3 sports to help you live 5-10 years longer

The 25-year study by the US and Denmark shows that choosing the right sport can make you extend your life to nearly a decade.

Scientists analyzed health records collected in 25 years of 8,577 people, ages 20 - 93, who are part of volunteers in the cardiovascular research program of Copenhagen-Dan City. Circuit. They selected the top 6 sports to help people with longevity: tennis, badminton, football, bicycle, swimming, jogging.

Football is one of the sports that helps you live longer and healthier - (artwork from the internet).

The research team led by many units from the US, Denmark and headed by Saint Luke's Medical Center (Kansas City, Misouri-USA). They found that not only is movement good for health and longevity, but the nature of sports also plays an important role.

Sports that help us live the longest require strong enough movements to strengthen the heart rate, help train the heart and if it is a sport we can play with friends, help increase Increasing social interaction, players live longer.

At the top of this "miracle elixir" is tennis : players can live 9.7 years longer than the average person who does not exercise! Next is badminton, with 6.2 years and football with 5 years. In addition, this social communication environment also helps a lot of elders in mental activity, spiritual life should be recommended by scientists.

However, if you do not like the top 3 sports to help live above, you can also choose bicycles, which help live 3.7 years longer; swimming - 3.4 years; jogging - 3.2 years.

The study has just been published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

The above results are consistent with another study based on records of 80,000 people, published in the UK last year, suggesting that sport players who use rackets will live longer.