OT - Exercise Hard, Live Longer

I suspect this is a reversal of cause and effect. People in superior health
are more likely to do the exercise. It is not logical to conclude that
exercise is the cause. I see exercise as the effect.

"Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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11/25/2004 - Being active and working out doesn't just make us fit and

help

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us lose weight, it can also add years to our lives. And it's never too

late

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to start. Even people who are middle aged can expect to live longer, with
the risk of death dropping by 23 percent over the next two decades or so
after they start exercising.

http://www.metabolicdiet.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=872

Cubit wrote:
|| I suspect this is a reversal of cause and effect. People in
|| superior health are more likely to do the exercise. It is not
|| logical to conclude that exercise is the cause.

I'm not sure I agree with you. People in poor health who start to exercise
and do it consisently, usually find improved health.

I think your personal bias is showing here, Dave.

I see exercise as
|| the effect.
||
||
|| "Roger Zoul" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
|| news:[email hidden]...
||| 11/25/2004 - Being active and working out doesn't just make us fit
||| and help us lose weight, it can also add years to our lives. And
||| it's never too late to start. Even people who are middle aged can
||| expect to live longer, with the risk of death dropping by 23
||| percent over the next two decades or so after they start exercising.
|||
||| http://www.metabolicdiet.com/articles/article.asp?article_id=872

Cubit said:

I suspect this is a reversal of cause and effect. People in superior health
are more likely to do the exercise. It is not logical to conclude that
exercise is the cause. I see exercise as the effect.

lol