Re: Exercise >>> Mortality

[Guest guest]

This came out today and is relevant to the recent discussion...

Monday, July 25, 2005; DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Exercise can't hold off the

effects of aging, but it can improve an elderly person's chances of hanging onto

an independent lifestyle, researchers said, citing a new study that brought both

good and bad news.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/25/exercise.a

ging.ap/index.html?section=cnn_health

http://tinyurl.com/9clrt

[Guest guest]

I suspect there may be some creative word play in this abstract to increase

reader interest.

While I prefer activity level to exercise for discussing personal relevance, it

appears that inactive individuals lose capacity (not aging?) faster. The operative

question might be how does energy restriction affect this inactivity related

decline. This is a little complicated as activity level affects energy balance.

I don't know that this has been specifically parsed out of studies.

Perhaps CR will completely mitigate this accelerated decline but I'm not ready

to make that bet. We barely grasp the basics let alone such subtleties. A little

like a tin man in the rain, I'm afraid to stop moving although I have cut back.

YMMV

JR

-----Original Message-----From: Jeff Novick [mailto: ]On Behalf Of Jeff NovickSent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: RE: [ ] Exercise >>> Mortality

This came out today and is relevant to the recent discussion...

Monday, July 25, 2005; DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Exercise can't hold off the effects of aging, but it can improve an elderly person's chances of hanging onto an independent lifestyle, researchers said, citing a new study that brought both good and bad news.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/25/exercise.aging.ap/index.html?section=cnn_health

http://tinyurl.com/9clrt

[Guest guest]

Hi JR:

I would be prepared to trade one year of lifespan for a reasonable

expectation of living comfortably and independently until very close

to the end. If that is what the tradeoff turned out to be.

Rodney.

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wrote:

> [ ] Exercise >>> Mortality ... Was Re: Exercise >>>

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> suspect there may be some creative word play in this abstract to

increase

> reader interest.

>

> While I prefer activity level to exercise for discussing personal

relevance,

> it

> appears that inactive individuals lose capacity (not aging?)

faster. The

> operative

> question might be how does energy restriction affect this

inactivity related

>

> decline. This is a little complicated as activity level affects

energy

> balance.

> I don't know that this has been specifically parsed out of studies.

>

> Perhaps CR will completely mitigate this accelerated decline but

I'm not

> ready

> to make that bet. We barely grasp the basics let alone such

subtleties. A

> little

> like a tin man in the rain, I'm afraid to stop moving although I

have cut

> back.

>

> YMMV

>

> JR

> -----Original Message-----

> From: Jeff Novick [mailto: ]On

Behalf Of Jeff

> Novick

> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:21 PM

>

> Subject: RE: [ ] Exercise >>> Mortality

>

>

> This came out today and is relevant to the recent discussion...

>

> Monday, July 25, 2005; DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- Exercise can't

hold off the

> effects of aging, but it can improve an elderly person's chances of

hanging

> onto an independent lifestyle, researchers said, citing a new study

that

> brought both good and bad news.

>

> http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/diet.fitness/07/25/exercise.a

> ging.ap/index.html?section=cnn_health

>

>

> http://tinyurl.com/9clrt

>

>