{"id":3094,"date":"2014-08-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neolifesalud.com\/the-benefits-of-exercise-in-the-prevention-against-cardiovascular-disease\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T22:00:00","slug":"the-benefits-of-exercise-in-the-prevention-against-cardiovascular-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neolifesalud.com\/en\/blog\/exercise\/the-benefits-of-exercise-in-the-prevention-against-cardiovascular-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"The benefits of exercise in the prevention against cardiovascular disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Neolife Sports and Exercise Department<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Scientific studies liken the quality of life of 45-year-olds with a sedentary lifestyle with that of 80-year-olds who exercise regularly with a healthy lifestyle.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both medical and scientific literature agrees that good practice of <strong>physical exercise<\/strong> positively impacts on hypertension, dyslipidemia, being overweight, obesity, and sedentarism&#8230;and as such, therefore helps to prevent against <strong>cardiovascular disease<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-494 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neolifesalud.com\/imagenes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Las-bondades-del-ejercicio-en-la-prevenci\u00f3n-cardiovascular-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The benefits of exercise in the prevention against cardiovascular disease\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/> A good, well planned and well timed exercise routine &#8211; be it aerobic or strength work &#8211; helps to prevent cardiovascular risks and improve your quality of life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What do experts recommend when it comes to physical exercise?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recommendations regarding exercise from the U.S. department of <em>Health and Human Services Federal Physical Activities<\/em> (2008) vary from 150 minutes a week of moderate physical activity, to 75 minutes a week of intense physical activity. In a similar vein, but even more recently, are the recommendations outlined by the <em>World Health Organization<\/em>, which prescribes two alternative forms of physical exercise:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The first is for people aged between 18-74 years old, and lays out the same recommendations as the previous study.<\/li>\n<li>The second is focused on improving and enhancing the benefits: it prescribes increasing the practice of moderate physical activity from 150 minutes to 300 minutes a week, or spending 75 to 150 minutes a week on intense physical activity, emphasizing the workout of the greatest number of muscle groups in each activity carried out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main cardioprotective effects of physical training include the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Effects on risk factors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><strong>Improved lipid profile:<\/strong> 8-23% increase in HDL cholesterol and 5-25% increase in the relationship between \u201ctotal cholesterol \/ HDL cholesterol\u201d and up to a 22% decrease in triglycerides<\/li>\n<li><strong>Optimized hydrocarbon metabolism<\/strong>, with an increase in insulin sensitivity and a decreased risk of developing type 2 diabetes<\/li>\n<li>Decrease in body weight and fat mass<\/li>\n<li>Decrease in blood pressure between 4 to 9 mm\/Hg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Positive hemodynamic effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Decreased heart rate<\/li>\n<li>Improved maximum oxygen consumption between 11 to 36%<\/li>\n<li>Increased coronary circulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Anti-ischemic effects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Decrease in double product (DP)<\/li>\n<li>Decrease in oxygen demand<\/li>\n<li>Increase in angina threshold<\/li>\n<li>Reduced risk to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Effects on inflammatory and hemostatic factors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Decrease in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein values<\/li>\n<li>Increase in fibrinolytic activity<\/li>\n<li>Decrease in fibrinogen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Effects on psychosocial factors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Exercise has a positive impact on anxiety, stress, lack of self-esteem, depression, social isolation and self-reported quality of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Effects on mortality<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Reduction in cardiovascular mortality by 16%<\/li>\n<li>Reduction in mortality due to other causes by 15%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In conclusion, at <strong>Neolife<\/strong> we agree with the numerous studies that exercise not only provides cardiovascular benefits, but is also key to improving <strong>quality of life<\/strong> and maintaining health and <strong>longevity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BIBLIOGRAPHY<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(1) Taylor RS, Brown A, Ebrahim S, Jolliffe J, Noorani H,\u00a0Rees K, et al. 2004. <em>Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients\u00a0with coronary heart disease: Systematic review and\u00a0meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials<\/em>. Am J Med\u00a0; 116: 682-92.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(2) Andrade J, Ignaszweski A. 2007. <em>Exercise and the heart: a review of the early studies, in memory of Dr. RS Paffenberger<\/em>. BCMJ; 49(10): 540-6.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(3) WHO. 2010. <em>Global recommendations on physical activity for health<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">(4) Gonz\u00e1lez-Gross M,\u00a0Mel\u00e9ndez A. 2013. <em>Sedentarism, active lifestyle and sport: Impact on health and obesity\u00a0prevention<\/em>. Nutr Hosp.\u00a0 Sep;28 Suppl 5:89-98. doi: 10.3305\/nh.2013.28.sup5.6923.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neolife Sports and Exercise Department Scientific studies liken the quality of life of 45-year-olds with a sedentary lifestyle with that of 80-year-olds who exercise regularly with a healthy lifestyle. 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