Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

Taku John — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:48:33 GMT

Howdy Doctor---You say you can only handle one interval session a week because your 50? I do six 30 minute sessions a week, I do the Pace Method. I did run marathons back in the 80's, don't run much anymore though. I read all of your news letters and et a lot of good stuff from them---Thanks. Rev John-----PS I will be 61 in 50 days.

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

quantum dance — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:44:11 GMT

I remember reading a science blog. Object in motion age less than stationary object because of riding light waves or something.

I remember in this science blog that one man stayed on earth and the other was in a space ship and because the space ship was in constant motion at after a period of time (less than 100 year) the man on the space ship was 30 years younger than the man on earth.

Exercise does cause people to be in a greater amount of motion, thus physics wise they will age less.

I have also heard that one of the consequences of exercise is the production of growth hormones, which is what children and teenagers get a lot of. The body produces it to repair torn muscle tissues and everything else in the body then gets a boost of it as well.

Exercise can also cause charkas to spin, which effects hormones as they return back to a more youthful state. The six Tibetian rites and the wirling derrivish (sp?) have used these methods to reach health on quantum levels. Jumping for joy on a trampoline helps to speed up 'bodily clean up' and create youthfulness as the immune system flows very freely in the bursts of the anti-gravitaional moments.

Dr. Mercola, you are one of the wisest people I have ever had the pleasure to read from. I do not understand how anyone, in good conscience, can bash you. You have the best of intentions and anyone whom does not agree with what you say would do far better support your wonderful intent and try to find the middle ground. To do otherwise is very low energy and does not foster love. Live needs love. I don't understand why they want to take your life energy away.

I don't allows agree with everything you do, but you have such a light and wonderful way about the information that you present that I work to educate myself to see your side of the information.

You have helped me heal so much in my life already. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

anotherAL — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:19:58 GMT

EXERCISE IS GOOD ..... But I'm not sure about the science .....

Seems to me that natural selection means some people have "by nature" a more robust constitution, and are "by nature" healthier and fitter than others, and that such people appear to age more slowly and live longer.

The trouble with all the research (and vested interests and propaganda) that purports to show the benefit of exercise is that it doesn't distinguish between those Darwinian individuals who have a surviving nature, and those who are "by nature" less robust, less healthy, less fit, and therefore who appear to age and die sooner.

The issue is muddied further by the fact that fitter, more robust individuals are more likely to exercise than the unfit, BUT is it the exercise that is keeping them healthier longer OR is it their natural superior strength?

I have met several centinerians. NONE ever exercised: sure they weren't as car-dependent & office-bound & overfed processed food as us younger folk are nowadays - they were more active physically, walking more, doing housework & gardening with fewer electromechanical aids. But none did any of the artificial action stuff that is promoted these days.

Are the promoters of exercise saying any more than at best it does you only marginal good?

I enjoy exercise, but I'm not convinced it'll help me live longer, or confer any benefit other than the more I do it, the easier it becomes.

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

sobber — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:48:37 GMT

the only thing is that we need to exercise in moderation ;weight lifting is the best in my opinion;l noticed lots of professional athletes die young or constantly catch something so it is either they sport diet or they use up parts to quickly

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MarthaB — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:29:57 GMT

I usually feel like a million bucks after a good workout. Well, after I shower, that is. ;-)

I have naturally run intervals most of my life. It just felt like the right way to run. However, I also run aerobically on the dreadmill when my energy is better, and I lift weights for an hour three times per week.

Thanks for the list. It's the healthy reasons that keep me going!

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Dr Rik — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:28:15 GMT

Hmmm...did I read that right, an exercise study without exercise; just take a drug that simulates exercise?

I think I have a program like that on my Ipod. Think I can get that to do my exercise for me?

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

Cjk10000 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:58:01 GMT

I can't believe I used to jog for 1 whole hour, and now doing a 15 minute "interval" sprint actually saved me 45 minutes, while making me even healthier...

So happy I found this article :)

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

squeegee — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:48:51 GMT

Jack LaLanne is a great role model to follow -

"At age 93, he continues to work out every morning for two hours. He spends one and a half hours in the weight room, and half an hour swimming or walking."

en.wikipedia.org/.../Jack_LaLanne

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

Elton — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:36:10 GMT

I walk a mile twice a day. :D It's more like hiking, actually, since I'm going up hill.

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Chrisb53 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:46:25 GMT

Yes, Dr Mercola, but I think that would be a matter of opinion I suppose, but there is no doubt as to his legacy... "James F. Fixx (April 23, 1932–July 20, 1984) was the author of the 1977 best-selling book, The Complete Book of Running. Best known as Jim Fixx, he is credited with helping start America's fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging."

And I agree there were probably many other co-factors that contributed to his untimely death, and which just goes to show that other lifestyle factors other than exercise are of equal importance as I stated in my previous post.

I would also like to add that the original father of exercise (and long forgotten by many) was Bernarr MacFadden along with Paul Bragg who ran many popular crusades across America in the promotion of a natural lifestyle, including exercise, as only part of a programme to achieve good health and freedom from disease.

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

Chrisb53 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:35:35 GMT

Yes. Exercise is essential to health within a programme of a healthy lifestyle which includes: adequate rest, sleep, fresh air, sunshine, a natural raw food diet and so on, and this quote from Dr Mercolas article................

"alternate short bursts of high-intensity exercise with gentle recovery periods. This type of exercise, known as interval training, can dramatically improve your cardiovascular fitness and fat-burning capabilities."

is in line with the same type of exercise programme endorsed by Dr Al Sears MD which he describes as his PACE programme.

Aerobic exercise that does not include the above can be harmful. You only have to consider Americas father of running, Jim Fixx, who died of a heart attack while on his daily run I believe, at the age of only 52!!!!

re: Exercise is the Heart's Fountain of Youth

qualitygeek — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:02:39 GMT

Motion is life ... if you are not moving & growing, you are dying...

Over & over, when I've seen relatives and friends retire & stop moving, quite quickly afterwards, they've lost mobility ending up invalid, kept alive by prescriptions, with a very poor quality of life. Then, there are others who have lived vibrantly up (running marathons or playing a last round of golf) right up to the day of or the day before they met their maker.

Given a choice, I don't want to be wearing an adult diaper or catheter with a feeding tube in a wheelchair or stuck in bed 24/7 in an old folks home when I finally leave this shell. I want to be as drug-free then as I am today and I plan to educate patients on nutrition, encourage exercise, and adjust them until I move into a pine box.