Exercise Can Kill You

Exercise is not the panacea to awesome health as nearly everyone claims. Almost universally health and diet books rave on and on about the importance of exercise. No book can be listed here as a reference that says anything critical of exercise. Science and actual results tell a far different story, proving that exercise can lead to numerous diseases - several that will bring an early death. The facts are presented here.

In the 1960s, hard physical work and exercise was considered to be unhealthy. Smoking, heart disease and cancer were common place. Obese children were very rare, perhaps only one or two in the typical high school. Obesity among adults was not a serious problem either. Diabetes was not common. Then health authorities in all English-speaking countries began recommending a major switch in the diet from meat and animal fats to low-fat, low-cholesterol diets that were to be high in whole-grains, fruits and complex carbohydrates. Saturated fat were labeled as the scourge of mankind. President John Kennedy instituted a "get healthy" program that emphasized exercise and jogging. Kids were made to run around the block during physical education classes instead of playing on the school playground. We were told that by stopping smoking, beginning an exercise program and eating a low-fat diet we would promote awesome health benefits.

Health clubs, yoga groups, joggers, bikers and running events are now on every street. One must keep a constant outlook for runners and bikers mixing with automobile traffic for road space. Street signs showing a biker displays the words, "Share the Road." Lines are painted on the streets to show the new lanes for bikers and joggers. Low-fat diet programs abound with seminars and support groups. Smoking is now against the law in public places in most cities. Well, how is that working for you?

Oops! The new obesity epidemic is literally off the charts. People stopped smoking and began running, but heart disease and lung cancer have actually increased. Lung cancer is now very common among athletes who have never smoked a day in their lives. Marathon runner are dropping dead during the run while still only middle age or younger (see a few dozen popular deaths listed below). Diabetes is now epidemic with 65% dying of heart disease and 25% dying of cancer. The escalation of Alzheimer's Disease of off the chart thereby creating panic among the elderly if they forget a telephone number. Special Alzheimer's treatment centers are commonplace.

Babies, infants and children are not immune to the upturn in obesity and diseases. Children are now developing adult onset diabetes at an alarming rate. Autism has skyrocketed (BTW, baby brains are not made of lettuce). Get a clue people. Duh!

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Myth No. 1 - Exercise Will Make You Lose Weight and Cure Obesity.

This myth is so widespread and often repeated that it is believed by most people without question. The new United States Department of Agriculture 2005 USDA Food Guide Pyramid will stress exercise as the cure for the ever-expanding obesity problem found in all English-speaking countries. The obese are told they can become normal weight and health simply by moving the body. "Move the body - move the body." They are told to get out there and work that fat off. The obese know it's a lie. Most have given it a try to no avail. This is a slick scam to shift the blame for the failures of the past Food Guide Pyramid from the USDA to the obese who suffer because they followed the previous advice.

The fact is that the obese get a lot of exercise simply by hauling those extra pounds of fat around with them all the time. They huff and puff simply to haul the extra 100 pounds up a flight of stairs. Thin people who are screaming at fat people to exercise more should strap on 100 pounds of lead weight and haul it around 24 hours a day to see how it feels. Exercise will not make obese people thin.

Exercise burns very few calories. A person can run for  60 minutes and then eat a snack with the same amount of calories in only one minute. To make matters worse people are told they need to eat more carbohydrates for energy. This is another big lie. Carbohydrates are not needed for energy. The scientific minimum requirement for carbohydrates per day is ZERO.

The obese will never become thin and healthy eating the high-carbohydrate diet recommended by the Food Guide Pyramid no matter how much they exercise. The myth that carbohydrates are essential in the diet is stated over and over in health and diet articles, books and web sites, yet every person who goes on the low-carbohydrate diet quickly proves the fallacy of this myth. The lower the amount of carbohydrates in the diet the healthier one becomes. Carbohydrates cause many diseases which take years to develop and have come to be called "age related" diseases, a convenient excuse.

Overweight people should never run or jog. The extra weight quickly crushes the knees and smashes the ankles. This is why overweight people are rarely seen running. They simply can't. It is stupid to encourage overweight people to run and then criticize them when they are forced to stop. Thin jocks that complain about an obese person not running should put a 50 lbs. (23 kg) bag of wheat over each shoulder and try it. Thin people can run only because they are thin. Running did not make them thin. They were thin before they started running.

Female marathon runners with an "E" cup bra size never finish the race. The womanly figure may be beautiful, but it certainly isn't compatible with running.

Myth No. 2 - Exercise Will Prevent Heart Disease.

Running for hours day after day does not prevent heart disease. Excessive exercise most likely increases the chances of having a heart attack. Runners tend to eat a high-carbohydrate diet thinking they need extra glucose for energy. This is not the healthiest approach. The glucose causes insulin resistance and raises the blood insulin level, which by itself is a heart disease risk. The heart muscle burns fatty acids for energy, not glucose. The following two marathon runners are prime examples of those who exercised excessively but still developed heart disease at a relatively young age.
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The often heard statement that exercise will prevent heart disease is pure nonsense. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Professional and nonprofessional athletes die of heart disease at an alarming rate every year. Marathon runner James F. Fixx is a great example. James F. Fixx wrote two books on the health benefits of exercise and running, but he died in 1984 from a heart attack at a young age of 52 in his running shoes while on a daily run. Mr. Fixx discovered in his own study that his college alumni who were in athletics died earlier than the "couch potato" alumni. Professional athletes die young. The major contributing factor to Mr. Fixx's heart disease was his switch to a vegetarian diet several years earlier. The vegetarian diet is severely deficient in protein. It is very high in carbohydrates that produce the three heart disease causing hormones, insulin, cortisol and adrenaline. The Omega-6 fatty acids that are predominant in whole grains, nuts, seeds, vegetable oils and beans produce the heart disease causing pro-inflammatory eicosanoids prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) and leukotriene B(4) (LTB(4)). The vegetarian diet and running are a deadly combination.

