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The 10,000 Steps a Day Myth: The Recommendation May Be Harmful to Your Health
09.04.2024 16:50
Probably everyone already knows how the myth about the health benefits of 10 thousand steps a day was born.
Later it turned out that it is quite enough to do 4 thousand a day, which many housewives successfully cope with. But another interesting detail emerged.
It turns out that the habit of walking 10 thousand steps can pose a health risk.
If we return to the history of the origin of this pseudoscientific myth, it turns out that the recommendation has nothing to do with medicine and a healthy lifestyle.
It was purely a marketing ploy to justify a less than useful invention.
How long to walk
It has long been proven that the body only needs to take a walk during which 4 thousand steps will be taken. And not necessarily all at once - this is the daily norm.
People under 60 years of age can adhere to the norm of 8-10 thousand steps, and at an older age 6-8 thousand.
You can find your steps, for example, by getting off at a stop earlier on the way to or from work, therapist Olga Chirkova told Lenta.ru.
Harmful myth
But when it comes to diseases of the musculoskeletal system, the norm of 10,000 steps will cause harm to health.
In this case, the load should be selected by a doctor and strictly individually.
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