Exercise is not the only way for a healthy life, you must include a healthy diet. Science and researches recommend not to skip exercise and food to avoid various diseases. Irregular running leads to several diseases like osteoarthritis, heart problems, etc,.
Running is one of easiest way to lose weight, reduce fat, stay fit, reduce stress and to be happier. Running along with other activities helps to improve your health benefits. Almost every individual who takes up running is confronted by critic who is very happy to reel off the reasons it will ruin your life.
Some of questionable health myths about running are as follows:
- Does running lead to heart attacks or heart problems?
- Does running ruin your bones and joints?
- Does running kill you before time?
- Does running increase your skin cancer?
It has been proved that irregular exercise often increases the risk of heart attacks and heart problems. Regular exercise decreases that risk for a longer period, resulting in a healthy life. Increasing the number of days of the week for a run and other activities benefits your heart more.
A study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine of the August issue found no evidence of accelerated rates of osteoarthritis among long-distance runners when compared to healthy non runners. Running helps to maintain the bone mineral density thus lowering the risk of osteoporosis.
Based on study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, running along with other aerobic exercises in middle age may help you live longer. It will make your later years feel more energetic and pleasant by lowering disability. A research team led by Stanford’s Fries observed that among the runners and non-runners after 50 years of age, the ability to perform their daily life activities was better among runners than non-runners. The research for 19 years showed that the death rate is 15 percent among runners and 34 percent among non-runners.
Its seems to be true, a 2006 study found that marathon runners showed more abnormal lesions and moles and were at higher risk of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer than non-runners. In the study, it was found that individuals who ran longer distances more frequently were recommended surgical treatment for their skin problem more often.
The solutions suggested were to use sunscreen, cover as much skin as possible with clothing and wear a hat. Run only in the early morning or in the evening and avoid running when the sun is too hot.
