Add 7 years to life by walking 25 minutes

Researchers have found that just 25 minutes of brisk walking a day can add up to seven years to your life.

The study found that moderate exercise could reduce the risk of dying by 50% from a heart attack for someone in their fifties or sixties.

In UK, coronary heart disease is the single biggest killer, causing one death every seven seconds, and exercise has been seen as a way to reduce the risk, essentially by cutting obesity and diabetes.

A study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress suggested that regular exercise can increase life span. 69 healthy non-smokers, aged between 30 and 60, who did not take regular exercise were tested as part of the study at Saarland University in Germany.

At a DNA level, blood tests taken during six months of regular aerobic exercise, high-intensity interval training and strength training showed an antiageing process gets triggered and helps repair old DNA.