Free, natural way to lower heart, diabetes risk as much as running
Tuesday, April 9, 2013 11:23
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(NaturalNews) What’s your excuse not to exercise? Can’t afford a gym membership? Think you are too old, too out of shape or too heavy to start running? New findings which researchers are describing as “surprising” should put some pep in your step when it comes to exercising — literally. It turns out that simply walking at a brisk pace can slash your risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes as much as running can.
For the new study, just reported in the American Heart Association journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, scientists analyzed 33,060 runners in the National Runners’ Health Study and 15,045 walkers in the National Walkers’ Health Study. The study participants were 18 to 80 years old, and most were in their 40s and 50s.
The results showed that the same energy used for simply walking at moderate intensity and the energy expended for vigorous, intense running added up to similar reductions in risk for
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