Dead Marathon Runners

Below is a partial list of recent dead as a result of marathon runs.
There are too many to list here. This is just a splattering.
Is this healthy or simply mass mental sickness?

The list below is just of a few of the runners that have died recently in their running shoes. This list does not include the hundreds of professional athletes in other sports like basketball, football, hockey and shocker who simply collapse and die from a heart attack. You've heard the story about marathon runner James Fixx, but you may not know about Edmund Burke, Ph.D., who was to serious endurance cycling competitor. Mr. Burke died on a training ride on November 7, 2002 at age 53. And you almost certainly haven't heard of Frederick J. Montz, M.D. (1955-2002), David A. Nagey, M.D. (1950-2002) or Jeffrey A. Williams, M.D. (1951-2002) three brilliant physicians at Johns Hopkins University, who died while running. The oldest of the three was 51. These doctors certainly prove they did not understand what constitutes a healthy diet.

Marathon competitor is dead. All 9,000 spectators are just fine.

March 2, 2008. "LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A 27-year-old Wisconsin man collapsed and died Sunday after completing the Little Rock Marathon. Adam Nickel, of Madison, Wis., was pronounced dead late Sunday morning near the finish line of the race, which attracted about 9,000 entrants, race officials said. Emergency personal used mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to try to revive Nickel until an ambulance arrived with a defibrillator. He could not be revived and was pronounced dead after being taken to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Hospital."

PowerBar founder Brian Maxwell collapsed and died at 51 years of age on March 20, 2004, in San Anselmo, California. Brian Maxwell was a marathon runner, but he died of a heart attack at a very young age. His exercise, diet and energy bar did not provide the awesome health as commonly expected, but more than likely caused his early death.

Three marathon runner suffered heart attacks in the Los Angeles marathon - March 19, 2006. Two men suffer fatal heart attacks along the 26.2-mile route. Another who collapsed is hospitalized in critical condition. The weather was perfect, the field enthusiastic, the times respectable, but Los Angeles' annual street party masquerading as street race was marred Sunday by the deaths of two runners and the collapse of an elderly man who was hospitalized in critical condition. Two retired law enforcement officers died after collapsing on the route. Det. Raul Reyna, 53, suffered a heart attack at mile 24 near Olympic Boulevard and Westmoreland Avenue, two miles short of the finish line. He died at Good Samaritan Hospital. The 28-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran had worked on the use of force investigation team at Parker Center, officials said. "His face was covered with blood and his eyes were open, but we never really got a pulse," said Lawson, a private pilot who volunteers part time on a ski patrol team. He and another runner, a physician, spent several minutes trying to revive Leone before paramedics arrived, said Lawson, who then resumed his run. Leone was pronounced dead upon arrival at California Hospital Medical Center. Just nine blocks into the race Sunday, a third runner, believed to be in his 70s, suffered a heart attack near the intersection of Figueroa and 15th streets. The man, whose name was not released, was taken by paramedics to California Hospital Medical Center, where he was in critical but stable condition Sunday night.

San Francisco marathon racer dies near end of the race - July 31, 2006. "Friends say man, 43, was 'fit as a fiddle'. William Goggins, 43, of San Francisco, collapsed from apparent heart failure after he passed the 24-mile mark of the 26.2 mile race, authorities said."

Runner Dies During Marine Corps Marathon - October 30, 2006. "Earl Seyford, 56, of Olney, collapsed just before Mile 17 of the 26.2-mile course at approximately 12:20 p.m. He was airlifted from the 14th Street Bridge to Washington Hospital Center, according to race spokeswoman Beth Cline. A hospital spokeswoman confirmed that Seyford died at 1:10 p.m. but would not provide more details. A D.C. police spokesman said Seyford suffered what appeared to be "a heart attack or a stroke.""

eteran marathon runner dies in first half of Pikes Peak Marathon - August 22, 2005. "A veteran marathon runner with no history of heart problems collapsed and died Sunday while competing in the Pikes Peak Marathon. Gary P. Williams, 59, of Norman, Okla., died of a suspected heart attack despite attempts by fellow competitors to save him shortly after he collapsed a little more than two miles from the 14,115-foot summit."

A 53-year-old runner who collapsed during the weekend Hong Kong marathon has died, a government spokeswoman said on Tuesday, February 14, 2006. The condition of a 33-year-old man who also collapsed during Sunday's race had improved from critical to serious, she added without giving the cause.

A highly respected former teacher died in searing heat during an Australia Day triathlon. Neil Williams, 49, collapsed during the 2km run on January 28, 2005. He is believed to have suffered a heart attack.

