Longevity: How buying vegetables post your morning walk can help one live longer

After choosing the fresh produce over a morning chit-chat, without even realising you’ll have natural dumbbells in the form of bags full of vegetables.
Regular resistance or load-bearing activity helps preserve muscle mass, bone density, and metabolic health. If you’re someone over 40, then it can be a better health hack for you. NIH study suggests that as we age, our bodies naturally lose muscle mass and strength in a process called sarcopenia. The study explains that engaging in strength-training or resistance-type exercise helps maintain muscle and bone health, support mobility, and reduce risk of falls and frailty. Even modest strength training can improve metabolic health, bone density and functional ability, and two-three bags of fruits and vegetables are just the right amount of “modest”.