Reading is such a pleasure but did you know that it can also prolong your life?
Apparently it can. A new study by Social Science & Medicine found that if you read 3.5 hours a week (easily done when one book can take a couple of hours to finish) they are 17% less likely to die in the 12 year follow up period. It also found a similar association for those that read newspapers and periodicals (although it wasn’t as strong for them as it was for the book readers)
What else did the study find?
- Book readers tend to be female
- College educated
- Higher income groups
Reading a book is usually done sitting down and that leads to another problem – it doesn’t make you exercise more (which is important to all round health and wellbeing)…maybe reading a book while cycling (exercise bike) is the answer. That way you exercise the brain and the body.
What are you reading?
