Garden trampolines 'may help delay ageing'
22/02/2011 New research has shown that regular fitness activity, which could include exercising outdoors on trampolines for the garden, may be the long-sought secret to eternal youth.
The study, published in prestigious science journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, used mice to compare the impact of an active lifestyle compared with a more sedentary existence.
Researchers found that, after five months of experimentation, premature ageing was prevented in almost every organ of the mice that exercised more.
If the same is true of human lifestyles, the investigation could further strengthen the argument for exercising outdoors on trampolines for the garden, which many already believe to hold a host of potential health benefits.
Last month, writing for the Sun Herald, Merrie Leininger suggested that garden trampolines were an essential piece of kit for anyone eager to lose weight.
She claimed that exercising outdoors on a trampoline could help slimmers burn up to 1,000 calories an hour.
The study, published in prestigious science journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, used mice to compare the impact of an active lifestyle compared with a more sedentary existence.
Researchers found that, after five months of experimentation, premature ageing was prevented in almost every organ of the mice that exercised more.
If the same is true of human lifestyles, the investigation could further strengthen the argument for exercising outdoors on trampolines for the garden, which many already believe to hold a host of potential health benefits.
Last month, writing for the Sun Herald, Merrie Leininger suggested that garden trampolines were an essential piece of kit for anyone eager to lose weight.
She claimed that exercising outdoors on a trampoline could help slimmers burn up to 1,000 calories an hour.
