{"id":1140,"date":"2020-03-29T14:22:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2020-03-29T14:23:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:23:04","slug":"immune-system-tips-2-how-does-exercise-help-your-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/immune-system-tips-2-how-does-exercise-help-your-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Immune System Tips #2 – How Does Exercise Help Your Immune System?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When people think about exercising in order to help themselves be healthier, they\u2019re usually thinking about it in the context of weight loss and improved cardio health (well, maybe not quite like the guy in this photo). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As good as that may be, there\u2019s another component of exercise that you should think about: your immune system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exercise can actually directly\nimprove your immune system in a few ways, meaning that while you lose weight\nyou\u2019re also helping prevent yourself from getting sick. The first thing that\nexercise does to help prevent disease is raise your body\u2019s temperature. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve exercised in the past,\nyou\u2019ve surely noticed that you get hot during a workout, as your blood is\nrushing faster and harder through your body. In some cases, this can be similar\nto a light fever, killing off certain diseases that are trying to get a\nfoothold in your body. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Getting warm and sweaty is a\nquick way to burn some calories and to kill off some nasty bacteria. In a\nsimilar sense, getting your blood pumping adds another benefit. Your blood\ncontains white blood cells, which are the cells responsible for fighting\nbacteria and diseases when they find them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you work out and really get\nyour blood flowing faster, you have a better chance of your white blood cells\npicking up on a disease somewhere in your body, meaning that it\u2019ll be caught\nsooner rather than later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By catching it earlier, your body\ncan more effectively attack the infection. The heavy breathing associated with\ncardio can help rid your respiratory system of unwanted bacteria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While you\u2019re calmly breathing as\nyou do normally, any bacteria that have found their way in there can sort of\nsettle in. However, by getting your lungs working hard doing cardio, they have\na lower chance of being able to establish themselves and give you a cough. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While exercise is beneficial to\nyour immune system, this doesn\u2019t mean that you suddenly have to become a gym\nrat just to stay healthy. You can reap the benefits of exercise on your immune\nsystem by simply going on a brisk walk or jog every day or so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You don\u2019t have to go running a marathon, just a quick 15-20 minute fast walk is sufficient. In some cases, people can overwork themselves to the point that they actually end up compromising their immune systems more than they help them, so just take it lightly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Be Well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people think about exercising in order to help themselves be healthier, they\u2019re usually thinking about it in the context of weight loss and improved cardio health (well, maybe not quite like the guy in this photo). As good as that may be, there\u2019s another component of exercise that you should think about: your immune […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,2,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-gereral","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/4c2ff56bcc04a53f124c4673a9f40893.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5EOVe-io","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1143,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/1143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}