Category: Exercise
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New Study Shows Significant Boost to Longevity By Walking Just 7,000 Steps Per Day
A new study suggests that you can achieve significantly reduced mortality risk by racking up about 7,000 steps a day. The study found that for people aged 60 and over, there was about a 50% reduction in mortality rate from all causes for subjects that totaled 6,000-8,000 steps a day, versus the group that got…
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What Are The Top 5 Preventable Conditions That Shorten Lives?
In a study published by the Cleveland Clinic, the greatest number of preventable life-years lost were due to (in order from greatest to least) obesity, diabetes, tobacco use, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. These results continue to highlight the importance of weight loss, diabetes management and healthy eating in the U.S. population. Obesity is…
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How Much Exercise Do We Need To Improve Longevity?
According to the The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans (November 20, 2018) “Adults should do at least 150 minutes to 300 minutes a week of moderate-intensity, or 75 minutes to 150 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity aerobic activity.” This means that we should do at least…