Running causes heart attacks

27 Mar 2014 09:17 #1 by Blazer Bob
Well that is not exactly what is says but what is accuracy compared to a good headline.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1 ... ding_now_1

..."A study published in the current edition of Missouri Medicine found that 50 men who had run at least one marathon a year for 25 years had higher levels of coronary-artery plaque than a control group of sedentary men. A British Medical Journal study published this year compared the carotid arteries of 42 Boston Marathon qualifiers with their much-less active spouses. "We hypothesized that the runners would have a more favourable atherosclerotic risk profile," says the article. As it turned out, that hypothesis was wrong.

A small body of research suggests that heart problems may arise not in spite of extreme-endurance exercise but because of it. That has led some cardiologists to theorize that, beyond a certain point, exercise stops preventing and starts causing heart disease."...

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27 Mar 2014 09:29 #2 by FredHayek
Moderation in all things? I know some runners for who it is an addiction and they run when they shouldn't because of foot and leg damage.

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