According to the American Heart Association, hypertension (also known as high blood pressure) is the number one modifiable risk factor for stroke. It can also lead to a plethora of health problems such as heart attack, dementia, stroke, erectile dysfunction, kidney failure and even blindness. High blood pressure is especially dangerous because most of the time it has no symptoms, earning it the nickname of “The Silent Killer”.

New research shows that people in cardiac rehabilitation who are overweight benefit the most from long slow walks, not short brisk exercise as previously thought.
Seventy-four individuals enrolled in a cardiac rehabilitation program. They were all overweight, had coronary heart disease and were randomly assigned to either a standard rehab exercise program or a program designed to burn about four times as many calories. The standard rehabilitation exercise included 25-40 minutes of brisk walking, biking or rowing three days a week for a total of about 700-800 calories burned per week. …