Today, the 6th edition of the Tirana Marathon was held in the capital. Over 2500 local runners and from all over the world competed today in 4 different categories.
That being said, let's take a look at all the benefits that running brings us, even if it's just for a few minutes.
A new study has concluded that people who run for 50 minutes a week have the same benefits as those who run for more than 3 hours. Benefit: 3 years more life!
"This study encourages inactive people to participate more in physical activity," says DC Lee, MD, lead researcher and assistant professor at the University of Iowa. He said the study reached two important conclusions: running between 30 and 60 minutes per week has significant benefits in increasing life expectancy, and these benefits approximate those of long-distance runners.
Compared to non-runners, all runners had a 30% lower risk of death and a 45% lower risk of death from heart disease or cerebral hemorrhage. Runners live an average of 3 years longer than non-runners. The results were the same regardless of how far, how often and how long the running session lasted.
Also, related to behavioral patterns, people who ran consistently for 6 years had the greatest benefits: a 29% lower risk of death overall and a 50% lower risk of heart disease and cerebral hemorrhage.
For the study, Lee and six other researchers looked for evidence between running and longevity from data from a large study of more than 55,000 adults aged 18 to 100 over a 15-year period. During the study 3,413 of the participants died, including 1,217 deaths from any cardiovascular disease.
This study seems to refute that conducted by the Mid-America Heart Institute, which states that too much running increases the risk of death. Dr. Lee said he found no link between running and an increased risk of mortality.
Burimi: Yahoo! Health
