A new report in the Archives of Internal Medicine explains that people who have been active in their leisure time are likely to have cells that are biologically younger than those who tend to be couch potatoes…all the more reason to get up, get moving, and get going.

“A sedentary lifestyle increases the propensity to aging-related disease and premature death,” the authors write. “Inactivity may diminish life expectancy not only by predisposing to aging-related diseases but also because it may influence the aging process itself.”

It appears that aerobic exercise not only jump starts your metabolism but also reaches down deep into the chromosomes of your white blood cells. What happens is that it slows down the aging of those cells, therefore slowing down the aging process overall.

This gives me the added motivation I needed to finally get into the groove and shake my booty. Physicians recommend that just 30 minutes a day will do the trick. Since exercise in itself leads to less aging related illnesses, why not take full advantage of this discovery and start walking faster, dancing more, biking longer, hiking harder and if you’ve been a laptop couch potato likethis grandmother, start out with a beginner’s aerobics class, which is also great fun, and share the experience with other newbies. Don’t be shy – we’ve all been there at one time or another…or still are…but not for long…

You can read further about the study and its findings at Psych Central News.

Also read: Nana’s New Year’s Resolution…same as last year…lose weight