Walkfor15minutesto
improveyourheart
It’snotjustaboutthenumberofstepsyoutakeeach
day—it’sabouthowyoutakethem.Walking
continuouslyfor15minutesisfarbetter
foryourheartthanshorterburstsoffive
minutesorless.
Peoplewhowalkwithoutabreakfor15
minutesreducetheirriskofheartdisease
bynearly70percentcomparedtothose
whowalkforashortertime.
Andpeoplewhogoonlongerwalksstill
enjoythehealthbenefitseveniftheydon’t
reachtheoptimum8,000stepsaday.
They’refarlesslikelytosufferaheartattack
orstrokethansomeonewhohitsthedaily
stepstargetviamoreandshorterwalks.
AresearchteamfromtheUniversity
ofSydneytrackedthewalkinghabitsof
33,560peopleaged40–79whotypically
walkedlessthan8,000stepsadayover
aneight-yearspan.About4percent
ofpeoplewhowalkedfor15ormore
minutesatatimehadaheartattack
orstroke,while13percentofthose
whowalkedforjustafewminutesat
atimedid.
Thosewhohadbeensedentary
butstartedwalkingfor15+minutes
atatimesawthebiggestbenefits.
Theywerelessthanhalfaslikelyto
haveheartdiseaseasthosewho
walkedforfiveminutesorfewer
eachtime.
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