Rebounding on the bellicon and the lympatic system
We have twice as much lymph as blood – but no heart to pump it
around. Instead, the lymphatic system depends on physical movement,
gravity and muscular contraction. Thousands of years ago, the demands of
hunting animals and foraging for food kept our ancestors active and
their lymphatic systems healthy. Not so today. Now, we sit in cars, in
front of computers and TV screens – and our lymph fluid sits, too.
Guyton and Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology drives the point home: “The lymphatic pump becomes very active during exercise, often increasing lymph flow 10 to 30 fold. Conversely, during periods of rest, lymph flow is sluggish, almost zero.”
Clearly, our bodies were made to be exercised. Without physical activity, we become vulnerable to illness and disease. Just a few minutes a day on a bellicon® will keep your juices – lymphatic and otherwise – flowing.
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Guyton and Hall’s Textbook of Medical Physiology drives the point home: “The lymphatic pump becomes very active during exercise, often increasing lymph flow 10 to 30 fold. Conversely, during periods of rest, lymph flow is sluggish, almost zero.”
Clearly, our bodies were made to be exercised. Without physical activity, we become vulnerable to illness and disease. Just a few minutes a day on a bellicon® will keep your juices – lymphatic and otherwise – flowing.
Read more from TrampolinePaul
Contact me at About.me
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