Diet and Exercise! #1

Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health. It is performed for many different reasons. These include: strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, and weight loss or maintenance in the overweight. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system, and helps prevent diseases of affluence such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes and obesity.^[1][2] It also improves mental health and helps prevent depression. (wikipedia)

Activity	Calories Burned Per Hours
Aerobic Class	500 Calories Per Hour
Bicycling	500 Calories Per Hour
Bowling	200 Calories Per Hour
Gardening	200 Calories Per Hour
Golfing	250 Calories Per Hour
Hand-ball	600 Calories Per Hour
Kick Boxing	600 Calories Per Hour
Rowing	550 Calories Per Hour
Running	560 Calories Per Hour
Skiing	500 Calories Per Hour
Stair Climbing	1,000 Calories Per Hour
Swimming	500 Calories Per Hour
Tennis	500 Calories Per Hour
Weight Training	500 Calories Per Hour
Walking	500 Calories Per Hour

Proper nutrition is at least as important to health as exercise. When exercising, it becomes even more important to have a good diet to ensure that the body has the correct ratio of macronutrients whilst providing ample micronutrients, in order to aid the body with the recovery process following strenuous exercise.^[23]

Proper rest and recovery are also as important to health as exercise; otherwise the body exists in a permanently injured state and will not improve or adapt adequately to the exercise. Hence, it is important to remember to allow adequate recovery between exercise sessions.

The above two factors can be compromised by psychological compulsions (eating disorders such as exercise bulimia, anorexia, and other bulimias), misinformation, a lack of organization, or a lack of motivation. These all lead to a decreased state of health. (wikipedia)

Foods you should eat instead of junk food:

Vegetables

asparagus
beet
broccoli
cabbage (green)
carrot
cauliflower
celeriac (celery root)
celery chicory
Chile peppers (hot)
cucumber
dandelion
endive
garden cress
garlic
green beans
lamb's lettuce
lettuce
onion
papaya
radishes
spinach
turnip
zucchini

apple (eat the core/seeds as well - B17 fights cancer)
cranberries
grapefruit
lemon
mango
orange
pineapple

raspberries
strawberries
tangerine