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Brisk walking as good as running for heart:
Study
Friday April 05, 2013 11:07:13 PM,
IANS
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Los Angeles: Walking
with moderate speed using the same energy as intensive running can
be beneficial in reducing high blood pressure, high cholesterol
and diabetes risks, says a study.
The findings, reported in the American Heart Association journal
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, was based on
analysis of 33,060 runners in the National Runners' Health Study
and 15,045 walkers in the National Walkers' Health Study.
The researchers found that the same energy used for moderate
intensity walking and vigorous intensity running resulted in
similar reductions in high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
diabetes, and coronary heart disease over six years of the study,
reports Science Daily.
"Walking and running provide an ideal test of the health benefits
of moderate-intensity walking and vigorous-intensity running
because they involve the same muscle groups and the same
activities performed at different intensities," said lead author
Paul T. Williams.
"The more the runners ran and the walkers walked, the better off
they were in health benefits. If the amount of energy expended was
the same between the two groups, then the health benefits were
comparable," added Williams, staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory, Life Science Division in Berkeley,
California.
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