Often, matters of health and wellness are issues that are oft-contested hardly ever get resolved. New research often makes headway, disproving much of what we previously held true almost immediately. However, if there's one subject matter that isn't under contention, it is the relationship between the immune system and physical exercise.

No reputable researcher will claim that exercise will repair a weakened or diseased immune system. Nonetheless, a broad spectrum of studies confirm that moderate exercise can help sustain and strengthen it, even when the effects are indirect.

As exercise helps lower stress and boost one's energy, these findings have become a staple in medical science. While there are some details that tend to have studies contradict one another in this department, the general facts remain the same. Regular exercise can enhance the immune system by keeping stress down.

Majority of these studies conducted in the last 30 years or so have the same conclusion that consistently being highly stressed can negatively affect your overall health and fitness. It seems that people with constant high levels of stress tend to get sick more often and run out of energy fairly quickly. This usually leads to sleep deprivation and other harmful effects.

Regular exercise has the benefit of relieving stress directly because it provides and outlet for all the excessive, unsettled energy that is a byproduct of stress. Moreover, it indirectly shifts focus away from any specific stressors that may exacerbate a person's level of stress.

Exercise, needless to say, helps with cardiovascular health as it enhances blood circulation, which causes toxins to be flushed away from the body. It also keeps the kidneys and endocrine system working perfectly, as well as take out germs and keep antibodies moving.

All these benefits contribute into a far more resilient immune system, improving the ability of the body to avert infection and steer clear of diseases.

The body temperature increases during exercise. This, in turn, acts to kill infectious organisms in the body, in the same manner that fever is an attempt of the body to kill off bacteria and other harmful organisms.

A study at the University of Colorado, Boulder suggests that moderate exercise helps prevent colds as well. It showed that individuals are less likely to get sick after stressful situations when they had engaged in a regular program of moderate exercise. Those that began exercise only on the same day as the stressor didn't enjoy those benefits.

These scientific studies were carried out on rats, which are one of the mammals proven to have similar physical responses and framework as humans, making them the perfect test subjects.

Exercise regimens that are taken into heart can help improve how a person sees his or her self. A boost in confidence makes a person much more comfortable in social situations, reducing the stress inherent in these social interactions.

As these many benefits add up, there is no denying the efficacy of exercise in one's life and health, especially the immune system.


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