Cut Risk Of Stroke By Walking

Want a great way to cut down on your risk of having a stroke?

Walking, even a little bit, could be your key to avoiding a stroke even later in life... at least for women.

We've known for quite a while that exercise can reduce your chances of having diabetes, a heart attack or a stroke. But it was tough to pinpoint just how much was enough. And with everyone's busy days, it's been pretty easy to come up with reasons we couldn't spend hours at a gym.

But this new study is showing that, at least for women, you don't need hours on end, or even a gym, to cut your risk of having a stroke. Researchers looked at over 30,000 men and women who were 29-69 years old back in the 1990s. Then they looked at them in 2006 to see how many had had a stroke. It turns out that women who walked just a little more than 3 hours a week were less likely to have had a stroke over that time period.

And since over 800,000 of us have strokes each year, just getting out a little each day and simply walking for about a half an hour can get those numbers down. Getting out over your lunch break, or right after work could be a great way to get a quick daily walk in.

For some reason men didn't get the same benefit from walking, but even they can get enormous health gains from walking and other exercise routines... as long as they are consistent throughout the year.