Adding as little as a half-hour of modrate physical activity to your day can help you avoid a host of aliments, including heart disease, diabetes, depression, and several types of cancer, in particular breast and colon cancers.

In addition to the disease-fighting properties of exercise, regular activity can improve the quality of your life and your general well-being in many ways.

Exercise can:

• Reduce your chances of getting heart disease (if you have heart disease, exercise reduces your chances of dying from it)
• Lowers the risk of developing hypertension and diabetes
• Reduces the risk of colon cancer and some other forms of cancer
• Improves mood and mental function
• Keeps bones and strong and joints healthy
• Control weight
• Improve your sex life
• Help maintain your independence well into your later years