You know, I think people do recognize that they need to exercise more.

Exercise can prevent certain health problems, but today we're going to go way beyond that

and talk about the level of importance that this exercise has over our health through

looking at what would happen if you didn't exercise in activity called that sedentary syndrome

or couch sitting. I want to look at and slice up this this topic of physical activity

from the viewpoint of motion and how much motion someone has injected into their life

or lack of motion and how that relates to your health and disease. I found an interesting

research paper that talks about inactivity as the primary cause for over 35 chronic illnesses.

We have sarcopenia which is loss of muscle when we age. We have of course the metabolic syndrome

which includes the raising of blood sugars, cholesterol as well as hypertension. Of course the

obvious thing is obesity but also insulin resistance, diabetes, fatty liver, cancer. So there's a

huge impact on how exercise can enhance your immune system, decreasing your risk for upper

respiratory infections, heart disease, arrhythmias and coronary artery dysfunction. Then we have a

stroke, dementia, mood disorders and then we have bone disorders, osteoporosis, increasing your

risk of getting a fracture, arthritis and immune deficiency problems. Then we have digestion

and even erectile dysfunction. At the end of this video, I think the next time you think twice

about exercising or maybe want to put it off, this might motivate you to jump in and start moving

start exercising. Let's take it right from the top. You're a mitochondria. What does exercise

do for your mitochondria? It increases something called mitochondrial biogenesis. What is that?

That is a condition where you're generating more mitochondria, bigger mitochondria,

more mitochondrial efficiency, stronger mitochondria and if you know anything about the mitochondria,

it's essential for the production of energy and also it's highly associated with a lot of

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