At this point, you don’t need to be told the importance of good heart health for overall healthy aging. But what is news is that researchers have now pinpointed the amount of exercise you should undertake to keep your heart healthy and your blood vessels young. Published in The Journal of Physiology, this new study found that 30 minutes of exercise 4-5 times a week is essential for slowing down the aging of your heart and arteries. To find out more about the study, hop on your treadmill and Read Here. And a healthy heart is not only essential for cardiovascular health, but it’s also been linked to lowering the risk of other conditions that can arise in older people, such as frailty. New research just published in the Journal of Gerontology reports that older people who have a low risk of heart disease can drastically lessen the risk of frailty. Being frail is not a natural or inevitable part of aging and by taking care of your cardiovascular health, you can dramatically lessen the likelihood of becoming frail, in addition to reducing your risk for other things like dementia. Read more about this important new finding Here.