Physical activity is an important part of daily life, it releases certain chemicals into the blood stream helping a person feel better and can reduce the risk of certain chronic diseases such as diabetes, some cancers, hypertension, bone and joint diseases and depression.

Recent research has revealed regular physical activity results in the reduction in the risk of death from nearly all causes, especially cardiovascular related diseases. Doing regular physical activity also makes you feel good about yourself and it has number of valuable and varied benefits for your health, including making you more physically attractive, balanced and mentally alert. In a word, regular physical activity can help you both physically and mentally.

Daily physical activity can help prevent heart disease and stroke by strengthening your heart muscle, lowering your blood pressure, raising your high-density lipoprotein level and lowering low-density lipoprotein levels, improving blood flow, and increasing your heart's working capacity. Optimizing each of these factors can provide additional benefits of decreasing the risk for Peripheral Vascular Disease.

If you are regularly physically active you have a lower risk of developing diabetes than sedentary person has. If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes, regular physical activity can help to prevent this from developing into diabetes. If you already suffer diabetes, regular physical activity can help you better control symptoms.

Not only does physical activity improve your body, it helps improve mental functionality in both adults and children. Physical activity increases energy levels and increases serotonin in the brain, which leads to improved mental clarity. For children, it is widely recognized that children with neurodevelopmental problems could be best helped with regular proper physical activity, which helps muscle and nerve development. For adults, it is clear that those who are active are much more productive in their daily life and at work. Improved physical health not only makes you more valuable as an employee, it makes you a better family member, enjoying time with spouse and children, and it is a well known fact that a healthy employee is more productive, misses less time from work due to sickness and is more contented on the job.