Your Shortcut to Live Long: Benefits of Climbing Stairs
Choosing the stairs over the elevator has been considered sage fitness advice for years but new research backs up this health tip Yes you read it correctly A nbsp meta-analysis nbsp presented at a European Society of Cardiology conference this past weekend found that people who routinely climb stairs were less likely to die from heart disease compared to those who didn rsquo t They also had a lower risk of stroke and heart attack Research presented on Sunday at ESC Preventive Cardiology a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology ESC suggests that climbing stairs is linked to a longer lifespan According to Dr Sophie Paddock the study s author from the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital Foundation Trust in Norwich UK quot If you have the choice go for the stairs as it will help your heart quot quot Even little bursts