4 reasons why aerobic exercise can prevent cancer

Aerobic exercise refers to physical exercise that mainly uses aerobic metabolism to provide the energy required for exercise. The characteristic is that during exercise, the oxygen inhaled by the human body is equal to the demand, reaching a physiological balance. Aerobic exercise is a rhythmic exercise with a long exercise time (generally 30 minutes or more) and a medium or high intensity (60% to 80% of the maximum heart rate). The Chinese Anti-Cancer Association pointed out that aerobic exercise can prevent cancer mainly due to the following reasons.

1. Improved blood circulation

In order for cancer cells to form lesions, they need to gather and settle in the blood and lymphatic circulation. Exercise can speed up blood flow, making it difficult for cancer cells to gain a foothold, which is conducive to being cleared by the immune system.

Experiments have shown that when the body is in motion, the amount of interferon with anti-cancer effects secreted from the blood per hour will more than double that of usual.

2. The amount of oxygen absorbed increases exponentially

Exercise speeds up breathing and increases oxygen intake. Through effective gas exchange, some carcinogens can be excreted from the body, thereby reducing the incidence of cancer. Even if you have cancer, if you insist on moderate aerobic exercise, your body will recover faster and help prolong your disease-free survival.

The main way for tumor cells to obtain energy is through anaerobic glycolysis of sugars, during which a large amount of lactic acid is produced. The increase in oxygen intake can correct the body's hypoxic state and relieve subjective fatigue caused by the accumulation of metabolic products such as lactic acid.

3. Greatly reduce excess body fat

Persistent aerobic exercise can effectively burn fat, reduce weight, and reduce the possibility of tumors. Sweating after exercise can help carcinogens such as lead, strontium, nickel, and beryllium in the body be excreted through sweat.

4. Helps improve mood

Aerobic exercise can make the body and mind happy and cheerful, and help reduce the damage of mental stress to the immune system. At the same time, it can exercise the will and enhance the confidence and perseverance to overcome the disease. Exercise can also stimulate the pituitary gland in the brain to secrete "endorphins" that can make people happy physically and mentally, relieve the inhibitory effect of negative emotions on the immune system, and improve the response ability of the central nervous system and relieve fatigue.

Studies have shown that people who keep exercising for a long time have a much lower cancer rate than those who do not exercise, and the mortality rate of cancer patients who keep exercising is also much lower than those who do not exercise. People who engage in active physical activities and exercise regularly can reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer by 30% to 40%, the incidence of breast cancer by 20% to 30%, and are likely to reduce the risk of endometrial cancer. This suggests that long-term fitness exercises have a positive effect on cancer prevention, that is, exercise can improve the body's resistance, enhance immune function, and allow mutated cells in the body to be discovered and removed in a timely manner.

In addition to fighting cancer, the other benefits of aerobic exercise are simply too numerous to list:

Aerobic exercise can improve immunity;

Stabilize and improve blood pressure, prevent coronary artery, respiratory and metabolic system diseases;

Improve blood composition; help control and stabilize blood sugar;

Improve sleep; improve anxiety and depression;

Prevent muscle atrophy and strain;

Slow down bone aging and prevent osteoporosis;

Slow down the aging process; reduce the probability of premature death.

After talking about so many benefits of exercise, what are you waiting for? Take action now.