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While it is impossible to prescribe a complete exercise routine without extensive evaluation of a patient's abilities, goals, and physiologic parameters, there are some general factors that are universal. One of the primary goals of exercise is to boost a patient's "basal metabolic rate"-the number of calories the body burns in order to keep the patient alive. By having a high metabolism, a patient can burn calories 24 hours a day-even while sleeping or at rest. With the proper training and regiment, it is entirely possible to turn the human body into a fat-burning machine!
The potential benefits of such a structured approach to exercise are quite impressive:
Stimulation of your metabolism creates a stronger immune system.
When engaged in strenuous exercise, toxins are released into the bloodstream and are quickly carried out of the body through sweat. This helps to inoculate the body against the probability of developing cancerous or diseased cells.
Most importantly to patients considering hormone therapy, exercise also helps to regulate the amount of insulin released into the bloodstream. Because some types of hormone therapy will actually raise your Insulin production, even when working in many other ways to stabilize the patient's metabolism, exercise becomes a strong proponent in a balanced hormone therapy regiment. Insulin metabolizes blood sugar into energy, but an abundance of insulin in the bloodstream keeps your body from burning stored fat. This leads to a subsequent abuse of the pancreas as it strains to create keep up with insulin production, and can frequently lead to Type 2 onset diabetes. However, the structured application of an exercise regiment will stimulate a patient's metabolism to burn more calories than they consume, thus significantly reducing the chances of developing this disease.
Exercise can also contribute to relief of a host of other problems, such as: sleep apnea, moodiness, stress, decreased energy, cardiovascular disease, high cholesterol and others.
For an individualized exercise program, we suggest procuring the services of a Certified Physical Trainer in your area. You can run a search for a local trainer on NFPT - National Federation of Professional Trainer's website:
http://www.nfpt.com/trainers.htm
If this is not an option, then we would suggest educating yourself on exercise protocols and methods. The International Fitness Association has several online resources that can assist you in this endeavor:
IFA's Website
IFA's Fitness Manual
IFA's Weight Training Guide
IFA's Cyber Trainer
IFA's Healthy Advice
IFA's Health & Fitness Calculators
Remember, there is no true replacement for the services of a trained professional, but these links should help a prospective patient to educate themselves on the A-Z's of exercise.
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