Couch potatoes, take note: A steady dose of exercise can slash your stroke risk, finds a new Australian study.
Researchers followed more than 27,000 middle-aged men and women for an average of 5.7 years and found that people who reported not exercising were 20 percent more likely to have a stroke compared to those who exercised at a moderate to vigorous intensity four or more times a week (classified as exercising to the point of breaking a sweat).
Men who reported working out only one to three times per week also had a great risk to suffer a stroke than those men who hit the gym more frequently.
Exercise is effective at lowering stroke risk because it reduces high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes—all risk factors for stroke, says study author Michelle McDonnell, Ph.D., of the University of South Australia. The researchers believe sweat sessions can also improve the health of your blood vessels, preventing blockages in circulation and dissolving small blood clots that could go on to cause a stroke.
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