104932 Resource 95425 101017 101017 1129233703576 1129243453755 Controlled More scientific support for components of our Fountain of Youth Project.

It's never too late. Octogenarians were able to improve various disease risk factors, and reduce their glucose regulatable biological age with exercise.

In an earlier post on starting an <A title="Whenever you begin, or restart, an exercise program there are simple rules to follow." href="http://blog.seniorsafety.com/public/item/103178">exercise program</A>, I promised to cover the study by <A href="http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/98/1/40">Evans et al.</A> in more detail. It is good to find more scientific support for exercise in slowing the aging process and the benefits of endurance exercise training on disease symptoms and regression. Well here's the scoop. Looking at the effects of exercise on markers of disease risk and insulin action, subjects were placed on a ten month supervised endurance exercise program in which they worked out two-to-three times a week for about one hour each time. The subject's age ranged from 77-87 years old and had numerous elevated disease risk factors. Lower total- and LDL-cholesterol levels along with  improved aerobic power were two benefits among many good results. The biggest change, however, was an improvement in insulin action, which increased over 29 percent. The researchers found that these nonfrail octogenarians experienced regression of their poor insulin action, associated with aging and their sedentary lifestyle to levels comparable to middle-aged individuals. According to the American College of Sports Medicine, over 75 percent of persons with poor insulin action and non-insulin dependant diabetes are obese and physically inactive. This study confirms that the best way to avoid diabetes is to keep our insulin working. And the best was to keep our insulin working properly is to keep our bodies in shape with exercise. 10 application/xml false American College of Sports Medicine blood cholesterol disease risk factors endurance exercise insulin Journal of Applied Physiology non-insulin dependant diabetes octogenarians physically inactive regression Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) 68.5.249.250 68.5.249.250 DrEric false true false false true 205857 false false true false false false true 95425 blog blogsite/SeniorSafety/web