A 37-year-old Sunshine Coast competitor died at the Noosa, Australia triathlon on November 7, 2004, after suffering a heart attack near the finish. Peter Semos was pronounced dead on arrival at Noosa Hospital, according to a statement from race medical director Richard Heath. He was competing in the 35-39 age category of the 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run triathlon and was apparently near the end of the run when he collapsed. Event staff reached Semos soon after the incident, but could not revive him. It is understood Semos' wife was a spectator at the race. According to race officials, there has been one other death in the event's 22-year history. Several years ago, a man suffered a heart attack during the swim. Noosa is billed as the world's second-largest triathlon and the event attracted about 5000 competitors.

Six runners were hospitalized and 60 others were treated for dehydration during the Melbourne Marathon on Sunday, October 10, 2004. Metropolitan Ambulance Service spokesman Paul Holman said two runners collapsed midway and a further four at the finish line after suffering severe dehydration because of hot weather. The runners, among them two women aged 45 and 30, and a 24-year-old man, were taken to either St Vincent's Hospital or the Alfred hospital.

Fifty-year-old Patrick Owen Boros was near the end of the swimming leg of the triathlon race on the morning of August 15, 2004, when he went under the water on Green Lake. Rescuers were able to quickly find Boros in about five feet of water, but efforts to revive him failed.

On Sunday afternoon, December 10, 2002, Grant Hirohata-Goto, 33, was pronounced dead at The Queen's Medical Center after he failed to respond to life support treatment at the marathon medical tent next to the finish line at Kapi'olani Park.

Alem Techale was expected to be the next great distance talent off the Ethiopian production line. Two years ago she won the world youth title at 1500m. In three months, she was to marry her boyfriend, Kenenisa Bekele, probably the greatest distance runner of the moment, with an Olympic gold medal and world records at 5,000m and 10,000m to prove it. Yet the girl who died was a world champion runner only 18 years old, who inexplicably dropped dead while on a routine training run with her fiancee.

The dramatic death of Anna Loyley, age 26, in the Bath half-marathon in March 1998 and the subsequent campaign of her parents has been covered in many national newspapers as well as by American internet journalism and short pieces and letters in the British Medical Journal. It led indirectly to a small conference on sudden cardiac death in sports. Organized by the National Sports Medicine Institute in March 1999 with support from the British Heart Foundation, many of these issues were addressed.

On 17 October 2004, in the Beijing Marathon, two persons running the marathon died. One of the victims was a fit young university student who started feeling ill around the 10km marker. Soon after the 19km marker, he fell unconscious and was pronounced "brain dead" at the Beijing hospital. 

February 3, 2002, Andy Palmer, an all-around athlete and passionate runner, collapsed and died after a long run at age 48.  He placed in several marathons and set an American record in the 30K run in 1984.

October 18, 2004, a 43-year-old man participating in the annual Toronto Marathon Sunday collapsed and died just one kilometer from the finish line. Race officials said the unidentified male collapsed around 10:45 a.m. just short of the finish line at Queen's Park. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. "He stumbled, he said he wasn't feeling well and then he just collapsed," said Dr. Chris Woollam medical director of the Toronto Marathon.

October 17, 2005, a runner dies in Beijing Marathon. The man, surnamed Wang, collapsed unconscious about 27 km (17 miles) into the race and was rushed to hospital, but doctors were unable to save him.

October 17, 2005, a marathoner dies after crossing the finish line. For the second year in a row, a runner has died in the Toronto Marathon. The unidentified 36-year-old man from Oakville, Ont. was running in the half-marathon yesterday morning with thousands of others and collapsed moments after crossing the finish line. Three people have died in the event in the last four years. Medical personnel working with the race rushed to his aid, first trying CPR, then a defibrillator. As an ambulance tried to get through the crowd, he was placed on a stretcher while health workers continued trying CPR and administering oxygen. He was taken to hospital with no vital signs.

January 25, 1995, marathon running cardiologist and his star basketball patient both die of heart attacks. Dr. W. Thomas Nessa, a cardiologist for the Boston Celtics since 1987, died on Saturday. He was 48. The cause was a heart attack, his family said. In 1993, Dr. Nessa contributed to initial evaluations of Reggie Lewis, the Celtics' captain, who had collapsed during a game. Dr. Nessa helped convene a team of 12 heart specialists who began evaluating Mr. Lewis's heart condition. But Mr. Lewis abruptly got another medical opinion from a specialist who told him he had a benign fainting condition. He collapsed on the basketball court and died on July 27, 1993. Dr. Nessa was on the staff of New England Baptist Hospital and also cared for runners in the Boston Marathon, a race he completed several times. 

"The truth is that marathon runners, ironman triathletes and long-distance cyclists, swimmers, rowers and cross-country skiers are all in the same boat. In fact, any athlete who participates in a strenuous test of endurance lasting about three hours or more has an increased chance of dying during - and for 24 hours following - the exertion, even when the athlete's chance of a death-door knock is compared with the risk incurred by a cigarette-smoking, sedentary layabout who spends the same 24 hours drinking beer and watching TV." Peak Performance.

