Your risk of dying (of any cause) decreases by 51% if you take this many steps per day

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You don’t need to undertake rigorous physical activity to optimize blood flow, in fact a new study published in the JAMA Network posits that taking as little as 8,000 steps a day can reduce your risk of dying of any cause by as much as 51%.
 

Each of the 4,480 participants were fitted with accelerometers for seven days a week for three years consecutively. After all relevant data had been documented, including diet, smoking status; body mass index; mobility limitations; and diagnoses of diabetes, stroke, heart disease, and cancer, the researchers conducted a follow up study about  ten years later. 
 

In the time, 1165 deaths occurred. Four-hundred and six participants died as a result of cardiovascular disease and 283 succumbed to various forms of cancer.

 

On balance, 4,000 steps per day or less were linked to the worst outcomes. Participants who walked 8,000 steps per day or more decreased their risk of dying of any cause by 51% compared to those who walked roughly 4,000 steps per day.