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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Dec 25, 2012 15:07:10 GMT -5
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/254468.phpFor some reason, I can't shake the feeling that pharmaceutical companies own the FDA.. Making up fake diseases with long confusing names instead of telling people the simple truth, that our ancestors walked and ran at least 10 miles a day every day for a million years; thus our bodies are tuned to work properly only if we walk and run relatively long distances every day. (This is an evolutionary fact. Fish gotta swim and land predators gotta run.) So, what happens when we don't? Cholesterol and all that other mumbo jumbo. Don't want to be fat? Run 5-6 kms a day; It'll only take an hour away from your 4 hours a day of TV time. (Go ahead, deny it.) Here's to good health.. and the pharmaceuticals that are making it possible for everyone.
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Dec 26, 2012 11:09:34 GMT -5
Did you guys know that running on average 10 kms every day will protect you against Atherosclerosis, bladder stones, kidney stones and gallstones? Running long distances daily makes it impossible for stones to form in the kidney, bladder, etc. And it also makes it impossible for fat/cholesterol to accumulate on the walls of arteries.
Running every day also speeds up your metabolism, which is another reason you won't get fat. Running results in increased heart rate which in turn speeds up blood circulation; this hour or two of increased blood flow per day does magic for your health.
Getting into the habit of running every day will decrease your resting heart-rate quite noticeably. Professional distance runners exhibit resting rates far below average. This means there is generally less strain on your heart. (The average is 60-100; but for athletes, even below 40 bpm is normal.)
All of this is proven medical fact, I'm not making any of it up.
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Dec 27, 2012 4:50:27 GMT -5
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Dec 27, 2012 10:50:32 GMT -5
Please note, in order to achieve the health benefits of running mentioned above, (the inhibition of various kinds of stone formation) YOU MUST KEEP YOURSELF HYDRATED.
Also, running strengthens a wide range of muscles all over your body, including your heart. Stronger heart (the heart is a muscle) means a lower resting heart rate.
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Post by grainnerhuad on Jan 4, 2013 16:31:29 GMT -5
The thing I wonder about the running though is if it is mostly or at least more helpful if you begin young and continue throughout your life.
It's like lifting a cow. You can lift a calf no problem and if you lift that calf everyday for its entire life and yours you will be able to lift a cow, at the end. But if you just go out and try to lift a cow-forget it.
An older out of shape body is not built to run. The weight of a neglected body cannot be managed by a neglected spine and compression and fractures occur. Somehow people need to learn never to stop moving and being children.
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Post by asiaticdarkperson on Jan 5, 2013 5:16:41 GMT -5
You might be right Grainne.. but I believe the human body is a wondorous, magical thing. And I don't think it's ever too late to start treating it right. I don't want to force my ideas on you or anything like that, but maybe start with running 10 minutes a day really really slow at a snail's pace. It will make you feel so good. ('cause of the endorphins or something.. hehe) Tehran has been on holiday for a week now because of severe air pollution. But there's this one fool running along the freeways every night. I try to go for a solid 60 minutes without rest every night. I enjoy seeing all the people stuck in traffic wearing protective masks over their nose and mouth while I go zipping by.  |
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Post by grainnerhuad on Jan 9, 2013 14:48:04 GMT -5
You are right, anyone can start anything anytime. Older individuals should start slower. I myself have hated running my whole life but have been active in other ways, horseback riding, biking, hiking and boating (paddles, not motors)
But I did learn humbling lessons when a few years ago in my 30's I was out of commission for 3 months due to a foot injury and rebuilding a tendon. Starting slow is a thing I now know. (and it sucks for sure) but not as bad as being non-ambulatory. Which is why I never understand people who don't allow themselves to move.
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Post by The Late Mitchell Warren on Jan 18, 2013 8:07:26 GMT -5
Damn, I've been on Facebook so much I keep wanting to like Shh's status...but alas.......
The FDA is the biggest scam of all time. I couldn't believe the stuff I read when I became of age...anyone with half a brain and half an open mind can see its a government scam...run the opposite direction of whatever they say.
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