Want to lower your blood pressure? Play socer
Submitted by Jeff on February 4, 2010 - 3:39pm
It turns out that playing soccer is better for you than just about anything else if you want to lower your blood pressure and lose weight. A new study by European researchers found that when previously inactive people play soccer twice a week for three months, their blood pressure, pulse rate, and proportion of body fat all improve. Other, related studies found that vascular elasticity and heart function also improved through regular soccer playing. A group of articles based on these studies will be published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports in late February.
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