Exercise
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“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health”
- Hippocrates
“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”
- Plato
“No citizen has a right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training… what a disgrace it is to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which one’s body is capable.”
- Socrates
It seems these guys were on to something. The scientific community has, in more recent centuries, gone on to validate the theories of these great thinkers. In fact, they may have been understanding the case!
Exercise can help you sleep better and feel more energised during the day. This can be true even in people with persistent fatigue and those suffering from serious illness. The resulting improvements in mood and self confidence can be transformative for many people.
The increased blood flow to the brain has been shown to help with brain health and memory. Among older adults, it can help protect mental function. In addition to improved mood and reduced feelings of anxiety and depression, physical activity helps to build muscles and strong bones. It may also help prevent osteoporosis.
The benefits of a suitably tailored exercise program are wide-ranging and make a significant contribution to the health and wellness improvements we achieve with our clients.
Some of the most important improvements we have seen that are particularly important in the context of our ketogenic approach revolve around the better control of insulin and glucose levels.
Our programs are customised to maximise muscle mass gain and retention while increasing fat burning. This results in improvements in glucose disposal and insulin sensitivity while also elevating catecholamines and growth hormone which increases the resting metabolic rate.
The body responds in such a broadly positive way to exercise that it goes hand in hand with our metabolic interventions in optimising health outcomes for those in our program.
To paraphrase fitness guru Mark Rippetoe: A human is not physiologically normal in the absence of physical effort!