We know that exercise is good for health and longevity.
Regular exercise reduces the amount of excess fat in the body, which leads to
significant weight loss. Medical scientists at the University of Houston have
scientifically explained how this happens in the body.
There are many types of fats in the food we eat every day.
Oil, ghee and non-vegetarian foods are high in fat. From this, a fatty
substance called Chylomicrons is produced and mixed with the blood. An enzyme
in it digests a part of the fat. The rest is taken to the liver and digested
there.
When the enzyme in the blood digests the fat with large
molecules, some small molecules are separated and released. These react with
another chemical in the blood to produce high-density lipoproteins called HDL2.
This oxidizes the fat in the blood.
If the HDL2
level in the blood decreases, the excess fat is deposited as cholesterol on the
inner walls of the blood vessels. This reduces the amount of blood carried to
the heart during a heartbeat. This can cause heart-related diseases.
It has been found that the concentration of these
lipoproteins, which remove fat from the blood, increases significantly during
exercise. If you stop exercising regularly, the level of HDL2 in the
blood decreases significantly within three or four weeks.
This is why the excess fat accumulates in the body and makes
the body fat. If you are at rest, one month is enough to reduce the level of
HDL2 in the blood, but to increase it by the same amount, you need
to do physical exercise for several months.
Therefore, scientists
say that exercise should be a habit in daily life. They advise that daily
exercise alone will save the heart until the end. Research is ongoing on
whether exercise increases the level of HDL2 in the blood.