JAKARTA - A few hours of exercise a week is enough to maintain heart health, but men actually need more activity than women to get the same benefits.
Reporting from the Euro News page, this study shows women benefiting from sports greater than men, especially in terms of heart health.
Women exercising about four hours per week can lower the risk ofteger heart disease by up to 30 percent. According to a study published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research, men need to exercise more than double, nearly nine hours per week to get the same benefits.
cut heart disease causes the heart's blood vessels to narrow or harden, so that the blood supply to the heart becomes less than optimal. Risk factors include unhealthy eating patterns, lack of exercise, and smoking.
This study also found that exercise can provide health benefits even in low numbers. About 2.5 hours of moderate to high intensity exercise per week is enough to reduce the risk ofile heart disease by 22 percent in women and 17 percent in men.
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This finding surprised Karl Lauterbach, a former German Health Minister, who called him unfair on social media platform X.
People who already suffer from heart disease can also benefit from exercise. Women who exercise moderate to intense for 51 minutes per week show a lower risk of death, while men need 85 minutes.
To gain the same advantage in terms of survival, men need to exercise about 1.7 times more than women.
The more often a person is physically active in a week, the lower the risk of developing heart disease, regardless of gender.
The biological advantages of women may be related to hormones and muscle structures. Estrogen hormone drives fat burning and has protective effect on blood vessels.
Women also have more muscle fibers that are resistant, while men have more muscle fibers built for strength and speed.
This can explain why a woman's heart becomes healthier with less training.
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