Posted on Apr 21, 2017
Bike Commuting Is Preventative Medicine, According to Science
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Massive study finds cyclists and other active commuters experience dramatically lower risk of dying—from any cause—than those who drive or take public transit.
Just in time for National Bike to Work Week (May 15 to 19 this year), a team of researchers from Glasgow University in Scotland found that people who bike to work slash their risk of dying from any cause by a whopping 41 percent, relative to those who drive or take public transit.
The five-year study of more than 260,000 commuters in the UK found that among the commuters—half men, half women, with an average age of 53—those who rode their bike to work also lowered their risk of heart disease by 46 percent and their risk of cancer by 45 percent. (Start your cycling journey on the right foot with The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Beginners!)
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Massive study finds cyclists and other active commuters experience dramatically lower risk of dying—from any cause—than those who drive or take public transit.
Just in time for National Bike to Work Week (May 15 to 19 this year), a team of researchers from Glasgow University in Scotland found that people who bike to work slash their risk of dying from any cause by a whopping 41 percent, relative to those who drive or take public transit.
The five-year study of more than 260,000 commuters in the UK found that among the commuters—half men, half women, with an average age of 53—those who rode their bike to work also lowered their risk of heart disease by 46 percent and their risk of cancer by 45 percent. (Start your cycling journey on the right foot with The Bicycling Big Book of Cycling for Beginners!)
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Bike Commuting Is Preventative Medicine, According to Science
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I've been mountain biking for nearly 20 years and enjoy it very much. I used to ride to work in city traffic and found it was even more risky and much less fun than mountain biking like attached picture. There was just too many crazies on the streets for me.:)
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I have been biking to work for close to seven years now. Lost 40 pounds, absolutely killed my bad cholesterol and have lowered my blood pressure. In addition to that, my state (Florida) offers a healthy tax incentive to those who bike a minimum of three days a week to work. If you do all five days like I do, its *BIG MONEY* at tax time.
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