Every year we hear of several athletes wobbling on their feet during a game and collapsing in a heap followed by death from a heart attack. The fans in the same age group watching the game are not dying from a heart attack, and they out number the athletics 1000 to 1. We would see a fan being hauled out of the bleachers on a gurney in every game if they had the same high risk as the athletes.

Athletes would not be dying at such an alarming rate if they ate a low-carbohydrate diet. Exercise will not overpower the heart disease-causing effects of eating a high-carbohydrate diet. To make matters worse, the athletes are told the lie that they need to a lot of carbohydrates for energy.

Ex-President Bill Clinton is a great example that proves the health recommendations from the American Medical Association (AMA) and others are wrong. They claim that heart artery plaque and cholesterol will build up over many years, even starting in childhood. We saw President Clinton jogging for eight years with the Secret Service agents being forced to plod along behind. Exercise prevents heart disease we were told. "Run, run, run everyone," was the cry. This is nonsense. His face and body screamed warnings about his high blood insulin levels caused by eating carbohydrates. His world class medical care didn't bother to measure his blood insulin level because they don't see insulin as the health hazard that it is. BOOM - he has an emergency open heart surgery with a quadruple artery bypass to avoid the impending, life-threatening heart attack. What happened to the theory that exercise prevents heart disease which builds up over several decades? Now they say it was the fatty fast food burger he ate after leaving the White House where the kitchen staff prepared food fit for a king. What a scam! President Clinton's doctors gave him a protocol that causes heart disease, but they still think heart disease is caused by eating saturated animal fats.
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Carbohydrates are highly addictive and many people have lived their entire lives with an insulin rush from an excessive glucose intake. Insulin is the body's most powerful hormone, which makes it extremely difficult to resist carbohydrates. Many would rather be sick than give up their fruit with the high levels of fructose, the second most addictive carbohydrate. To be healthy one must break these addictions. The high-fat, low-carb diet will prevent heart disease. Exercise will not.

Maryanne reversed her heart disease without exercise on the high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet. Maryanne did not exercise after her heart attack. She was involved in an automobile accident a few months before and suffered from a leg injury. Her overall activity was much less than that of the average healthy person. Exercise does not prevent heart disease and does not reverse heart disease as claimed.

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Myth No. 3 - Exercise Will Prevent Metabolic Syndrome or Syndrome X.

Wrong again. New studies are now proving exercise does not help some people. This truth is surprising because most studies are fraudulently deceptive. The myth that exercise will prevent Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome) is scientifically unfounded and proven false in actual experiences. Most medical doctors, professional nutritionists and diet book authors still believe the exercise myth. The dirty little secret in the study, Baby Boomers Melt Away Fat and Metabolic Syndrome With Exercise, is that the people were placed on diet restrictions as well. The diet restrictions were responsible for the reduction in metabolic syndrome, not the exercise. The diet is a reduction in calories and carbohydrate consumption. Foods such as sugar, potatoes, white bread and white rice are eliminated from the diet. Metabolic syndrome is reduced because carbohydrates are reduced. People who begin an exercise program without any changes in diet quickly learn their obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other symptoms remain unchanged or become worse. It has been proven in Myth No. 2 above that people like marathon runners still develop metabolic syndrome and heart disease even though their exercise program could not be more intense.

Dr. David is another perfect example of an exercise nut who went from perfect health to metabolic syndrome, hypoglycemia and heart disease. He followed the USDA Food Pyramid Guide to the letter. He ran several times a week along the beautiful mountain roads near his home. He breathed fresh mountain air. He ran the local 10k race every year. The arteries became plugged because he ate the high-carbohydrate diet recommended by his professional medical association.

Metabolic syndrome or Syndrome X is the result of insulin resistance in body cells caused by the continual over consumption of carbohydrates for many years. The symptoms that identify the condition are normally obesity, high blood pressure and blood sugar problems. This can be misleading, however, because many thin persons with normal blood pressure develop insulin resistance as did Dr. David. The medical test to determine the condition is the five-hour glucose tolerance test with both blood glucose and blood insulin measurements taken periodically. Insulin resistance is confirmed when the insulin level keeps rising without much of a corresponding drop in glucose level followed by a plunge in blood glucose below normal with a high insulin level remaining.
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Metabolic Lockup

The author has coined the term "metabolic lockup" to describe a condition encountered by some avid runner and bikers. The body literally enters a period of metabolic fatigue. It locks up. The continuous onslaught of dietary carbohydrates with a deficit of healthy protein and fats simply fatigue the metabolic system of the body. The body refuses to convert the blood glucose to energy in the cells. The leg muscles refuse to function to the degree desired. The person can walk around and appear healthy, but heavy exertion is simply impossible. The leg muscles feel as if the strength has vanished. This condition does not occur for those on a low-carbohydrate diet who burn fats for energy.

Myth No. 4 - Running and Bicycling are Healthy Exercises.

Don't believe this myth. Running is not a healthy way to exercise for many reasons. Destruction of the knees, ankles and feet by running has been solidly proven. The typical runner will develop knee problems within 20 years at best and within months for some individuals. Dr. David's wife in Myth No. 3 had knee damage caused by her running. She eventually had surgery and was forced to discontinue all running.

• Around 40–50% of runners or joggers will be injured in any one-year period.

• About a half to three quarters of these will be overuse injuries - directly related to the impact of repetitive stress on ligaments, tendons, joints and the lower back.

