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There are plenty of cases for exercise curing disease. Metabolic syndrome is basically cured exclusively through diet and exercise until it becomes too late to
by zer8k 3y ago
There are plenty of cases for exercise curing disease. Metabolic syndrome is basically cured exclusively through diet and exercise until it becomes too late to stop. Physical therapy is exercise and certainly that is curative. Exercise alone took my cholesterol panel from mildly elevated to absolutely normal, lowered my blood sugar, and improved many inflammatory markers. I cannot say the same for naltrexone. Bonus, my joints feel better, my lungs work better, and my CRP has never been lower.
I dont even need to link studies. Literally go to the NIH, search title for "exercise" and whatever you want, and I bet you can find enough repeatable evidence to completely change your mind. I'd argue exercise, 4-6 times a week in some form or another, is arguably the simplest cure and preventative "medication" for the largest variety of common ailments in a post-scarcity society. The fact doctors don't actually "prescribe" exercise as a first line treatment for metabolic diseases is really a failing of our drug-happy medical system.
- Broken_Hippo 3y ago... in a post-scarcity society... So, a world that doesn't exist?
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- zer8k 3y agoThe west is post scarcity. Obesity is an epidemic, diabetes in children is at a record never before seen, and people spend more time sitting still than moving.
- Broken_Hippo 3y agoThat doesn't describe post-scarcity. People don't even always have clean water, enough healthy food, access to medical care, housing, and so on. And you realistically cannot have scarcity in the "non-west" and then pretend you are post-scarcity in "the west". It just doesn't work like that. That's just "post-scarcity for folks and countries not being exploited", if it were true at all.
- ck2 3y agoPlease don't insult the thousands if not millions of athletes who have either died from incurable diseases or suffer daily from incurable chronic illness. I personally run every day but it doesn't cure my chronic illness for years now. Exercise can make you healthier than someone who just sits on the couch but it doesn't by itself cure disease.
- zer8k 3y agoInsult them? Exercise won't cure genetic diseases or cancer. It absolutely cures metabolic syndrome in all but the most severe cases. But sure, exercise won't fix disease states like high cholesterol, high blood pressure, joint pain (especially brought on by weight), non insulin dependent T2 diabetes, etc. I never made the claim that it cures every disease. You're an edge case. Congratulations.