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Yet another reason to get fit: fewer achoos
A terrific study published recently in the British Journal of Sports Medicine offers a great reason to get fit and stay fit: you will end up with fewer colds, and even when you do get a cold, you will likely have fewer harsh symptoms.
In this study, researchers tracked 1000 people over 12 weeks during the fall and winter.
People who got at least 20 minutes of exercise 5 or more days a week (ad hey, that’s not a lot; it can easily be done in two 10-minute breaks a day) had 40 % fewer sick days than people who didn’t get that level of exercise, and if you spread that over a full cold season, that really is much less time spent warming the chicken soup and making the tea.
Not only that but the most-fit people also complained much less about being sick (that is, their symptoms were likely more manageable) than did the least-fit, and although that may be due in part to a macho attitude on the part of those who are most fit, that is, very fit people do not want to admit that they’re sick, it’s also likely that if you’re fit, you can handle symptoms from a cold much more easily.
Hey, get fit: it raises your immunity, you’re less sick as a consequence, and that will make you – and anyone who has to deal with you – much happier, too.
Written by Dr. Art Hister
Saturday, 27 November 2010 00:35
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