Walking Helps in Reducing Heart Risk

Online, July 23, 2013 (Newswire.com) - (http://www.realpharmacyrx.co/) : Brisk walking can reduce a person's risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol just as much as running can. The researchers discovered that the same energy used for moderate intensity walking and vigorous intensity running lead to comparable reductions in the likelihood for diabetes, potentially coronary heart disease and high blood pressure.

Walking and running provide an ideal test of the health benefits of moderate-intensity walking and vigorous-intensity running because they involve the same muscle groups and the same activities performed at different intensities. The researchers compared energy expenditure to doctor-diagnosed incident hypertension, self-reported, diabetes, coronary heart disease and hypercholesterolemia.

The results showed:

• The risk for first-time hypertension was notably reduced 4.2% by running and 7.2% by walking.

• The risk for first-time high cholesterol was reduced 4.3% by running and 7% by walking.

• The risk for first-time diabetes was lowered 12.1% by running and 12.3% by walking.

• The risk for coronary heart disease was lowered 4.5% by running and 9.3% by walking.

Walking may be a more sustainable activity for some people when compared to running. However, those who select running end up exercising twice as much as those that choose walking. This is presumably because they can do twice as much in an hour.

The study indicated that regular exercise in middle age protects the heart. A report found that the best way to save energy and maintain endurance is to alternate between walking and running.

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