Why More Cardio, Longer Saunas, and Strict Diets May Be Backfiring

Now, for the longest time, you may have heard that 10,000 steps a day is like gold standard. So what this meta analysis found was that walking 7,000 steps a day as compared to walking 2,000 steps a day resulted in. I'll go through this real quick. 20% lower risk of all cause mortality. That's risk of dying from anything except maybe getting hit by a bus when you're walking. 25% lower risk of cardiovascular disease. 47% lower risk of cardiovascular disease mortality. 37% lower risk of cancer mortality. 14% lower risk of type 2 diabetes. 38% lower risk of dementia. 22% lower risk of depression symptoms. 28% lower risk of falls. However, that is a little bit of a lower volume of walking than many people have been led to believe that they need for health. Now, what's interesting is that when people increased from 7,000 to 12,000 steps per day, there were further improvements in the risks of all cause mortality, cardiovascular disease, cancer mortality and depression symptoms. But the lion's share of the benefits began to kick in at 3,000 steps and, and kind of started to taper off a little bit in terms of really meaningful outcomes after 7,000 steps.