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Published: February 7, 2020
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Most people work out to lose weight, and build muscle. There are other, less known benefits to working out, however. It can help motivate you to know how many hidden benefits of exercise quietly help you when you make it a regular part of your life.
Exercise helps you feel less anxious
If you’ve ever begun to work out feeling stressed out, and felt nothing but positive feelings by the end of your workout, you aren’t alone. A study from Princeton University has found that getting exercise changes your brain chemistry. It enhances the release of a neurotransmitter called GABA, whose function, among other things, is to lower anxiety.
Exercise helps you keep infections away
Not only does exercise help your body stay free of diabetes and heart disease, it helps you fight infections such as cold or the flu, as well. One study has even found that people who exercise only a little, or get no exercise at all, see their colds last more than forty percent longer than those who do get exercise.
It can help with insomnia
If you routinely have trouble sleeping well at night, and make use of sleep aiding medications, you may have a healthier alternative. You only need to get more exercise. Raising the amount of exercise that you get can help you sleep better in as little as ten weeks. You will have less trouble falling asleep, and rely less on medications.
Exercise can calm down difficult PMS episodes
In a survey that studied hundreds of women in New Zealand, researchers found that women who got regular, vigorous exercise experienced lower levels of PMS than women who only took health supplements or followed other DIY advice.
It helps make your brain healthier and stronger
From fading memory to Alzheimer’s, working out can help cancel out some of the effects of aging. Exercise can even help improve other brain processes such as the ability to plan, reason and solve problems.
It’s important to understand that these health benefits that come from exercise are simply the result of living life the way nature intended. When you get enough exercise, you experience better mental and physical health.
Nick
Nick's Story
"I wish I would have come here first. We spend all our time reacting to the next great weight loss tip or program. It might work for a while, but does not last and we end up yo-yoing from one fad to the next – as we gain more weight." Read More
Gina
Lost 44.5 lbs
"I had no trouble adhering to the meals and they really helped catapult my progress! The classes were so beneficial to me because they helped change my thinking about how I viewed health, nutrition, and fitness.
I will always have my relationship with Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. They truly helped me change my life forever." Read More
Lauren
Lost 60 lbs
"Dr. Ziltzer and everyone who I have come in contact with at the Scottsdale Weight Loss office have been so encouraging and I look forward to seeing them each week. It is now a year and 2 months later since I started. I am down 60 lbs., which is the average amount a 9-year-old weighs, it is crazy to think I lost a whole person! I feel amazing, I hit my goal weight in November 2021 just before Thanksgiving. Nothing on my body hurts anymore..." Read More
Chuck
Lost 66 lbs
"The best thing I did was call the Scottsdale Weight Loss Center. I have a lot more energy, I'm not hungry, and it feels great.
You can take it from me that this is a program that produces results. The staff is always positive, supportive, and never judgmental.
Your visits always result in positive reinforcement, no matter if you had a good week or a bad week." Read More
Emily
Lost 101 lbs
"Here I am at the lowest I have been since high school weighing in at 155lbs. I have lost 101 lbs, BMI of 39 when I started, to 21.6, and of course at body fat % of 47.1 to 26.5%. I told myself by my 30th birthday I wanted to be confident in the way I look and I owe it all to SWLC. The entire staff is so welcoming and they are rooting for you just as much as you are rooting for yourself...." Read More
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Meet Our Team
Robert Ziltzer, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Diana Bone, FNP-C
Specializing in Obesity Medicine
Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, MFOMA
Obesity Medicine Certified Physician
Kristen Ash, FNP-C, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner
Alicia Earley, FNP-C
Family Nurse Practitioner
