Another reason to exercise
Posted by leah on Jul 27, 2008
From a press release issued by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis:
Absence may make the heart grow fonder, but endurance exercise seems to make it younger. According to a study conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts. The researchers also showed that by one metabolic measure, women benefited more than men from the training.
So, to keep your heart performing like a young person’s heart, keep exercising! The study found that exercising for an hour 3-5 times a week was enough to improve heart function.
Vitamin D and Heart Attacks
Posted by leah on Jun 9, 2008
I just saw on my local news that vitamin D deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks in men. You can make sure you get enough vitamin D by drinking fortified milk, eating fish, and also from sun exposure.