Be Active: It's the best way to avoid disease!

Taken from: http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2014/01/10/exercise-preventive-drug.aspx?e_cid=20140110Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20140110Z1&et_cid=DM37377&et_rid=394565987

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• Exercise helps normalize your glucose, insulin, and leptin levels by optimizing their receptor sensitivity. This is one of the most important factors for optimizing your overall health.
• Compelling evidence also suggests that even if you exercise regularly, prolonged sitting is itself a risk factor for chronic disease and reduced lifespan. Standing up at regular intervals throughout the day can effectively counteract such ill effects
• Researchers have stated that exercise is the “best preventive drug” known. One recent meta analysis found no statistically detectable differences between exercise and medications for prediabetes and heart disease
• Exercise affects your entire body—from head to toe—in beneficial ways. This includes changes in your muscles, lungs, heart, joints, bones, and brain