Activity Boosts Your Immune System

Regular Activity enhances a person’s natural protection against the viruses that cause colds and other upper respiratory infections.  In numerous studies, 80% of participants were sick less frequently when they worked out than when they didn’t.  David Neiman, director of Human Performance Laboratory at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, concludes that exercise has “a beneficial effect on the overall function of the immune system.”
Reported by THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE and reprinted with permission from CBI , the magazine of the International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association.

Exercise Reduces Symptoms of Old Age
Exercise can not stop you from aging but it can halt many of the symptoms associated with it ---for example: decline in mental acuity and difficulty I performing basic tasks.  Research conducted at the University of Pittsburgh and reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, concludes that physical activity helps older individuals better execute basic functions, such as walking.
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Arthritis  and  Exercise
Exercise Reduces joint pain and stiffness and increases flexibility, muscle strength, cardiac fitness and endurance in patients with arthritis according to a report published by the Air Force Training Command News Service.  Research at Flinders University in South Australia, described in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, notes that water therapy can help osteoarthritis patients regain lost muscle strength and walk better.
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