Try Tai Chi
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
If you’re looking to add more exercise into your lifestyle why not consider Tai Chi. It’s an ancient Chinese martial art – it’s sometimes called “meditation in motion”. It’s a series of different postures that gently flow into each other in slow movements. One of the big benefits to Tai Chi is that it can significantly enhance the activity of our immune system. And although it looks gentle, it can be a surprisingly good workout! Michael Mosley speaks to Dr. Parco Siu from the University of Hong Kong, who has been studying the health benefits of Tai Chi for over a decade. His research has revealed that Tai Chi can lead to faster brain benefits than other exercises. He also found that Tai Chi was as effective as conventional exercise like moderate-intensity aerobic exercise or muscle strengthening activities for reducing body weight and visceral fat!
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| 0:09.0 | I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self. |
| 0:16.0 | Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer. |
| 0:20.0 | Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B. |
| 0:24.1 | I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things. |
| 0:30.0 | Young again, with me, Kirstie Young. |
| 0:32.6 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.8 | BBC Sounds, |
| 0:37.8 | music radio podcasts. We would all like some quick and simple ways to improve our health, but we're inundated with often conflicting advice. |
| 0:52.0 | So if you were going to try just one... inundated with often conflicting advice. |
| 0:52.8 | So if you were going to try just one thing |
| 0:55.4 | to improve your mental and physical well-being, |
| 0:58.0 | what should it be? |
| 0:59.1 | Perhaps the martial art of Tai Chi |
| 1:01.8 | to improve your immune system. |
| 1:03.8 | Maybe a few nuts to slow aging. |
| 1:06.6 | Or how about cleaning your teeth |
| 1:08.9 | to give your brain a boost? |
| 1:11.7 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley, and this is just one thing where each episode will explore |
| 1:16.6 | one thing you can start doing today to improve your health or life in ways you might not expect. |
| 1:26.0 | I'm in my garden and I'm doing some gentle slow exercise |
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