For cholesterol, blood pressure and health
People who are regularly active are less likely to have heart and vascular problems. The risk of angina pectoris (heart cramp) and the risk of a heart attack are significantly reduced. Exercise also has a beneficial effect on your cholesterol.
Regular exercise raises HDL cholesterol – the ‘good cholesterol’ – improving your total cholesterol ratio. The reason is not yet clear: some experts argue that it is because the heart has to do extra work, others believe that the arteries become healthier and more resistant to the damage that cholesterol does.
Regular exercise has, in addition to a better cholesterol level, more benefits: you keep your blood pressure healthy, you get more energy and your weight is maintained, especially if you combine exercise with a healthy diet. cholesterol-lowering diet.
Weight and cholesterol
Weight has a major influence on cholesterol levels. When overweight, the metabolic processes in the body change, as a result of which the cholesterol level in the blood rises. A good reason to do something about that overweight to do.
Half an hour
Half an hour of moderately intensive exercise every day is enough to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, improve blood pressure and lower cholesterol. And that doesn’t even have to be half an hour in a row. Three times ten minutes or two times fifteen minutes is also fine. Plus, household activities just count!
In any case, try to incorporate as much exercise as possible into your daily activities. Shopping by bike instead of by car, a short walk by getting off a bus or tram stop earlier, taking the stairs instead of the elevator: every little bit helps.
- The fitter you are, the less effort your heart has to put in to make it blood to pump around
- Regular exercise, combined with some changes in your diet, can blood pressure lower.
- More exercise means more muscle mass and less body fat. This leads to more of the good HDL cholesterol
- Sufficient exercise is essential to lose excess pounds and keep them off
- Regular exercise keeps the veins elastic and therefore healthier
- Regular exercise reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease
Hold on!
It is important to persevere. Research shows that the beneficial effects of exercise disappear almost immediately when the active lifestyle is discontinued.
This article has been produced with the cooperation of the Infoline Hart en Vaten of the Heart Foundation and The Heart & Vascular Group.
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