The Dangers Of A Sedentary Lifestyle
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
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🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Let’s talk about the importance of exercise for your health by looking at the benefits and what could happen if you don’t exercise.
A sedentary lifestyle can have a lot of negative effects. An interesting research paper suggests that inactivity is the primary cause of over 35 chronic illnesses.
Keep in mind that it’s essential to also focus on recovery after exercise to really benefit from it.
Top benefits of exercise for your health:
1. It increases mitochondrial biogenesis and oxygen in the mitochondria.
2. It increases immune defense.
3. It may help decrease the risk of 13 types of cancer and decrease the side effects of chemo.
4. It supports neurogenesis and can have positive effects on your memory and mood.
5. It increases oxygen throughout the organs.
6. It may help lower blood sugar levels and decrease insulin resistance.
7. It increases elasticity in the skin, joints, muscles, and arteries.
8. It’s the only activator of muscle growth.
9. It increases DNA repair.
10. It can help support weight loss, shrink a fatty liver, and counter bad habits.
11. It increases growth hormone and testosterone and decreases insulin.
12. It lowers cortisol. It also helps reduce oxidative stress, mental stress, physical stress, and stress on the body from pollution.
DATA: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/6/1353 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7987556/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210802114943.htm
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| 0:00.0 | you know, I think people do recognize that they need to exercise more. Exercise can prevent certain |
| 0:06.2 | health problems. But today we're going to go way beyond that and talk about the level of importance |
| 0:11.7 | that this exercise has over our health through looking at what would happen if you didn't exercise |
| 0:18.9 | in activity called that sedentary syndrome or couch sitting. I want to look at and slice up this |
| 0:25.8 | this topic of physical activity from the viewpoint of motion and how much motion someone has |
| 0:32.6 | injected into their life or lack of motion and how that relates to your health and disease. |
| 0:38.9 | I found an interesting research paper that talks about inactivity as the primary cause for over 35 |
| 0:47.3 | chronic illnesses. We have sarcopenia which is loss of muscle when we age. We have of course the |
| 0:54.4 | metabolic syndrome which includes the raising of blood sugars, cholesterol as well as hypertension. |
| 1:01.3 | And of course the obvious thing is obesity but also insulin resistance, diabetes, fatty liver, |
| 1:07.3 | cancer. So there's a huge impact on how exercise can enhance your immune system, decreasing your |
| 1:12.8 | risk for upper respiratory infections, heart disease, arrhythmias and coronary artery dysfunction. |
| 1:19.7 | Then we have a stroke, dementia, mood disorders and then we have bone disorders, |
| 1:24.0 | osteoporosis, increasing your risk of getting a fracture, arthritis and immune deficiency problems. |
| 1:30.8 | And then we have digestion and even erectile dysfunction. And so at the end of this video, |
| 1:37.4 | I think the next time you think twice about exercising or maybe want to put it off, |
| 1:42.4 | this might motivate you to jump in and start moving and start exercising. Let's take it right from |
| 1:48.4 | the top. You're a mitochondria. What does exercise do for your mitochondria? It increases something |
| 1:53.7 | called mitochondrial biogenesis. What is that? That is a condition where you're generating more |
| 1:59.6 | mitochondria, bigger mitochondria, more mitochondrial efficiency, stronger mitochondria. And if you know |
| 2:08.2 | anything about the mitochondria, it's essential for the production of energy and also it's highly |
| 2:14.0 | associated with a lot of diseases as well, even cancer. And so by exercising, you're getting more |
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