The only known cure for prevention of heart attack, stroke and artery hardening is ... running. 30 min x 3 per week.
It is free for anybody.
You work to pay the mortgage and raise the kids.
Why not do a little work for your own body?
Great article but how many diseases do pills cure? Few.
Glibly spoken by someone with no OTHER problems, such as major foot problems, knee problems, back problems. All of which can also be brought on by “running”.
(Biking is better, as is swimming.)
Run all you want. You can still have a heart attack, stroke, or clogged arteries.
Ask Jim Fixx.
“The only known cure for prevention of heart attack, stroke and artery hardening is ... running.”
Yep! No one has ever heard of a runner having a heart attack.
Well....apart from Jim Fixx (https://onceuponaparadigm.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/what-really-killed-fitness-god-jim-fixx-i-just-learned/) and maybe a neighbor or two...
I like running. I plan to get a run in today in 100 degree heat. But there are lots of things that affect hearts.
While I agree that exercise is good for the heart I have my doubts about it having anything to do with preventing hardening of the arteries.
I have known several runners that still got clogged arteries.
My brother-in-law is a runner that did 3 to 5 miles a day 5 times a week and did lots of walking at work (at least 10K steps a day). Still he had blocked arteries and had a heart attack at 60 years old.
He also had yearly checkups and blood test that showed he had no trouble with cholesterol.
Fortunately, he caught the heart attack early and did not have any damage to his heart. Got stints and is back to good health and running again.