Swimming is one such exercise which is preferred more than any gymnasium or a sport which requires a lot of running around and which could probably hurt your body, physically and mentally. Swimming is one of the best sports when it comes to maintaining good health and physique, and at the same time enjoy the cool waters along with your friends and family. This sport is considered beneficial for the proper functioning of various organs of our body, such as the heart, brain, skeletal system, sore joints and various body muscles. It is also known to tone down or lower the risk of various diseases which usually happens due to our lifestyle and way of eating. People suffering with acute or prolonged obesity also turn towards swimming because this is one exercise where you could lose the maximum weight without really tiring or working yourself out too much. Swimming does not only make you look younger but also makes you feel lighter, energetic and younger from inside as well. Here is a list of the top 10 advantages swimming has on our health and why we actually need to make it a part of our daily lifestyle to live healthy and long.
1. Live longer
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People who swim regularly have been noted to live longer than the ones who don’t, as researchers have pointed out the advantages swimming has on our health and mental physique. Due to this long list of benefits, swimming makes us live a longer, care free and disease free life, and also keeps our mood lightened up and happier for a longer duration.
2. Stress free and a clearer brain
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When a person swims, he is tend to become more happy and likely to be in a good mood as swimming releases some chemicals known as endorphins. This endorphin leads to a stress free body and leaves you with a higher spirit and a better mood. Also, you will realize that your head also feels lighter and that you brain is clear enough to process and perform activities for the day. This is because swimming helps the brain to replace the cells which were lost when you brain and body was under stress.
3. Lowers chances of diabetes
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Swimming makes us burn a large amount of calories, due to which the insulin sensitivity in our body increases. Due to this ability of swimming, the risk of diabetes in people becomes less and the symptom slowly wears off. People who are not suffering with diabetes also indulge in swimming as it keeps this problem of diabetes away from the body by maintaining the right insulin level.
4. Reduces cholesterol level
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Swimming is also known to help us maintain the right amount of good cholesterol in our body. Our bodies are comprised of good and bad cholesterol and the wring balance of these two levels lead us to suffering with various cholesterol and heart problems. Swimming ensures the right balances of the good and bad cholesterol in our body, thus keeping our bodies free from any cardiovascular diseases.
5. Reduces risk of asthma
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Because swimming teaches you proper breathing techniques in its process, it largely reduces the risk of asthma symptoms in people. People suffering from asthma or snoring and breathing issues have been found to suffer less after indulging in swimming, as this sport helps in increasing the lung volume in our body and help us learn to take short and easy breaths while we are under water.