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.
...
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.
...
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,”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Conclusion?
Exercise be racis’.
On a related topic, I once walked into my son’s room and told him masturbation would cause blindness and he said, “dad, I’m over here”.
LOL
...about 23 years too late for Jim Fixx.
Nice of the medical profession to do such ‘timely’ studies.
The heart has only so many beats. Exercise increases the heart rate. Exercise kills you.
“Exercise kills you.”
That would imply watching football is good for one’s health.
So, NOW WHAT!!!
LOL
"Dale the Whale" (from the old "Monk" TV show) agrees, and does everything possible to avoid all exercise in order to remain healthy...
Too... healthy? ... what?
You can wear out your organs by exercising too much. The body is a self-healing machine that wears down with age. If you wear it down beyond it’s capacity to regenerate dou to overexertion you die.
Lol, I watched reruns of “Monk” all summer. Dale the Whale, no matter who was playing him, was such a creep!! Great acting!
I ain’t gonna risk it!
I am in absolutely no danger of exercising myself to death.
Whew!
I just did it until I needed glasses...
INTERESTING. I’m a very old girl, go to the gym almost daily, and can now do a faster mile on the treadmill than I could years ago. Eat like a saint. Cholesterol down 40 points in last year. BUT bp is going up and up. Plus my feet hurt for first time in my life...probably from running. Perhaps I should slow down. Do you have a source for your comment? Thx
I agree with you about that actor's acting. I did not recognize the actor, and I sometimes wondered if that was a really small, skinny guy inside a huge fat suit there!
Yep, Hallmark Movies and Mystery Channel. I love that channel!
You’re right, Dale the Whale was played by three different actors...all in fat suits! The actor in the picture you posted is Adam Arkin. Tim Curry (of the Rocky Horror Picture Show fame) also played Dale in one episode, as did an actor named Ray Porter (I’m not familiar with him).
Man, Dale was yuck! :)
https://nutritiousmovement.com/
Katy Bowman. I’ve read tons of her stuff. She is brilliant. She thinks pretty contrary to a lot of typical American health gurus.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.