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Originally Posted by PBO
Exercise is often the best cure & the best 'life choice'
I have a friend who has the machine, although it works it's almost validated his poor lifestyle & removed the need to make healthy choices
Go for a run, buy a bike, swim every day...whatever the exercise it will make a notable difference
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We already go to the Spa several times each week and use a meriad of methods for exercise. I swim laps nearly every day now, and I take the boys on bike-rides on the Han River here in Seoul a couple times a month, because I love the views. We ride for at least 10 to 20 miles every visit. They have several hundred miles of bike paths along both sides of the river, which makes for some great riding. I do believe that laziness has contributed to this problem to some extent. Still there is only so much one can do. After spending over 20+ years in the US Navy and having to complete a PT test at least twice a year kept me in shape. After leaving the service I pretty much gave up most of the exercise but have kept up with other kinds of physical activities. When I look around at others my age and from what doctors are telling me, I am in pretty good shape compared to most. I am in the low 40's catagory, which is pretty good considering that I am about to turn 52. Very little drinking and no smoking(ever).
We were discussing this yesterday and we are seeing a lot of changes in the way people are living and growing now compared to 50 years ago. I believe we as a human race are going through changes that are really begining to show some level of deterioration of our physical health overall. We just read that the average death age is begining to drop. Evolution is always a constant and things do not always go in the direction of positive changes. Life changing illnesses are at an all time high and we seem to be getting worse as time moves forward with Diabedes, cancer, heart desease, ostioparosis, aids, MS, and a whole bunch of other deseases seem to be on the rise.
I believe that we have poisoned ourselves with too many man made chemicals and polution and now we are begining to see the effects of that mistake. Dursban and other pesticides have been banned due to the fact that these chemicals never deteriorate and are ending up in our driking water along with mercury, lead and others, but after nearly 100 years of use I fear the bans on these things were too late in coming. We will feel the effects of this disaster for decades. Plus illnesses are becoming more powerful like the super bugs and bacteria that are now showing up. It is hard to see it now, but we could actually be extinct in a few hundred years if something does not change in a positive way.