How Pinterest Can Benefit Your Health

(Via FitFabCities)

Pinterest has grown in popularity as an online social platform since it was created and launched in 2010. The past 2 years has seen a huge surge in users and is one of the most user-friendly sites around the web. It works as a kind of virtual pinboard, and users can share links via images (also known as pins). It’s useful for tips on anything and everything, health included! There are a surprising amount of benefits to using Pinterest in order to improve your physical shape and well-being.

Pinterest is full of recipes and ideas for preparing quick snacks. Granted, some of them aren’t very healthy, but under the Health and Fitness section, it’s a haven of healthy eats. Pins can range from novice exercises and beginners guides (such as a guide to food shopping – breakdown of what your body needs included!) to difficult yoga positions and intense cardiovascular routines.

There’s one common theme when looking at recipes in the Health and Fitness section of the site, and that’s fruit and vegetables! Almost every recipe contains a fruit or vegetable and it’s a well-known fact that nutritionists and doctors recommend that everyone eats 5 portions of fruit or veg on a daily basis. Pinterest gives users heaps of innovative ideas on how to spruce up boring natural foods that are really good for you.

Pinterest is a great site to find exercise tips and workout routines. From Beginners exercises to include in a routine, to one song workouts, and even ballet dancer abs workouts. All the routines are displayed in one image and this makes them manageable. Simple images encourage people to try out new fitness ideas and can help in finding which is best. Workout lists are a great way to motivate others, because it breaks down each activity.

The Health and Fitness section gives people more creative ways to exercise too. Users share their experiences on different workouts they’ve tried from chair and pool exercises, to goal-oriented workouts such as how to burn 500 calories on a treadmill. With inside secrets (some even from experts), it’s a no-brainer to check out Pinterest for resources on fitness. Not only that, by sharing problems that other people have encountered and how they overcame them while exercising or trying to eat healthily, it creates a support system and losing weight or trying to reach physical goals does not happen overnight!

Many people are nowadays consumed with busy lifestyles and finding time to keep fit is becoming increasingly difficult. A major benefit of Pinterest’s Health and Fitness section is  suggestions for 30 minute workout routines. Doctors and nutritionists recommend that people are purposely active on a daily basis for 30 minutes to an hour to reap the benefits, so short routines are ideal for workaholics or busy parents.

Consulting Pinterest inspires people to do more. No matter how big or small the change in lifestyle is, every little helps. Adding or changing little hacks to your daily routine, can contribute to improving yourself as a whole. In-depth infographics on certain foods can be difficult to find on the web, but Pinterest is full of these visual facts and are valuable in helping to improve health. Everyone knows there are many advantages to healthy eating and exercising on a regular basis. It creates more energy, improves mood and increases focus. If there’s a great place on the web with this information which benefits you, then why not use it?

One of the best things about using Pinterest is that it’s inspiring and gives people ideas to try or create new things. There’s a sense of community, especially under Health and Fitness, and this is due to sharing ideas with others and finding inspirational quotes to keep people going. Whether you’ve just decided to make a few changes to your lifestyle, or if you’ve been a fitness freak for years, Pinterest is an amazing site for positive influence on staying healthy and keeping fit.