Running for just 7 minutes a day, reduces your risk of dying from heart disease. Rresearch found people who ran, had a reduced risk of death from heart disease, as well as death from any cause, compared with non-runners. Interestingly, a protective effect was seen regardless of running time, amount, duration, frequency or speed. People who ran just a modest amount – less than 51 minutes a week – also had a reduction in risk. This equates to roughly seven minutes a day, although it should be noted this study did not specifically look at the effect of seven minutes of running a day. These modest runners were found to have a 55% reduction in cardiovascular-associated death risk and a 30% reduction in any type of death compared with non-runners. As many people cite lack of time as a barrier to regular exercise, this study should provide some encouragement – it suggests any exercise is better than none. On a personal note, for someone such as myself who is no natural athlete, but does at least walk the dog daily, I feel I could at least build 7 minutes running into the walk. ow.ly/C9sa4
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 08:15:25 +0000
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