• The force running puts on your ankles is between three and five times your body weight.

Female runners are especially prone to health damage. Women in their late teens or twenties are seen running along highways and in parks. The first noticeable health damage is to the hormone system. Many women who run find a complete cessation of their menstrual cycle. They also become temporarily infertile or if pregnant have a miscarriage as a result of hormonal imbalance. Young women with babies can be seen running behind the special baby strollers near highway traffic. They place their baby and themselves at great risk. Frankly, this is pure nonsense. Women should not be doing this sort of exercise. What are they thinking? Do they seriously believe that running will prevent heart disease when they are 60 or 70 years of age? The answer is no. Running will be discontinued long before 50 years of age because of damage done to the body.

Exercise will not eliminate the risk of cancer but most likely increases the risk. Avoiding red meat and animal fats will increase the risk of cancer,  not reduce the risk. A vegetarian triathlon competitor sadly discovered this fact. Kathy participated in triathlon events even though she was 50 years of age. She developed a persistent cough that her doctor diagnosed as caused by a post nasal drip. She was very concerned and visited another doctor when the cough became worse. Her chest x-ray revealed the dreaded news. Kathy had tumors in her lungs that proved to be cancerous. She had chemotherapy that seemed to place the cancer well into remission. The tumors shrank for a while but have come back. Kathy has had every new experimental cancer drug available. Nothing worked and side effects were horrible. She had chemo a second time although doctors rarely try it. It did not help her. Kathy didn't realize that excessive exercise literally wipes out the immune system. It is common knowledge that marathon runners easily get sick after a race because their immune systems are shot. A strong immune system is necessary to prevent cancer. She didn't realize that all immune system cells are made from amino acids as found in meat. She is a vegetarian. Kathy had a third round of chemotherapy. Her death is eminent. Kathy died in September 2006.

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Rigorous exercise raises the levels of free radicals in the body that leads to aging, cell damage, cancer and other diseases. This type of exercise has the same effect as smoking a pack of cigarettes per day. Exercise in city and highway smog makes it even worse. Combining free radicals with a suppressed immune system and disease causing hormones, cortisol and adrenaline, produces a cocktail that gives endurance racers cancer and heart disease.

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Free radical levels rise in the body during rigorous exercise and from exposure to pollutants, radiation, UV light and smoking. During infection and chronic inflammation, massive amounts of nitric oxide and superoxide radicals form in immune cells to fight off invading bacteria and viruses. Made in excess, these oxidants can harm and combine to form another toxic chemical that produces further damage in DNA and brain cells.

Famous Tour de France bike racer, Lance Armstrong, is another good example which proves that excessive exercise causes cancer. He developed testicular cancer, but luckily he appears to have survived the disease. In March 2006, the announcement was made that Lance Armstrong's ex-mate, Sheryl Crow, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The big question remains. What diet and lifestyle philosophy were they both following that caused cancer in both of them? They certainly did not eat a 100% meat diet as the Eskimos did before the interference of white men because the Eskimos were absolutely free of all cancer.

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Bicyclists are especially hazardous to themselves and others by riding on roadways in traffic. They tend to ride as a herd as they cut in and out of traffic. Sometimes they ride several abreast and spill over from the shoulder of the road into the traffic lane beyond the bike lane. Others ride in the traffic lane where they block traffic because of their slow speed. They seem to have some sort of "chip on their shoulders" and intentionally become a nuisance and safety hazard in violation of roadway laws. They are frequently seen running red lights and stop signs as well as making illegal turns. This activity is certainly not healthy. The worst offenders seem to be the ones dressed in professional riding clothes and acting like they are going to beat Lance Armstrong next year. They proliferate in college towns like Boulder, Colorado, where the police are very lenient in enforcing bicycle laws.
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People with an autoimmune disease like rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus, Sjogren's dry eye syndrome, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome and several dozen other diseases should not jog, hike aggressively, run marathons or participate in competition endurance races. These kinds of activities will most certainly cause the participant to have a major flare in their autoimmune disease.

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Myth No. 5 - Humans are Natural Born Runners.

A popular nutritional and health website suggests that humans are designed to run. This claim doesn't stand the test of detailed review. Certainly humans can run but it is nothing to brag about. Compared to many animals, humans are poor runners. Humans destroy their bodies by running.

As predators humans are fairly inept at chasing down and capturing prey. Try chasing a deer sometime and see how successful you are. Deer are natural runners, not men. The deer can quickly run out of sight and disappear three hills away. A man is completely exhausted after running a few hundred yards up the first hill.

Humans must use their superior brain power in order to catch the prey because we are ineffective runners. We hunt in packs, stalk the prey to get closer and use weapons to kill at a distance.

Myth No. 6 - Carbohydrates are Needed for Energy.

Oh, boy! This myth will never die. Athletes gulp down the high-carbohydrate food that they are told is necessary for energy not knowing the dreadful damage they are doing to their bodies. Cells are literally being driven to exhaustion by the onslaught of excess fuel. This process is analogous to a top fuel dragster burning nitro methane that literally fries the engine during each race, or perhaps carbohydrates are a little more equal to a nitro-laced race gasoline used in lower racing classes. On the other hand, eating fat for energy is analogous to an eighteen-wheel truck burning diesel oil. The diesel oil does not burn out the engine. In fact, it gives extra upper cylinder lubrication and lower combustion temperatures for long life.

