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Working out 10 extra health perks.
Exercise may be the closest thing to a fountain of youth. Not only does regular activity strengthen your muscles and improve heart and lung function, but it can also slash your risk of major diseases, stimulate the growth of new brain cells, and even add years to your life, studies show. Just 30 minutes of physical activity on most days is all that's required to reap big benefits.
The range of health bonuses now attributed to exercise has surprised even doctors. Research suggests that workouts may do the following:
1) Keep you young. Workouts such as brisk walking or cycling boost the amount of oxygen consumed during exercise. Improving your aerobic capacity by just 15 to 25 percent would be like shaving 10 to 20 years off your age. Aerobic exercise may also stimulate the growth of new brain cells in older adults.
2) Reduce infections. Moderate workouts temporarily rev the immune system by increasing the aggressiveness or capacity of immune cells. That may explain why people who exercise catch fewer colds.
3) Prevent heart attacks. Not only does exercise raise "good" HDL cholesterol and lower blood pressure, but new research shows it reduces arterial inflammation, another risk factor for heart attacks and strokes.
4)Ease asthma. ...
- Brisk Walking Reduces Heart Attack Risk in Women.
- Magazine article from: JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance October 1, 1999 700+ words
...exercise for preventing heart attacks is an equal-opportunity...one to 2.9 hours of brisk walking per week reduced the risk of heart attacks and deaths from other...The study defined "brisk walking" as 20 minutes or less...
- Brisk Walking Lowers Risk of Heart Attack for Women.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: AORN Journal January 1, 2000 700+ words
...suggests that one-third of heart attacks in women can be prevented by...decrease in risk as three hours of brisk walking per week. Women who were sedentary...experienced nonfatal and fatal heart attacks. Study Finds Women Can "Walk...
- Randomized placebo-controlled trial of brisk walking in the prevention of...
- Magazine article from: Age and Ageing Ebrahim, Shah Thompson, Paul W. Baskaran, Vermala Evans, Kathy July 1, 1997 700+ words
...Objective: to evaluate the effects of brisk walking on bone mineral density in women who...allocated to intervention (self-paced brisk walking) or placebo (upper limb exercises...capacity and maintain enthusiasm. The brisk-walking group were instructed to progressively...
- Research news.(Women's Health Update)(brisk walking-risk of breast cancer)
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Hudson, Tori February 1, 2004 700+ words
...of 1.25 to 2.5 hours per week of brisk walking had an 18% decreased risk of breast...per week of something equivalent to brisk walking. The greatest association of exercise...It is also encouraging that merely brisk walking, rather than very strenuous exercise...
- Brisk Walking Benefits Women.
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News November 1, 1999 700+ words
Regular, brisk walking substantially reduces the risk of coronary disease for women as...488 women who were aged 40 to 65 years at enrollment in 1986, brisk walking was found to be as effective as other vigorous exercise in reducing...
- Health: Brisk walking, jogging help osteoporosis patients.
- News wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International October 21, 2008 700+ words
...bone and muscle strength, Australian experts have suggested brisk walking, jogging and weight training as the most effective forms...those done in rapid, short bursts of high intensity such as brisk walking, jogging and weight training, Maria added. (THROUGH ASIA...
- Brisk walking stresses knee joints in obese people.(Rheumatology)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Finn, Robert September 1, 2006 700+ words
DENVER -- Brisk walking appears to place significant stress on knee joints, especially in obese individuals, and that may contribute to musculoskeletal...
- Brisk walking may stress knee joints in the obese.(Musculoskeletal...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Finn, Robert September 1, 2006 700+ words
DENVER -- Brisk walking appears to place significant stress on knee joints, especially in obese individuals, and that may contribute to musculoskeletal...
- Brisk Walking Shields Men From Type 2 Diabetes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News BRUNK, DOUG September 15, 1999 700+ words
...participants also reported average weekly time spent watching TV Dr. Hu and his associates found that men who reported a brisk walking pace were 40%-50% less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, compared with those who reported a casual or easy walking...
- Get off that couch, you potato!; Regular brisk walking can improve.
- News wire article from: Asia Africa Intelligence Wire October 27, 2003 700+ words
...Log your progress - Keep a log of how much you walk every day. Starting from medium-paced walking, you could advance to brisk walking. Remember you are not out for a stroll. 9) Drink water - Water is best for replenishing fluids lost during exercise...
