Jogging is likely to add years to your life.
Jogging is likely to add years to your life, according to a new study at Stanford University School of Medicine. Researchers followed 538 running club members and 423 healthy non-runners (all age 50 and older); after 21 years, 34% of the non-runners had passed away, while only 15% of the club members died during the same period.
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Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen (“Dr. A”) is a board-certified doctor, and the co-founder of Take Shape for Life (TSFL). He serves as the Medical Director of Medifast, and and is the best-selling author of “Dr. A’s Habits of Health”, and “Living a Longer Healthier Life.”
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Hi Dr A, so can one say that any form of activity geared at getting your heart rate up and done consistently will reap the benefits of this study? I don’t jog any more, I walk at a good clip. Thanks for the daily pearls of wisdom.