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er, what about the second experiment, where light exercise reduced infection to 12% versus 50% for no exercise and 70% for 5x as much exercise? that seems to s
by diN0bot 17y ago
er, what about the second experiment, where light exercise reduced infection to 12% versus 50% for no exercise and 70% for 5x as much exercise?
that seems to suggest that doing a little bit of work keeps the body healthy.
furthermore, the study doesn't say what the mice did before the experiement. perhaps the mice were used to 20-30 minutes of exercise a day, and it is change that is most damaging. what one mice considers exhausting, another mouse might find boring.
edit: the article mentions "(Although definitions of intense exercise vary among researchers, most define it as a workout or race of an hour or more during which your heart rate and respiration soar and you feel as if you are working hard.)"
- draven 17y ago"running leisurely for 20-30mn" is not hard work, so I guess you won't have a hard time recovering from it, if at all. OTOH a real challenging workout requires a recovery period, since it causes some "damage". Looks like the body has trouble fighting off a disease while recovering from hard work. But no physical activity at all has a debilitating effect. It makes sense. In my experience I never had trouble fighting a disease when I work out hard; I guess it has something to do with a better diet and better sleep quality.
- scotth 17y agoNot really an easy thing to judge on a personal level, because you weren't simultaneously trying the other approach of light (or no) exercise.
- draven 17y agoWhen an injury or real life makes it next to impossible to train, I usually get sick more often. But you're right, I'm speaking only of my own experience.
- learnalist 17y agoNot going to touch on the finer points of the atheltisim of the mice. As your right it would clearly alter the results. But I do have a question. What is the ratio of 30 minutes of exercise for a mouse compared to a human. As I would be highly surprised if its 1 to 1. This article reinforces the need to listen to your body and react accordingly. On a side note for those looking for ideas. Based on the example in the article... I would happily volunteer to take a saliva test before running and after. To help build up the data available for the test. A website to cater for "crowd sourced data" scientific discovery would be an amazing site. ( clearly there would be pitfalls, im just throwing it out there )
- mediaman 17y agopatientslikeme.com is doing crowdsourced "scientific discovery." I use quotes because of the obvious difficulties in having proper scientific procedures in crowdsourced efforts, but nevertheless I think it's useful.