Rhonda Patrick· PhD
"exercise snacks" are linked to a 40% reduction in all-cause mortality, even in people who identify as non-exercisers.
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"exercise snacks" are linked to a 40% reduction in all-cause mortality, even in people who identify as non-exercisers.
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people that have engaged in one to two minutes a vigorous intermittent Activity three three times a day have a 40% reduction in all in Al cause and in cancer mortality and a 50% reduction in cardiovascular related mortality
what those Studies have identified is that people that do one to two minutes of vigorous intensity exercise and these are things like just sprinting up the stairs rather than taking the escalator or walking up the stairs and they do this this like a 1 to two minute high-intensity burst and they do this three times a day that's associated with a 50% reduction in cardiovascular related mortality 50% reduction it's also associated with a 40% reduction in cancer related mortality and all cause mortality
it's undeniable that even people that are taking advantage of everyday life situations. So they're not even necessarily doing these structured exercise movements or these structured exercise snacks where they're getting up and doing body weight squats for 2 minutes or something like that. They're just going around and you know they live on the third floor. I'm sorry. They they could live on the third floor of the building or they could work on the third floor of a blend. Either way, they take the stairs to get to that third floor. They don't just take the stairs. They sprint up them. They're they're really going fast or they're taking time to play tag with their kids or their grandkids or, you know, sprint around with their new puppy, whatever it is. This is everyday situations. They're, you know, they live in the city and they're not taking Uber. You know, they're they're walking briskly to get to wherever they need to go, shopping or to work, right?
where individuals that are doing, you know, these short bursts of exercise, if they're doing three minutes of it, three minute bouts of it three times a day, so a total of 9 minutes a day, that's a 50% lower cardiovascular related mortality, 50% lower cardiovascular related mortal, 40% lower all-c cause mortality, 40% lower cancer related mortality.