A brisk 25-minute walk every day can add up to SEVEN YEARS to your life and cut risk of dying from a heart attack by half

The Daily Mail reports:

Taking a brisk 25-minute walk a day can add seven years to your life, scientists claim.

New research has found that regular exercise can reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack by half.

Even people who do not start exercising until they are in their 70s can still improve their health, the academics behind the study say.

Sanjay Sharma, professor of cardiac diseases at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, said gentle exercise can reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack in the average person's 50s and 60s by half.

'This study is very relevant. It suggests that when people exercise regularly they may be able to retard the process of ageing,' he said.

'We may never avoid becoming completely old, but we may delay the time we become old. We may look younger when we're 70 and may live into our 90s.

'Exercise buys you three to seven additional years of life. It is an anti-depressant, it improves cognitive function and there is now evidence that it may retard the onset of dementia.'

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