Re: swimming and chemicals (OT?)

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At 11:40 PM 3/24/02 +0000, Carolyn wrote:

Exercise... I need to do it.  So, I am thinking about swimming.  However, I

worry about the chlorine (and other chemicals?) in the water.  I think I heard

that chlorine isn't absorbed through the skin as much as absorbed through

breathing it in. 

Was just reading somewhere yesterday that they're linking the dioxins in

chlorinated pools to poor enamel on children's teeth.

>Also, the more I read about exercise it seems important to do weight-bearing

exercise and lift weights etc.  Perhaps this would be a better route...

combined with walking. 

I'd go with the walking. In the book Lights Out I just finished the author

relates strenuous exercise to setting off the high cortisol levels in our body

that represent our instinctual feeling of being chased. The result is you age

faster from the hormone production.

Wanita