A Healthier Lifestyle Lowers Chances of Chronic Diseases

Tue, 11 Aug 2009
Researchers have discovered that people who have a healthy lifestyle lower their chances of developing common chronic diseases by practically 80 per cent.

Consuming a diet high in fruit, vegetables and whole grain and low in red meat, as well as exercising for three and a half hours a week is essential.

Moreover, to maximise the chances of a long life people must not have ever smoked cigarettes.

People who adhere to this formula are 93 per cent less likely to develop diabetes than those who adhered to none of the four factors, so say these findings.

A low calorie diet is likely to ensure a long life, with people 81 per cent less likely to have a heart attack, People are 50 per cent less less likely to develop a stroke and their chance of getting cancer is reduced by 36 per cent.

Exercising for least three and a half hours a week equates to half an hour a day.

The participants had to have a BMI lower than 30, above that they are considered obese .

"Our results reinforce current public health recommendations to avoid smoking, to maintain a healthy weight, to engage in physical activity appropriately and to eat adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables and foods containing whole grains and to partake of red meat prudently," said Dr Earl S. Ford, of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, who led the study.

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