all get in life.  It can also help with small tears in muscle.

Got a headache or a migraine, try exercising,  It helps to reduce those painful experiences in your life by daily or moderate workouts.  Workouts can be just as effective as the drug topirimate to reduce migraines.

The amazing effects to exercise just keeps on going!  Who knew, exercise workouts are good for your teeth!  When you workout, you decrease the gum diseases of gingivitis and periodontitis, which cause major problems for your mouth and teeth!  The more you workout, the greater the benefits!

Okay, who knew exercise could benefit your sex life!  It increases the male hormone testosterone in men, and decrease male erectile dysfunction.  For women, it can increase sexual arousal.  So it is a win win situation for men and women!

Believe it or not the list goes on and on.  I was truly amazed to the surprise benefits to exercise!

SURPRISE BENEFITS TO THIS!