Physical activity and nutrition the perfect combination for health

Exercising and having a healthy diet have a direct impact on body functions. Below, we present the benefits that these two habits bring to our well-being:

Physical activity is one of the most important factors in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. There is not a corner of our body that is out of the reach of its benefits: it improves blood pressure, helps us maintain an adequate weight and influences physical and psychological sensations.

When combined with a healthy and nutritious diet, its positive impact is enhanced, since exercising increases the absorption of glucose in the body, decreasing the risks of hyperglycemia or diabetes.

In addition, exercise promotes the absorption of nutrients, reduces constipation and in physically active people promotes intestinal peristalsis or muscle contractions in the digestive tract, favoring faster and more constant evacuations, in addition to being a protective factor for colon cancer.

Other physical advantages of the implementation of these two habits are the increase in muscle mass, the reduction of the percentage of body fat and the factors that cause overweight and obesity, while avoiding cardiovascular diseases, which are the leading cause of death in the world.

In older people, sarcopenia is prevented, that is, loss of mass, strength and functionalities of the muscles, as well as weakness, tiredness, lack of energy, loss of balance, loss of autonomy and difficulty walking.