Healthy_Food_Guide_UK_-_January_2020

Thelatestnews,trends,researchupdatesandbestbuys

Three reasons

to get moving

in 2020...

1

Exercisehelps

preventdepression

Newresearchhas

foundbeingmoreactive

reducestheriskof

depression,evenin

peoplewhoare

geneticallypredisposed

tothecondition.After

studying8,000adults,

researchersfoundall

typesofactivity,from

vigorousaerobicclasses

togentleryoga,reduced

theriskofdepressionby

17%foreveryfourhours

ofactivityaddedeach

week– that’sjustanextra

35 minutes a day.

2

It’sgoodforyour

memoryWhena

smallgroupof

normallyinactiveadults

aged 60 andbeyond

starteddoinghigh

intensityintervaltraining

(HIIT)threetimesa week,

researchersfoundtheir

memoryimprovedalong

withtheirfitnesslevels,

resultingina 30%

improvementafter

12 weeks.HIITworkouts

aren’ttheobviouschoice

forolderpeople,

especiallyif you’renot

usedtovigorousexercise,

soit’svitaltoworkoutto

yourcurrentfitnesslevel.

Andalwaysspeaktoyour

GPfirstbeforeembarking

on any radical fitness plan.

3

Ithelpskeepyour

hearthealthy

Researchpublished

intheEuropeanHeart

Journalalsosuggests

thatoncewereach 60

weshoulddomore,not

less,exercisetoprevent

heartdiseaseandstroke.

Ina studyofmorethan

1.1millionelderlyadults,

thosewhoswitchedfrom

a sedentarylifestyleto

exercisingthreetofour

timesa weekovertwo

yearsloweredtheirrisk

ofheartdiseaseby11%.

Incontrast,thosewho

wentfrombeingactive

threetofourtimesa

weektobeinginactive

increasedtheirriskof

heart problems by 16%.