All it takes is just five minutes a day.
In adulthood, cardiovascular and oncological diseases are of particular danger. To reduce the risk of their occurrence, someone begins to drink vitamins and medicines, others resort to alternative medicine. Meanwhile, as it turned out, there is a much safer and more effective way. Scientists from the University of Sydney told about it.
Experts managed to prove that daily physical activity helps against heart disease. And we are not talking about full-fledged sports, but about light loads.
Study participants who did simple 1-2 minute exercise three times a day showed a marked reduction in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease and cancer by almost 50%.
According to the lead author of the scientific work, Prof. Emmanuel Stamatakis, it was enough for them to increase the pace while walking or to do chores with a little more energy. The specialist told the publication about this Nature Medicine.