Breaking A Sweat A Few Times A Week Cuts Heart Disease In Women

That’s right. Women who are physically active enough to break a sweat a few times a week have a lower risk of heart disease than inactive women. How do we know? Because researchers at University College in Oxford studied the health and exercise records of 1 million women, average age 56, following them for nine years. Science Daily reports that women who regularly did such activities as walking, gardening and cycling–enough to cause sweating or a faster heart beat — two to three times per week were about 20 percent less likely to develop heart disease, strokes or blood clots compared to participants who reported little or no activity. Wait, there’s more, and it’s strange: among active women, there was little evidence of further risk reductions with more frequent activity.