How To Increase Longevity
?
Achieve longevity with
modest level of physical activity / Exercises
How much exercise or activity is needed to
achieve longevity?
Research at the Institute of Aerobics research ( Treadmill exercises ) have revealed
that the least active people had the highest death rates.
Mortality for the most sedentary men was more than three
times higher than for the fittest men, while the most inactive women had a mortality rate more than five times
higher than the fittest woman.
Most surprising was the finding that improvement in
longevity was achieved with fairly modest levels of activity.
Some one who walked 30 minutes a day and six days a week
enjoyed a mortality rate almost as low as someone who ran thirty to forty miles per week.
If you perform regular and
minimal activity -- the equivalent of walking 30 minutes a day --- you are gaining most of the longevity
benefits which otherwise you would get by doing exercises.
Another way of saying this is doing any physical
activity is much better than remaining inactive.
Walking uses approximately 180 calories per 30 minutes. This keeps you healthy. There
are other activities to do to burn same amount of calories to keep you healthy.
30 minutes of dancing
20 minutes of tennis
15 minutes of swimming
40 minutes of house cleaning
25 minutes of mowing the
lawn
30 minutes of weeding the
garden
To develop overall fitness, one needs more sustained exercise. Activities
listed here basically tone up the cardiovascular system by pumping the blood a little faster and giving the lungs a
bit of a workout.
Longevity depends on variety
of factors. Major factors that decide longevity are : gender, health care, genetics, diet, nutrition, exercise and
lifestyle.
Some examples of longevity:
First World: 77-83 years (e.g. Canada: 80.1 years, 2005 est.)
Third World: 35-60 years (e.g. Mozambique: 40.3 years, 2005
est.)
By: Pradeep
Mahajan
Last updated : Jan 5,
2010
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