Exercise and Save Your Eyes
We have all heard an old adage that doing certain things would make you go blind. Just reading an article from Dr. Alan Inglis. The following is an excerpt.
You've heard of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), right? It's a disease that doesn't mind disabling your eyesight for you, being a leading cause of blindness. One form of the condition is known as exudative AMD, in which there is a growth of abnormal blood vessels behind the eye, which bleed, and eventually scar.
A team of researchers tracked 4,000 men and women over the course of 15 years, with the initial starting age range being between 43 and 86. The participants were asked how much exercise they did, and about 25 percent were active. What this particular study found was that though AMD is linked to aging, exercise such as walking or climbing stairs has a protective effect that can guard against it. In fact, creating an active lifestyle reduced the risk of developing exudative AMD over the course of 15 years by 70 percent, and by walking more, reduced the risk by 30 percent. Even when other risk factors were taken into account-like whether or not the participants were smokers, their weight, their blood pressure-the effects were still there. A brisk 30-45 minute walk a day is safe, cheap and will also help reduce risk of other major health problems such as heart disease and dementia.
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Seems to me that exercise is the key to everything related to your health. Just moving your body---so simple so basic. We have 2 legs and 2 arms in order to function well. That means walking. Our ancestors were hunter gatherers and that means the body was made to move and move a lot.
No one talked about exercise. It was a walk to the store or an evening stroll to help settle dinner or a garden to be tended. Chores were labor intensive. Now with all the modern conveniences house work is relatively easy. Neighborhoods may not be safe and an evening walk would interfer with TV anyway.
I remember an old science fiction story about the fate of the world. All the people were just brains in containers. Robots did all the physical tasks. All communication was telepathic. People were just brains in containers because they had neglected their bodies to the point where they could not sustain life. They had cloned themselves until that process no longer worked. They lacked the ability to move and thus control their environment and they eventually died.
We are not yet to the point of keeping brains alive without a body but we are certainly abusing our bodies to the point where that body cannot sustain life.
I will give you another old adage -- Use It or Lose It.
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I know you have not heard from me for a while. Between my own bout with the flu and both grand children going through it, I have been unable to get much computer time.
I love the interaction with my customers at the store but really wish they would use common good manners and cough behind a sleeve. Even if they cough and sneeze into their hands, they use those same hands to hand me money. We have an alcohol spray bottle on each register and I use it between customers. Still, having wet snot sprayed all over you tends to give you whatever germs that person is sharing.
Check out the Belly Fat Blues Blog. Just posted new article there.
until next time smile
Sharon
(c)Answers For Your Health.com
You've heard of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), right? It's a disease that doesn't mind disabling your eyesight for you, being a leading cause of blindness. One form of the condition is known as exudative AMD, in which there is a growth of abnormal blood vessels behind the eye, which bleed, and eventually scar.
A team of researchers tracked 4,000 men and women over the course of 15 years, with the initial starting age range being between 43 and 86. The participants were asked how much exercise they did, and about 25 percent were active. What this particular study found was that though AMD is linked to aging, exercise such as walking or climbing stairs has a protective effect that can guard against it. In fact, creating an active lifestyle reduced the risk of developing exudative AMD over the course of 15 years by 70 percent, and by walking more, reduced the risk by 30 percent. Even when other risk factors were taken into account-like whether or not the participants were smokers, their weight, their blood pressure-the effects were still there. A brisk 30-45 minute walk a day is safe, cheap and will also help reduce risk of other major health problems such as heart disease and dementia.
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Seems to me that exercise is the key to everything related to your health. Just moving your body---so simple so basic. We have 2 legs and 2 arms in order to function well. That means walking. Our ancestors were hunter gatherers and that means the body was made to move and move a lot.
No one talked about exercise. It was a walk to the store or an evening stroll to help settle dinner or a garden to be tended. Chores were labor intensive. Now with all the modern conveniences house work is relatively easy. Neighborhoods may not be safe and an evening walk would interfer with TV anyway.
I remember an old science fiction story about the fate of the world. All the people were just brains in containers. Robots did all the physical tasks. All communication was telepathic. People were just brains in containers because they had neglected their bodies to the point where they could not sustain life. They had cloned themselves until that process no longer worked. They lacked the ability to move and thus control their environment and they eventually died.
We are not yet to the point of keeping brains alive without a body but we are certainly abusing our bodies to the point where that body cannot sustain life.
I will give you another old adage -- Use It or Lose It.
****
I know you have not heard from me for a while. Between my own bout with the flu and both grand children going through it, I have been unable to get much computer time.
I love the interaction with my customers at the store but really wish they would use common good manners and cough behind a sleeve. Even if they cough and sneeze into their hands, they use those same hands to hand me money. We have an alcohol spray bottle on each register and I use it between customers. Still, having wet snot sprayed all over you tends to give you whatever germs that person is sharing.
Check out the Belly Fat Blues Blog. Just posted new article there.
until next time smile
Sharon
(c)Answers For Your Health.com
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