That is not a trite comment because most of us don’t live very natural lifestyles.\u00a0 We sit around most of the day and eat processed “food” and drink sugary “water”.\u00a0 Humans are built for mobility.\u00a0 We are bipedal and that physiological mutation allows us to travel far and fast allowing us to overcome other beasts or to gather food far and wide.\u00a0 That helped early humanoids feed well and so mental development followed and fortuitous physiological mutations leading to larger brains.\u00a0 The point is that we are built to run.<\/p>\n
As we have grown fatter from over feeding in the past few decades, we have tempted the grim reaper so that people are beginning to care about how long they live.\u00a0 And the science tells us that we need to be fit to live.<\/p>\n
Another study shows that the more active you are the longer you live.\u00a0 If you exercise like an Olympian you could live 3-4 years longer.\u00a0 (Maybe if you are a couch potato you live 3-4 years less?)\u00a0 The advice to “shake it up baby” is well meant.\u00a0 You’ll live happier and longer.\u00a0 And you can bet the pain of going for a 20 minute jog is far less than the pain of a heart attack or chemo.<\/p>\n
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