Back to the Fat

This is quoted from a article by Anne Allen MD "Your prescription for Health"

Regular physical activity can:

* Reduce mortality and risk of recurrent breast cancer by approx. 50%
* Lower the risk of colon cancer by over 60%
* Reduce the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by approx. 40%
* Reduce the incidence of heart disease and high blood pressure by approx. 40%
* Lower the risk of stroke by 27%
* Lower the risk of developing type II diabetes by 58%
* Be twice as effective in treating type II diabetes than standard insulin prescription and can save $2250 /       person/year when compared to drug treatment
* Decrease depression as effectively as Prozac or behavioral therapy
* Lower, by 20%, the risk of mortality among adults with better muscle strength than adults with lower muscle strength.  It is better to be fit and over weight than unfit with a lower percentage of body fat
* Lead to higher SAT scores in adolescents, and , it can decrease discipline incidents involving violence by 59% and decrease out of school suspensions by 67%

Do I need to comment?  Of course, that is what I do. Can you say drop health care cost, which costs us more then defending our country and will be rising with Obama Care and as the boomers age, enough said.  Get out and exercise and be great today. Trainhard4life Mike

sorry just added the photo, holy crap, not even funny, just sad.  The new norm.