Carbohydrate molecules are too large to enter the blood stream. They are digested into the individual glucose molecules that enter the blood. Body cells can use either fat or glucose for energy. Insulin is required when glucose is used as fuel but is not needed to burn fat. Insulin forces the glucose into the cells like a supercharger on a race car. The glucose and oxygen we breathe burn in the cells like a little engine. The combustion is less than 30 percent efficient in producing work (running) and the rest must be expended as heat (sweating with evaporative cooling). As the insulin increases because of a "carb-loading" pre-race diet, the dreadful hormones adrenaline and cortisol kick in to counteract the insulin. You can read more about adrenaline and cortisol below. This harmful combination is described by the author as the "Supercharger Cycle." The runner feels absolutely awesome in this hyped-up state - supercharged. You begin to feel like power-woman, iron-man or mega-manager blasting through the airport.

Excess adrenaline causes these supercharger reactions:

• Increased blood pressure.

• Increased heart rate.

• Contraction and constriction of the blood vessels.

• Accelerated rate of respiration.

• Dilated respiratory passageways.

• Decreased rate of digestion.

• Increased efficiency of muscular contractions.

• Increased blood sugar level.

• Stimulation of cellular metabolism.

Yikes! It is no wonder that the adrenaline rush is addictive. An insulin, adrenaline and cortisol rush will save one's life when being chased by a lion, but it will eventually cause death when it occurs repeatedly day after day during exercise and running. Insulin packs glucose into the cells for energy, but it is also doing silent damage to the heart arteries. Insulin also packs small, dense LDL (low density lipoprotein) molecules into the walls of the heart arteries. These molecules are not consumed. The LDL causes an inflammation response and the body goes about patching up the damage. The patch becomes an artery blockage and a future heart attack. This is the precise "Supercharger Cycle" that killed marathon runners' James F. Fixx and Brian Maxwell and gave the avid runner Dr. David heart disease. Dietary fats burn without stimulating insulin and do not cause heart disease.

Marathon runner Jeff Galloway describes in his running book, Galloway's Book on Running, how he tried carb-loading before a marathon. As a result he couldn't finish the race. He admits in the book that runners should burn fat for energy. 

Adrenaline and cortisol are produced in the adrenal medulla. The adrenal gland gets tired of producing excessive levels of adrenaline and cortisol in the same manner as the pancreas when it gets tired of producing excessive amounts of insulin. Adrenal exhaustion does occur. When the adrenal gland collapses, so will you. One day the runner is full of power. A couple of months later you are weak, exhausted and you ache all over. The doctor says you have chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and/or fibromyalgia, and "nobody knows what causes it." Well, the doctor may not know what causes it, but the answer is easily understood. The same thing happens to the obese from an excess consumption of carbohydrates even though they may get very little exercise.

Tim Medvetz, a 240 pound ex-Hells Angel's motorcycle rider, successfully climbed Mount Everest on his second attempt. His awesome success was achieved in spite of breaking two bones in his hand on the day he summitted. He had wrapped one of the anchor ropes around his gloved right hand in order to have a more secure grip on the rope, but his foot slipped. He fell, but his waist harness was clipped to another anchor rope, preventing him from falling to his death. The rope looped around his hand tightened, snapping the two bones. He continued to the summit and returned using only one hand on the ropes and ladders. His achievement and determination was truly impressive.

Tim commented in the television documentary that he felt much stronger, healthier and climbed easier when he ate the Sherpa's food, which was high-fat Yak meat, instead of the typical low-fat, low-protein, high-carbohydrate food used by United States expeditions. The Yak is a domesticated animal similar to a cow that is raised for meat, milk and is used as a beast of burden.

Discovery Channel - Everest: Beyond the Limit.

Another pair more successful climbers, David Tait and his Sherpa, Phurba Tashi, wanted to set a new world record by climbing over Mount Everest and descending on the other side and then returning in what is called a double traverse. He and his Sherpa made it over the top and down the other side, but David Tait gave up saying he did not want to take the world record while Sherpa Phurba Tashi climbing next to him was obviously a much more superior and capable climber.

Another member of Tim Medvetz's exhibition, Betsy Huelskamp, was a female, vegetarian, professional trainer. She was trim and healthy-looking. Tim was, well, noticeably overweight. She fell exhausted midway up the mountain and could not continue. She may have looked great in the exercise gym, but her weak, skinny, vegetarian body was a complete failure under the harsh endurance of climbing Mount Everest.

Carbohydrates are not needed for energy. The scientific and actual requirement for carbohydrates is ZERO. Athletes would be well advised to practice on a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet to maintain a healthy body and prevent insulin resistance of the cells. The harmful effects from adrenaline and cortisol do not occur. Sprint racers could then eat carbohydrates for maximum performance during the short contest because the cells have more insulin sensitivity. Long distance runners and mountain climbers should eat fat for energy.

Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects by Ron Rosedale, M.D.

Myth No. 7 - Runners Should Eat a Low-Fat Diet.

