How Does Cycling Benefit your Health?

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If you are not exercising regularly, you are definitely losing out on better health. Majority of us complain that we cannot exercise due to lack of time or are too worn out after the office hours and so on. But, what we do not realize is that regular exercise can help you keep off from all the serious illnesses by improving your immunity.

While everyone may not have the option to hit a gym due to lack of time or affordability, something as simple riding a bicycle every day can be the best way to keep you fit. June 3 has been recently declared as the World Bicycle Day by the United Nations and April 19 is also celebrated as World Bicycle Day in the honour of Albert Hofman, the Swiss Scientist (according to pop culture).

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Reportedly, April 19 in 1943 is the day when the father of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). While you will keep hearing different angles, you know that cycling definitely has its health benefits. Let’s see how?

• Help lose weight and get over obesity

Cycling works on the muscles and thus, helps burn calories faster. It helps boost the metabolic rate which in turn reduces your body fat and helps lose weight. According to health experts, cycling is one of the best forms of exercise that helps cut down on health risks related to a lax lifestyle. It’s the kind of exercise that interests people of all ages and is a healthy, and low-impact exercise.

• Keeps you from depression

It leaves a strong impact on your mind making it healthier and ward off any possibilities of depression. With regular cycling, you get time to contemplate, while it improves your mood with the adrenaline and endorphin rush.

• Improves lung capacity

Based on a recent study conducted by the Camden Council, Kings College London, people using cycling as a daily commuting method are less exposed to harmful fumes than those driving a car.

• Reduces risk of heart disease and cancer
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Yes, people who ride a bicycle regularly are less prone to cancer and heart ailments. According to a research conducted by the University of Glasgow recently, people who cycle to work can reduce the risk of cancer and heart diseases to half.

• Induces better sleep

Troubled with a sleep disorder or insomnia? Take to cycling and you will not complain of sleeplessness anymore. Cycling is one of the best remedies for those suffering from lack of sleep. Riding a bicycle makes you tired and helps you induce sound sleep.

• Boosts immunity levels

Boost your immunity system with regular cycling as it helps increase the production of essential proteins and by activating the white blood cells. Any kind of physical activity or exercise is known to improve the immune system and cycling is no exception. Additionally, it also contributes to improving your stamina and endurance.

• Enhances brainpower

This is a science. When you are riding a bicycle, your brain wanders and gets into different kind of thoughts whether consciously or consciously. This leads you to take different routes while your brain is thinking and working on something and you make your way to back home through unknown roads just as you would solve a word puzzle. These are the situations that help improves your brainpower and encourage problem-solving ability.

So, what are you waiting for? Get on to your bicycle and hit the roads for a better health.