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No, "risk of mortality" is the correct phrase because it refers to one's risk of dying in a given time period, typically a year.
Well, I'm not about to argue the point, WG, but we have no modality for projecting one-year mortality stats. At the moment, the best model we have is a three-year projection, as in the patient is likely to live for (or die within) the next three years. This is, of course, referring to healthy patients and not to those with advanced chronic illnesses.
I think the article is important if only to encourage people to get SOME exercise, even if it is in 5-minute increments during their day. Being sedentary is SO much easier than being active -- most of us are not perfect and need some motivation to get going.
I just started running again (had to stop for literally YEARS due to a bad knee) and am enjoying it a lot, but when I have a zillion things to do, it's easy to put off my workouts. What I started doing was telling myself that I needed to do several "1-song workouts" each day -- most of my jogging songs are 4-5 minutes, so I know I will be on the treadmill that long. Of course, once I'm ON, I usually go a lot longer than 1 song, because listening to music while jogging is one of my favorite things! Sometimes when I am in the cool-down phase, a great song comes on and I just have to start jogging again because it is too hard NOT to.
Back in my U. of M. days I used to run a LOT including doing interval training around Michigan Stadium (gentle hills and REALLY fun but quite a workout!!) -- unfortunately, I overdid it on the pavement, hence the bad knees (one of them got better a while ago, the other just recently). So as much as I like the IDEA of going for more than an hour at a time, I know that that's what screwed up my knee, and I definitely don't want to do that again.
Actually, other sources say it's not healthy to work the heart up to relatively strenuous exercise for just a few minutes. You're supposed to keep it up for 15-20 minutes. A sudden burst of cardio like that are of questionable safety, and don't do any good.
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Running Just 5 Minutes a Day Can Help You Live Longer
OK, by how long ?
I am not advocating the following but it happened, so what gives ...
My father was an invalid from the waist down, scooted all over the house on his bum.
Was always somewhat active, and smoked tobacco like an old steam locomotive,
and was not a heavy drinker, not even a social drinker.
Died in his sleep at the age of 92.
One thing that was way different from anybody else.
Since he died umpteen years ago in a country
where there was very little *fast food* available,
except from maybe a street vendor who made it right then and there,
he actually ate much more healthy food than anybody I know today including me ...
Today I live in the USA, and have a hard time to eat *all natural foods*.
Yes you can do it, but it takes an effort.
I have physical problems also (inherited !), and have to walk with crutches.
I am 75 and look like maybe 50 years old, and am about 20 pounds overweight ...
and wherever I go, I do not use the close up parking places provided for us.
Ate the same stuff for most of my life what my Dad ate.
Never had a car until I was 24 years old and came to the USA.
So I rode my bike to and from school and everywhere else I needed to go.
In the end, I think, to live longer, you first and foremost need a healthy mind,
and a good diet, that does not contain all the chemicals today
which are forced down our throat ...
Again, I am not advocating NOT to at least walk a few miles a day to stay *fit*.
What I am trying to convey, is that exersise alone is not going to do it,
unless you adopt other healthy habits !
Today I live in the USA, and have a hard time to eat *all natural foods*.
Yes you can do it, but it takes an effort.
I have physical problems also (inherited !), and have to walk with crutches.
I am 75 and look like maybe 50 years old, and am about 20 pounds overweight ...
and wherever I go, I do not use the close up parking places provided for us.
Ate the same stuff for most of my life what my Dad ate.
Never had a car until I was 24 years old and came to the USA.
So I rode my bike to and from school and everywhere else I needed to go.
In the end, I think, to live longer, you first and foremost need a healthy mind,
and a good diet, that does not contain all the chemicals today
which are forced down our throat ...
Why does it take effort to eat natural foods? I don't understand. No one's forcing chemicals down your throat. Go to the store, buy fruit, veggies, meat or fish, fowl, dairy, whatever's your preference, and cook them. You can even eat some of the veggies raw, in salad. Is that hard? If you don't know how to cook, learn.
Why does it take effort to eat natural foods? I don't understand. No one's forcing chemicals down your throat. Go to the store, buy fruit, veggies, meat or fish, fowl, dairy, whatever's your preference, and cook them. You can even eat some of the veggies raw, in salad. Is that hard? If you don't know how to cook, learn.
Because junk/processed food taste better, is more convenient, and priced just right. Can't forget about laziness, too.
People end up taking calcium supplements later in their life to address osteoperosis. But the calcium goes right to your arteries which causes hardening of the arteries (calcification) and plaque buildup (blockage), thereby increasing your risk of a heart attack.
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