This myth seems so true, innocent, wonderfully healthy and wholesome that most people swallow it without question, but it is the most deadly myth of all dietary dogma and lies. The fat phobia is the result of worldwide brainwashing. One does not have much choice but to increase carbohydrates in the diet to replace a reduction in fats, and therein lies the road to obesity, diabetes, heart disease, cancer and the entire medical book of autoimmune diseases. Carbohydrates are slow in their destruction of the body, but they eventually prove to be extremely deadly. The delay between the start of a high-carbohydrate diet and disease has been labeled as the "20 year rule."

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) conducted the Framingham Study over a period of 20 years starting in 1948. According to NHLBI Director Dr. Claude Lenfant. “This study suggests that obesity is an important risk factor for heart failure in both women and men." The study found a small correlation between heart disease and elevated LDL cholesterol and total cholesterol. The Framingham study also found that those who ate the most saturated fat, the most calories and the most cholesterol were the most physically active. They also weighed the least and had the lowest levels of serum cholesterol. The people who ate the most saturated fat were the most healthy and had the lowest risk of heart disease.
NHLBI Framingham Heart Study.
NHLBI’s Framingham Heart Study Finds Strong Link Between
Overweight/Obesity And Risk For Heart Failure.

Myth No. 8 - Exercise Reverses Heart Disease.

No! Exercise does not reverse heart disease. People who have partially plugged heart arteries or have had an artery bypass operation are immediately placed on an exercise program. They are told the exercise will open the plugged arteries and prevent any new blockage. The poor patient believes this myth only to be harshly disappointed with new heart problems. The doctor insists the patient didn't exercise enough. It is not a coincidence that it is always the patient’s fault and never the fault of the advice given. When the patient has a heart attack and dies the answer is simple. He had heart disease. In actual practice, bypass arteries can become completely plugged again in only one year because of the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet recommended by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Exercising with a heart that has partially plugged arteries is a very high risk activity that should not be done. Heart pain is a signal that muscle damage is taking place. The cells of the heart muscle are being deprived of oxygen. The result could be a sudden heart attack and death. It is theorized that marathon runner James F. Fixx was running with severe heart pain before he was stricken and died. Perhaps he thought he could "run through" the problem and cure his heart disease. Nobody knows for certain why he continued to run with plugged heart arteries, but it was certainly the wrong thing to do.

Myth No. 9 - Exercise Will Build Up the Body.

Myth No. 10 - Red Meat Causes Kidney Damage and Cancer.

This statement is absolutely false even though it is the official position of the USDA Food Guide Pyramid. Protein, especially from red meat, is falsely targeted as causing heart disease, colon cancer and kidney disease. These claims are myths, distortions and lies. Processed deli meats are the problem, not fresh red meat.
Study Links Processed Meat to Cancer, not Unprocessed Red Meat. 

Diabetes Solution - Chapter 9 by Dr. Richard K. Bernstein

"If you are a long-standing diabetic and are frustrated with the care you've received over the years, you have probably been conditioned to think that protein is more of a poison than sugar and is the cause of kidney disease. I was conditioned the same way—many years ago, as I mentioned, I had laboratory evidence of advanced proteinuria, signifying potentially fatal kidney disease—but in this case, the conventional wisdom is just a myth."

"Non-diabetics who eat a lot of protein don't get diabetic kidney disease. Diabetics with normalized blood sugars don't get diabetic kidney disease. High levels of dietary protein do not cause kidney disease in diabetics or anyone else. There is no higher incidence of kidney disease in the cattle-growing states of the United States, where many people eat steak every day, than there is in the states where beef is more expensive and consumed to a much lesser degree. Similarly, the incidence of kidney disease in vegetarians is the same as the incidence of kidney disease in non-vegetarians. It is the high blood sugar levels that are unique to diabetes, and to a much lesser degree the high levels of insulin required to cover them (causing hypertension), that cause the complications associated with diabetes."

Actually, natural unprocessed fresh beef and other natural meats are used by the body to heal and prevent disease. The human immune system is composed of protein molecules made from meat. A diet high in meat will provide a robust immune system which prevents and cures diseases. Animal protein does not cause osteoporosis, reduce bone density or cause kidney stones as claimed by many vegetarians and others who propagate lies.

High-Protein Diets: Separating Fact From Fiction
Stephen Byrnes, Ph.D., RNCP

"It is excessive carbohydrate intake, not protein or animal protein intake, that can result in heart disease and cancer (1). Readers should note that the type of diet Gilbert advocates in her article is a high-carbohydrate one because that is exactly what diets that are low in protein and fat are. Furthermore, the idea that animal products, specifically protein, cholesterol, and saturated fatty acids, somehow factor in causing atherosclerosis, stroke, and/or heart disease is a popular idea that is not supported by available data, including the field of lipid biochemistry (2)."

"The claim that animal protein intake causes calcium loss from the bones is another popular nutritional myth that has no backing in nutritional science. The studies that supposedly showed protein to cause calcium loss in the urine were NOT done with real, whole foods, but with isolated amino acids and fractionated protein powders (3). When studies were done with people eating meat with its fat, NO calcium loss was detected in the urine, even over a long period of time (3). Other studies have confirmed that meat eating does not affect calcium balance (4) and that protein promotes stronger bones (5). Furthermore, the saturated fats that Gilbert thinks are so evil are actually required for proper calcium deposition in the bones (6)."

