The study abroad trips for unimaginable changes

"Don't be crazy! It's so free to do anything?", Ly's mother had a fierce opposition when she heard she wanted to cycle to work.Phuong Ly (25 years old), an office worker in Hanoi, understood why her mother reacted like that.

From a young age, she was quite weak, often ill and was considered a "mobile skeleton".Ly's health was just good when she went to Singapore to study abroad.Here people mainly travel by public transport.Every day, Ly has to walk about 5km and usually takes 45 minutes - 1 hour to move between home - school - workplace.

At first, Ly felt very tired and tired, but after a while, she found herself less sick."Perhaps due to a lot of exercise, I gradually felt my body stronger, even increased 5kg - a dream for people who were difficult to gain weight like me," Ly said.

However, when returning to Vietnam, due to the home 10km from the company, Ly often went to work by motorbike."Every day I sit for 8 hours at the company, less active. Sitting a lot makes me feel my body stagnates. I started to get sick again, which made me stressed."

Recalling the experience of studying abroad, the young girl decided to cycle to work.

At the beginning of the cycling, her limbs were broken, tired.However, after 1 month, Ly felt his health changed in a better way.When the weather changed, she wouldn't have a headache or tired anymore.

So far Ly has persevered in cycling for more than 1 year, her body is no longer thin, sick but becomes "skin with flesh", firmer and healthier.She was commented by her family and friends to have a spectacular makeover.

When asked about the attitude of the surrounding people when she saw her persevering in cycling for more than a year, Ly said: "Up to now, the family is very supportive of my cycling.The most fierce for now happily accepted this.In the evening, training my body.

Harvest health benefits from cycling habits

A study of 263,450 people published in the British Medical Journal has shown that cycling habits can bring many health benefits.

The team from Glasgow University, he asked participants to answer questions about the means of use when working.The researchers divided them into 5 groups including: groups using cars to work;The cycling group goes to work, the group goes to work, the walking group combines the use of buses to work, the cycling group combines the use of bus cars to work and conducting their health monitoring in the next 5 yearsaccording to.

Research results show that working cyclists are at risk of death due to all causes of 41% lower than those who use cars to work.They are also at 46% lower risk of cardiovascular disease and are at a risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 52%.In addition, cyclists are also at a risk of 45% lower cancer and have a risk of death from cancer by 40%.

The benefits of cycling for health have been recognized.

An assessment based on 300 different studies has also shown that cycling has a positive impact on cardiovascular health.Cycling not only increases HDL "good" cholesterol levels but also helps reduce "bad" LDL cholesterol levels and neutral fat in the body, thereby reducing the risk of heart attack, stroke.

Cycling also helps reduce stress, anxiety, especially beneficial for mental health.In addition, cycling process helps increase blood flow to the brain, helping to improve brain function effectively.

Cycling - The trend of green life in the world

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the transportation industry accounts for about 1/4 of the total global carbon emissions and has become the second largest carbon emissions industry in the world.

Data from market research firm Statista also shows that the global transportation industry is a large source of pollution, producing more than 7 billion tons of dioxide carbon dioxide each year.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that the use of fossil fuel -powered means such as gasoline and diesel oil has emitted carbon dioxide (CO2 - a greenhouse gas) into the atmosphere.The accumulation of CO2 and other greenhouse gases such as methane (CH4), nitrogen oxide (N2O) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFC) makes the Earth's atmosphere warm, causing serious climate change.

Global transportation industry produces more than 7 billion tons of carbon dioxide each year.

To minimize emissions from transportation, the replacement of gasoline vehicles into more environmentally friendly vehicles such as bicycles is an effective plan.

Using bicycles has become a trend of green living in some countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, ...

The most typical is the Netherlands - the country dubbed the "country of bicycles".Here, bicycles are a common means of transportation for both short and long distance.The Netherlands owns about 23 million bicycles, the number of bicycles is even more than the population in this country.Each square kilometer in the Netherlands will have about 680 bikes.

The Netherlands developed cycling culture, with about 28% of the total number of domestic trips made by bicycle.They believe that cycling is an easy and healthy way to move.

The Netherlands is known as the "land of bicycle".

The Netherlands has also developed infrastructure and implemented many different policies to encourage people to cycle.Many cities in the Netherlands launched a bicycle sharing program, allowing people and tourists to rent bicycles in a short time (the good news is that this model is also available in Vietnam).In addition, the Dutch government also reduces taxes for cyclists to work.

Even former Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was once caught cycling to the government office.

The former Dutch Prime Minister also rode his bike to the government office.

What if the world cycles together?

Of course, the benefits of cycling habits with the environment are not spoken.

A study by the University of Southern Danish published in the Journal of Communications Earth and Environment has shown that the Dutch cycling on average about 2.6km/day.Research shows that if this model is replicated worldwide, the annual global carbon emissions will be reduced by 686 million tons.

The study showed that this huge figure exceeded the carbon emissions in 2016 of most countries, such as the United Kingdom (more than 367 million tons), Canada (more than 675 million tons), Arab (about Arab (about Arabic.517 million tons) and Australia (more than 414 million tons), according to Worldometer data in 2016.

Thus, the use of bicycles instead of personal vehicles running on gasoline is not only a way to help exercise and prevent disease effectively but also one of the ways to protect the environment.