Power Bar founder Maxwell

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I've read many posts about the Power Bar founder, Maxwell, that have

a tone as if 'this shows that exercise doesn't protect you,'

or 'moderation in exercise, as if he died from too much exercise'....

Folks, has anybody realized yet (I haven't seen ALL the posts) that

exercise that you do in 1979 has no protective value in the year

2004? The benefits of exercise start very rapidly.....and after you

stop your exercise program, those benefits quickly fade away.

The article that I read about him said nothing about his continuing

to exercise after 1979. Was there information that he maintained his

exercise program through 2004?

This is very likely a case in which there was premature coronary

artery disease in the family. Age 51 is quite young to die of sudden

cardiac death.

Jim Fixx, who died of sudden cardiac death, was a famous runner who

wrote a popular book on running. His father had died at a very young

age--I'm guessing around age 40--of a myocardial infarct (heart

attack).

When Jim Fixx was visiting cardiologist in Texas, Dr.

wanted to perform a treadmill stress test, since Jim Fixx's

father had died at such a young age. Jim Fixx refused the treadmill-

EKG-stress test, on the grounds that he had run so many times without

problems, that he just couldn't have heart disease. Jim Fixx died of

sudden cardiac death, and Dr. states to this day that, if Dr.

had performed the treadmill-EKG-stress test, he believes he

would have found an EKG abnormality during exercise that would have

prompted further cardiac investigation, and prevented Jim Fixx's

fatal MI.

This is a disease where the most common first symptom/sign is sudden

death. Yes, most people who die of sudden cardiac death had no clue

that they had heart disease.

This is only a one person case study which has absolutely no

ramifications for CR, exercise, power bars, or anything else.

It tells us nothing, except for the fact that Maxwell had coronary

artery disease.

When unstable plaque in a coronary artery ruptures, it releases its

lipid rich core into the lumen of the artery, and triggers the

clotting mechanism. The clot, or thrombus, then can totally occlude

the blood flow through the coronary artery, and cause fatal

ventricular arrhythmias.

bob bessen

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