My beloved mother died when she was just 48 years old. I was
a grade school pupil then. Her diagnosis: Cerebral Hemorrhage Secondary to
Cerebro-Vascular Stroke (CVA commonly known as stroke). Also, my good
father died when he was only 61 years old; not enough to enjoy his life as a
senior citizen. His diagnosis: Myocardial Infarction (common term - heart
attack) related to Chronic Diabetes. My mother’s mother died also from
stroke. Her eldest brother, my uncle, also died from stroke. Her other
siblings, my uncles and aunties, also experience signs and symptoms of
hypertension (with high blood pressure). My father’s three siblings are
official members of diabetes association (if there’s any). And so on. In short,
hypertension and diabetes runs in our family. This implies that: if a member of my family has this disease, everyone in the family has a higher risk to acquire
such disease.
Based from the study, heart and vascular-related disease are
one of the leading causes of mortality among the Filipinos every year. So since,
anyone could have a stroke or heart attack whatever the age, gender, or race
but the chances to suffer this kind disease increases if the person has risk
factors that causes the said diseases. Though these are in our genes, which we
cannot avoid, but in reality, most stroke/heart attack cases could have been
prevented or controlled. The only best way to protect one’s self is to know the
personal risks and how to manage these. High blood pressure, diabetes,
cigarette smoking, alcohol use, physical inactivity, high cholesterol, and
obesity are just few of the risk factors that can be both managed and
controlled by anyone. The only thing to do is self-discipline and
healthy-living.
This is the main reason why I do run. It is a general fact
to everybody that running or jogging brings a lot of benefits to our own body –
mentally and physically. Most people never agree to this kind of thought. They
usually reason out it’s just a waste of time and energy. Instead of
running/jogging or doing any type of work out or exercise during their free
time, they preferred to watch movies from their favorite cinemas, eat in a
newly-open restaurants, sleep from dusk till dawn, play games in
computers/PSP’s, and so on. These activities are not bad at all. However, if you
wish to be physically fit and healthy (away from heart and vascular diseases),
you have to alter your sedentary lifestyle. Try running or jogging during your
free time. Of course, you’ll definitely get tired at first but once you’re used
to it, running is really a real pleasure. I may have the high risk of having a
stroke/heart attack because of our family history, but genetics is not the
whole story. Both stroke/heart attack/diabetes is mainly associated to poor
eating habits, being overweight, smoking, and having inactive physical
activities. By running, I can rid all of these.
According to http://www.health.am Jogging/Running has many mental and physical benefits to
offer. Once regularly done, it effectively improves one’s health and fitness. The
physical benefits of jogging include:
Weight loss - jogging faster body
metabolic operations resulting in increased burning of calories. On this way it
is possible to lose weight and achieve better and firmer body figure.
Burn abdominal fat - It is known that
abdominal fat hardly go away. It can be argued with certainty that jogging is
one of the most effective exercises for burning fat from the abdomen and hips.
Improve appetite –
although overweight,
these people usually suffer from loss of appetite. As
mentioned, run speeds up metabolism, which requires more energy. Required
energy is introduced through the food. So jogging increases the need for food
which on a healthy way spreads to the organism.
Jogging relieves stress - by raising the level of endorphin lifts mood. In
addition, during the jogging people have time alone to think about problems and
as they the longer run, they find extra power to deal with these problems. If a
person is angry and furious, he/she can choose the sprint to get out the
negative emotions.
Jogging relieves stress - by raising the level of endorphin lifts mood. In
addition, during the jogging people have time alone to think about problems and
as they the longer run, they find extra power to deal with these problems. If a
person is angry and furious, he/she can choose the sprint to get out the
negative emotions.
Strengthen muscles and bone density - it is quite certain that jogging strengthens the muscles and
bones became more stable and more mobile, especially the back, hips and legs.
Fights insomnia - jogging involves
certain amount of physical fatigue, which provides a healthy and strong dream.
Fights aging - given that jogging
strengthens bones and muscles that prevent their decline, which normally
occurs with age. So, jogging slows aging.
Fight
diseases - boosting the immune system, regularly jogging decreases risk of
diseases such as cancer, heart attack,
diabetes, hypertension, and osteoporosis.
Cardiovascular
benefits – jogging increases lung capacity which provides more oxygen to
all vital body organs. In addition, jogging speeds up heart rate, this
strengthens the heart muscle, reducing the risk of heart diseases. Also,
running lowers blood pressure.
In
addition to physical health, jogging has many positive psychological impacts:
Jogging build confidence - it increases the
strength of the body, giving joggers the courage to face the bigger and more
serious trials of life. In addition, losing weight and tighten the muscles
contribute to increasing confidence.
Jogging trains mind - since the jogger
encounters various obstacles during running and continually sets himself new
goals to be achieved, this kind of thinking can be transferred to other
situations in life.
Should i say more?
