Do Some Gardening, Cut Heart Attack Risk By 30 Percent
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 07:40
in Health & Medicine
Engaging in some Do It Yourself projects or gardening can cut the risk of a heart attack/stroke and prolong life by as much as 30 per cent among the 60+ age group, indicates a new paper. They might seem like routine activities but they are as good as exercise, and more fun, which is ideal for older people who don't often do that much formal exercise, according to the scholars who based their findings on almost 4,000 sixty-year-olds in Stockholm, Sweden, who had their cardiovascular health tracked for around 12 years. At the start of the study, participants took part in a health check, which included information on lifestyle, such as diet, smoking, and alcohol intake, and how physically active they were. read more