Combining exercise with enough vitamin D and calcium can decrease your risk of fractures by 30 percent. In addition, by making you stronger and improving your balance, it will decrease your risk of the falls that lead to fractures. Jogging, running, or walking are the best forms of exercise because they use large muscles and make you support your own weight. Bicycling and swimming are the next best. Heart gains depend on a long-term commitment to consistent exercise.
Regular exercise is correlated with a lower prevalence of breast, colon, bowel and lung cancer.
Regular exercise is correlated with a lower prevalence of colon, bowel, cancer and possibly stimulates the production of cancer-inhibiting agents and helps move potential toxins through the colon, lungs and other organs more rapidly. Regular exercise can prevent maturity onset diabetes. Physical activity allows muscles to remain more responsive to insulin , the hormone that regulates the metabolism of sugar and its entry into muscle cells and other tissues. Regular exercise can lessen the chances that fat tissue will collect around your abdomen. This weight distribution pattern, common in many women after menopause, has been associated with an increase risk for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other metabolic disorders.