Exercise causes glucose to be moved from the blood into cells to be used as energy both during and after the exercise. Lowering blood glucose levels through exercise helps to reduce insulin receptor insensitivity and consequently reduces insulin resistance which normally increases with age. This is important both for diabetics and for everyone to prevent adult onset diabetes and hyperglycemia. Exercise also helps prevent age related brain cell death, cardiovascular disease and cancer. The problem with exercise is that most people don't do it.
People associate exercise with harsh workouts, pain and suffering.
The first step in integrating the all important exercise into your anti-aging program is to develop the right attitude toward exercise, and then start off easily by simply walking. If all that you do is to take a daily brisk walk, you will be miles ahead of the person that does nothing. Researchers compared walking, vigorous exercise and total physical activity with the incidence of coronary artery problems of heart disease, heart attack, or death in 72,488 female nurses. The results of the study showed that consistent brisk walking for three hours a week to have as much cardiovascular benefit as one and a half hours of jogging or cycling. Regular brisk walking provides great cardiovascular benefit and is painless and fun.