Scientists discover a way walking is extremely good for the heart.

A new study, recently published in the medical journal Heart, has found that walking is an extremely effective way to prevent heart disease.

Heart rhythm disorders are very common, with the number of atrial fibrillation cases alone doubling in the last three decades, reaching approximately 60 million cases worldwide. To investigate the link between walking speed and the risk of heart rhythm disorders, scientists from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK, collected data on walking speed from 420,925 people with an average age of 55 from the UK Biobank and 81,956 people wearing walking speed trackers.

Walking at a moderate or brisk pace reduces the risk of all heart rhythm abnormalities by 18% compared to walking slowly.

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Slow speed is defined as walking at less than 5 km/h; medium speed is 5-6.5 km/h; and fast speed is over 6.5 km/h.

During an average follow-up period of 13 years, 36,574 individuals developed heart rhythm abnormalities, including: 23,526 atrial fibrillation; 19,093 other arrhythmias; 5,678 bradycardia; and 2,168 ventricular arrhythmias.

Approximately 4,117 of the 81,956 people wearing the monitoring devices also developed heart rhythm disorders.

The results revealed that those who walked faster had smaller waistlines, were lighter in weight, had better grip strength, and lower levels of metabolic risk factors, including blood lipids and fasting blood glucose, as well as lower levels of inflammation.

Notably, after accounting for influencing factors, the results showed that walking at a moderate or fast pace reduced the risk of all heart rhythm abnormalities by 18% compared to walking slowly. Specifically, the risk of atrial fibrillation decreased by 17%. In particular, the risk of arrhythmias decreased by as much as 46% compared to walking at a slow pace, according to News Medical.

Spending more time walking at a moderate or brisk pace reduces the risk of heart arrhythmias by 27%.

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Walking at a moderate or brisk pace reduces the risk of heart arrhythmias by 27%.

The results also showed that spending more time walking at a moderate or brisk pace reduced the risk of heart arrhythmias by 27%.

The effects are particularly strong in women, those under 60, those who are not obese, and those with high blood pressure.

Researchers concluded that spending more time walking at a moderate to brisk pace helps reduce the risk of heart arrhythmias. Brisk walking can be a safe and effective exercise to reduce heart arrhythmias, especially for higher-risk groups.

The UK National Health Service (NHS) defines brisk walking as taking approximately 100-120 steps per minute. You should be able to speak while brisk walking, but not sing.

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