Of course you know exercise is good for you. Here are three more reasons to limber up:
1. It boosts the immune system – Our ability to fight infections tends to decline as we get older, but studies show that older people who get six hours of moderate exercise a week have an immune response similar to that of someone in their 20s.
2. It guards against Parkinson’s – A Harvard University analysis of 48,000 men found that the most active were 50 per cent less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease that the least active. Those who’d been vigorously active as young men cut the risk by 60 per cent.
3. It could slow prostate cancer – A 17-year Harvard study found that men over 65 doing at least three hours of running, cycling, swimming, etc, a week had a 70 per cent lower risk of being diagnosed with advanced or fatal prostate cancer.
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