Newswise - These days, it’s easy for people to get confused about exercise - how many minutes a day should they spend working out, for how long and at what exertion level?新闻立--这些天来,很容易让人混淆运动多少分钟,每天要花费他们工作,多久以及在什么消耗水平? Conflicting facts and opinions abound, but one Mayo Clinic physician says the bottom line is this: walking is good, whether the outcome measurement is blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, joint problems or mental health.矛盾的事实和观点比比皆是,但一Mayo诊所的医师说,底线是:走的是好的,结果是否是测量血压,糖尿病,心血管疾病,关节问题或心理健康.

“Getting out there and taking a walk is what it’s all about,” says James Levine, M.D., Ph.D., and a Mayo Clinic expert on obesity."走出那里散步时,是怎样的一回事,"温尼,医学博士,哲学博士,和Mayo诊所的专家就肥胖. “You don’t have to join a gym, you don’t have to check your pulse."你不用参加健身房,你不一定要检查你的脉搏. You just have to switch off the TV, get off the sofa and go for a walk.”你刚刚关掉电视,下车后倒在沙发上散步."

The health benefit associated with walking is the subject of Dr. Levine’s editorial in the July 2007 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings .卫生福利与步行的主题博士levine的社论,在2007年7月发行Mayo诊所诉讼. Dr. Levine’s piece is entitled, “Exercise: A Walk in the Park?” and accompanies a Proceedings article that showcases the merits of walking as beneficial exercise.levine博士的一篇题为"运动:公园漫步?",伴随着一个程序的文章,展现优点步行作为有益的演习.

The study, undertaken by physicians from the Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine in Matsumoto, Japan, determined that high-intensity interval walking may protect against high blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people.研究,由医师从真宗大学毕业的医学院在松本,日本认定高强度区间步行可预防高血压下降,肌肉力量之间的老年人.

Over five months, the Japanese researchers studied 246 adults who engaged in either no walking or moderate to high-intensity walking.过去五个月中,日本研究人员研究了246名成年人从事任何要么步行或中度高强度步行. The group who engaged in high-intensity walking experienced the most significant improvement in their health, the researchers found.77人从事的是高强度的步行经历了最显着改善他们的健康,研究者发现.

In his editorial, Dr. Levine says the study lends credence to the notion that walking is a legitimate, worthy mode of exercise for all people.在其社论中,levine博士说,这项研究的可信度概念,步行是一个合法的,值得运动方式,为所有人民. Dr. Levine says it’s a welcome message for his patients, who fight obesity and appreciate that a walk is one way to improve their health.levine博士说,这是一个值得欢迎的讯息,因为他的病人,谁对抗肥胖和明白散步是一个途径,以改善他们的健康.

Unlike a health club membership or personal trainer, walking “is there for everyone,” Dr. Levine says.不像一个健康俱乐部会员或个人教练机,走",是存在于每个人,"博士levine说. “Walking doesn’t cost you anything, you can do it barefoot and you can do it now, this minute.”"走路不费你什么,你可以做赤脚,你可以现在就做,这一刻"

“Sitting is bad for cholesterol, it’s bad for your back and muscles,” Dr. Levine says."坐在坏胆固醇,它是一种不良的你的背部肌肉,"博士levine说. “It’s such a terrible thing for our bodies to do and the less of it you do, the better."这是一个可怕的事情,为自己的身体做,少了它,你就越好. But activity is not easy.但活动是不容易的. If it were easy, everyone would do it.”如果这是轻而易举的事,人人都会做."