I am always interested in staying healthy , may it be exercise or diet or dietary supplements and I have done many videos on these topics. I came across an article on walking. We all know that walking or doing exercise nis good , but we do not have understandings to how much is needed to be beneficial. I have asked my elderly patients as to how much they walk. And I get an answer I work in yard or I don't just sit ,but do house work etc. .But as far as calorie consumption is concerned that kind of exercise is minimal ,e.g. 16 French fries is equal to 31 minutes of cycling or 90 mins of house work is same as far as calories are concerned to 52 peanuts. So today I am going to write on how many steps are good .
They did analysis of almost 77000 people . They were divide in low sedentary life and high sedentary life based on history , Less than 10.5 hr. and more than 10.5 hrs. The steps were recorded by patients and then the patients were followed for 6-7 years . The 2200 steps were at 5th percentile. So when they compared the overall mortality and cardiovascular disease. risk in various people they found out that more risk was directly proportional to number of steps. The 2200 steps were considered as base line . The benefit was gradually increasing .So those who took more steps had more benefit. The maximum benefit was derived in reducing overall mortality was somewhere between 9000 to 10500 steps. So doing more than 10500 steps did not reduce mortality or incidence of cardiovascular disease The walking minimal 4000 to 5000 steps are required for the benefit.
In conclusion, we need to walk or 'take steps to reduce mortality and cardiovascular incidence. Minimal required is 4000 to 5000 steps a day and maximum beyond which the benefit does not increase is 10500 steps.
SO START TODAY - START WALKING !!! .
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