"The reason why the amino acids and fat-free protein powders caused calcium loss while the meat/fat did not is because protein, calcium, and minerals, require the fat-soluble vitamins A and D for their assimilation and utilization by the body. When protein is consumed without these factors, it upsets the normal biochemistry of the body and mineral loss results (7). True vitamin A and full-complex vitamin D are only found in animal fats."

"If the protein-causes-osteoporosis theory teaches us anything, it is to avoid fractionated foods (like soy protein isolate, something Gilbert would no doubt encourage readers to consume given her zeal for soy) and isolated amino acids, and to eat meat with its fat. New evidence shows that men and women who ate the most animal protein had better bone mass compared to those who avoided it (8) and that vegan diets (most likely also advocated by Gilbert) place women at a greater risk for osteoporosis (9)."

"The claim that protein intake leads to kidney stones is another popular myth that is not supported by the facts. Although protein restricted diets are helpful for people who have kidney disease, eating meat does not cause kidney problems (10). Furthermore, the fat-soluble vitamins and saturated fatty acids found in animal foods are pivotal for properly functioning kidneys (11)."

Life Without Bread by Christian B. Allan, Ph.D. and Wolfgang Lutz, M.D.

This book shows how the connection between high carbohydrate consumption and cancer is becoming more evident.

"After carbohydrates are consumed, the levels of sugar and glucose in the blood rise. The body responds by releasing insulin from the pancreas into the bloodstream. The carbohydrate theory of cancer is simple:

"Too much insulin and glucose in the blood can cause cells to dedifferentiate, just as they do in cell lines, and thus can be a primary cause of dietary-related cancer." Pages 169-170.

"There have been many studies done, in animals and people, that indicate that fat content in the diet is not responsible for breast cancer or any other cancer. We know there's a tendency to blame dietary fat for just about everything that goes wrong, but that's just a lazy way out. Time after time, the studies show it just isn't true." Page 173.

"The Eskimos who ate only fat and protein never had any cancer in their population until a Western (high-carbohydrate) diet was introduced. Why don't we ever hear of cancer of the heart? Probably because the heart uses almost all fat for energy, thus cancer does not have a chance to develop in those cells. We hope that researchers will take the next step and start looking at what has been known for a long time. Dietary related cancer is a sugar metabolism disease just like all the others." Page 177.

Compound in meat prevents diabetes, study suggests

"WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A common type of fat found in red meats and cheeses may prevent diabetes, according to a research team from Purdue University and The Pennsylvania State University."

A high-protein diet boosts healthy antioxidant levels while low protein induces oxidative stress.
Myths, Distortions and Lies About BEEF.
High-protein Diet Found Beneficial.

A large study published by the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research shows both elderly men and women who consumed the most animal protein had the lowest rate of bone loss, while those who consumed the least amount of animal protein had the highest rate of bone loss. A study by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has shown that postmenopausal women who consumed the highest amount of animal protein had the strongest bones and the lowest percentage of hip fractures. Diets lowest in meat required a longer time for healing of a bone fracture and the slowest recovery time for illnesses in general. Eating meat improves healing and health.
Preventing Osteoporosis, Bone Loss, Hip Fractures and Degenerative Disk Disease.

Guidelines for Healthy Exercise.

The high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet and healthy exercise as presented on this site will preserve health and heal the body. Healthy exercise should be thought of as variety of everyday activities plus a few extra activities. Some of the activities should be demanding enough to increase the heart rate to 70 to 80 percent of maximum. The maximum heart rate is considered to be 220 minus your age. Healthy exercise is strongly suggested for overall cardiovascular health. One doesn't have to join a club and pay money to get a healthy level of exercise. A few suggested "Do's and Don'ts" are:

Activities to do:

• Walk at a brisk pace for 30 to 45 minutes everyday with some uphill sections.

• Hike hills and mountains but not to the point of exhaustion or an adrenaline rush.

• Swimming and water skiing can provide excellent exercise.

• Snow skiing can be healthy or extremely hazardous depending on risks taken.

• Biking is great where some of the terrain has uphill sections but not in traffic.

• Get the heart rate up for 20 minutes but avoid excessive exertion.

• Park at the far end of the parking lot and walk the extra distance.

• Climb the stairs instead of taking an elevator.

• Wash the car instead of taking through a drive-thru car wash.

• Mow the lawn instead of paying some else who gets the exercise instead of you.

• Play sports like tennis, racquetball, volleyball, basketball but not to exhaustion.

• Exercise outside in fresh air rather than in the house, city smog or near dirty traffic.

• Eat a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet for healthy energy that doesn't damage the body.

Activities to avoid:

• Don't perform "extreme" sports. They are definitely not healthy.

• Don't exercise to the point of addiction from the adrenaline rush.

• Don't sit longer than one hour without some activity using the legs to avoid blood clots.

• Don't pull up one leg under the other leg and sit on it.

• Don't stand longer than one hour without some activity using the legs to avoid blood clots.

• Don't eat carbohydrates for energy because it causes metabolic syndrome.

• Don't burn candles and avoid chemicals indoors because they pollute the air.

• Don't use an electrostatic air cleaner because they give off lung-damaging ozone.

These suggestions are more important as one grows older. Youthfulness provides protection that is not available in older individuals.

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