Posted on 10/17/2017 8:40:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
It was suggested high levels of exercise over time caused stress on the arteries leading to higher coronary artery calcification, also known as CAC.
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The presence and amount of CAC is a significant warning sign to doctors that a patient may be at risk for developing heart disease and a signal to consider early preventive care.
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Unique to the new study is the evaluation of long-term exercise patterns, from young adulthood into middle age. The study group had eight follow-up examinations over 25 years, from 1985 through 2011, starting at age 18 to 30 and finishing at 43 to 55.
Researchers split participants into three distinct groups, based on physical activity patterns.
Group one was defined as exercising below the national guidelines of less than 150 minutes a week, group two as meeting the national guidelines of 150 minutes a week and group three was exercising three-times above the national guidelines of over 450 minutes a week.
Overall, those in group three were 27 percent more likely than those in group one to develop CAC by middle age.
When these findings were divided by race and gender, they found that white men were at the highest risk as they were 86 percent more likely to have CAC. There was no higher odds of CAC for black participants who exercised at this level, and while there was a similar trend for white women it was not statistically significant.
Laddu added: Because the study results show a significantly different level of risk between black and white participants based on long-term exercise trajectories, the data provides rationale for further investigation, especially by race, into the other biological mechanisms for CAC risk in people with very high levels of physical activity,
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:-)
(That's funny!)
Leaving you personally completely aside for this comment I'm about to make, and just talking in very general terms here, I think that the only exercise many people get today is the thumb and finger exercise they get on their smartphones!
(And I think that a day will come when they will start getting painful cramps in their thumbs and fingers, as all that excessive thumb/finger exercise will start to catch up with them!)
Wow. Pure evil.
Jack LaLanne (September 26, 1914 — January 23, 2011)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne
You may believe that,
In my case I was fit enough to get at truck drivers license at age 70
my last job was delivering propane which is more physical than sitting down driving.
When I quit 2 and a half years later I started weight lifting.
In another 2 and a half years my average bone density went up by 4%
I'll take that regeneration thank you very much.
The only problem I had was breaking the clutch linkage twice on my 78 Ford F100 (no power steering, brakes and manual transmission),,,I guess because my leg press is 370 pounds,
It increases the heart rate while exercising and shortly thereafter but exercises also increases cardio pulmonary output allowing the heart to pump more efficiently thereby reducing heart rate. So for 22 hours out of the day my heart rate is less than someone’s who doesn’t exercise.
“The heart has only so many beats. “
Very unlikely. The heart is a living organism, with self bulding, healing, and feedback. Exercising and stimulation do wonder to it, as to any other body parts, especially the bones. The article is about excessive (even additive) stimulation, which can be bad, a no-brainer.
Stay active, live your life. No one gets out alive.
There are other thumb and finger exercises that do not require smartphones (or dumb ones)
That poor girl. I can hardly imagine the suffering she's in for. I must help her...
I know! -- I will train to become a masseuse! And for her -- wherever it hurts (or may be at risk to) I'll be willing to sacrifice my time (and all best effort --scout's honor I swear to it) to be at her service.
No, really guys. I got this one. Just, chill.
I’ve always believed that myself.
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