housework

Is this some kind of conspiracy? Researchers say that doing housework can reduce a woman’s chance of getting cancer.

They found the risk of endometrial and breast cancer was cut by 30% from physical activity such as household chores and walking. Women who did chores for more than four hours a day had more protection than those who only worked for two hours. Women who walked for a hour a day, rather than just a half hour, also got less cancer.

Researcher Clare Stevinson says, “Some levels of housework are hard enough to have a physiological effect. It doesn’t have to be a huge amount of high intensity stuff. But the more you do, the better.”
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This is news? Apparently scientists think so, because they?ve announced that housework causes people (mostly women) to become clinically depressed. This is in contrast to other forms of exercise, which have been shown to improve people’s emotional states. Professor Nanette Mutrie says, “With vigorous exercise, the effect is clear; the more you do, the better it is for wellbeing. With housework it is the opposite?the more you do, the more depression you report.”
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