Movement Is the Best Medicine

If you don't already have a Ft Myers Florida health insurance plan, then you really can't afford to go another day without one! Talk to one of our health insurance agents today to explore your options for Florida health plans. If you already have Fort Myers health insurance, that's wonderful...but what else can you do to further ensure your long term health? The answer is simple: MOVE.

Millions of Americans have an exercise deficiency simply because they do not have a deep understanding of why exercise is so important. We all know that exercise is good for us, but still, there are many folks who are suffering - even dying - from conditions related to either poor diet or lack of exercise. This does not have to be the case. Bolster your Ft Myers health insurance plan today by beginning an exercise routine and sticking with it. Here are some good reasons why:

What You Use Will Only Become Stronger

When you use your muscles, they become stronger; this applies to all muscles, including the most important one of all - the heart. Exercise also strengthens the respiratory system by expanding lung capacity. It can help prevent osteoporosis by strengthening bones, and help bowels to move properly, which can help prevent colon cancer. Exercise also moves lymph through the lymphatic system, strengthening immunity, which in turn helps prevent cancer.

Nourish Organs and Glands, Prevent Heart Attacks and Strokes

Physical activity gets the blood pumping through the arteries, helping to clean out deposits of arterial plaque. When you're exercising, you're also breathing in plenty of fresh air, and the body needs that oxygen to carry on its processes. Adequate oxygen supports the immune system, defending the body against illness and disease. Your cells crave fresh air, and when they aren't getting enough of it, the deficiency manifests in the form of health problems. Oxygen nourishes the blood which nourishes every organ and gland in your body. Simply put, you can't be healthy without healthy organs and glands.

Prevent Diabetes, Depression, and Sleeplessness

Physical activity plays a very important role in controlling blood sugar, which is especially important for diabetes prevention. Exercise also improves insulin sensitivity and allows muscles to better utilize sugar for energy.

In a time when so many people are depending on sleep medications and antidepressants, it's much healthier and more cost effective to get some exercise. Why not just exercise, which generates endorphins and elevates the mood, making you not only feel better, but naturally sleep more soundly?

Apart from keeping your Ft Myers health insurance costs low, you have a few other concrete reasons why exercise needs to be a top priority. It just makes sense: instead of paying hundreds or thousands of dollars more than you should be paying for Fort Myers health plans, you can do physical activities that have multiple benefits and keep your health care costs LOW.

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Author Elliot Bigman.

Driving on the highway can be dangerous to your health: Slow down and yield the right of way

Have you been driving on the highway recently and raced to keep from getting rear-ended by other drivers racing at 80 miles per hour plus? They pass you in the right lane traveling at 90 MPH and get right on your bumper even when there are twenty cars ahead of you.

2007 statistics from the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles show the top two causes of Florida traffic accidents are reckless driving and failure to yield the right of way. Speeding has caused many accidents on the highways involving rear end and side collisions. Click here to read the full story about the picture above.

In Florida, the highest percentage of accidents involving injuries were rear end collisions with 73,333 injuries and 26.4 % of the total 212,149 injuries. In 2007 alone, an average of 702 motor vehicle and car crashes occured daily with a total 256,206 traffic accidents claiming 3,221 lives. Nationally traffic accidents are the number one cause of major injuries and the number one killer of people 34 years and under.

Because of the amount of increased traffic congestion on the highways, Florida drivers need to slow down and yield the right of way. Passing on the left lane of the highway and following the rules of safe driving speeds and distances would lower the accident rate considerably. That would also lower the injury rate and medical care expenses involved when accidents occur. Keeping our state highways safe requires the cooperation of every driver and Florida resident.

This driver safety message brought to you by Bay Marketing Fort Myers, an independent award winning health insurance agency serving Lee, Collier, and Charlotte County residents. Contact us at 239-275-8500 or toll free 800-330-7124 for your Florida Health Plan questions and Fort Myers health insurance quotes.