Moderate exercise is necessary for good health.Written by Dr. Donald A. Miller
At a minimum, walk a mile or more several times a week (or daily) and move arms around to loosen up joints. If you can't walk or ride a stationary bicycle, use a rowing machine, swim, or join wheel chair races. If you can do none of these things, you have my sympathy. I had a young colleague who suffered from polio in child- hood, so one leg was short and supported by a built-up shoe. One day, this person was absent from office, because a lung had collapsed. He should at least have worked up his pulse rate and breathing on a rowing machine, several times per week.
| | Excessive Fat kills.Written by Dr. Donald A. Miller
In this new century, news media are finally aware that America's major health problem is obesity. Excess weight not only contributes to almost every health risk, it can actually multiply risk factors, including those from tobacco. It has already been reported that tobacco causes more deaths than AIDS / HIV, maternal mortality, automobile accidents, homicide and suicide combined, yet obesity makes risks even higher. You don't have to be 300 pounds overweight for fat to be harmful. Being "pleasingly plump" or even leaner can be enough to increase your risks of various ailments, such as cancers, diabetes, heart disease, memory loss, menopause, osteoporosis, PMS, stroke.
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