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Show Fitness Tips By DALE NELSON Utah State University If you run or engage in other vigorous forms of regular regu-lar exercise, it is wise to continue it. Don't be sporadic, as I find many of my former students are when I quiz them about their exercise programs. If you stop or interrupt your activity program, within a couple of weeks your blood can become milky with fat and you lose all of the benefits you were enjoying from exercise. JOSEF R. Patsch from Baylor College of Medicine showed that regular vigorous exercise increased the blood's ability to clear fat, primarily through an increase in-crease in a substance called HDL2. This is part of the better known HDL (high density lipoprotein) commonly common-ly referred to as "good cholesterol," since it seems to protect against heart disease. High concentration of HDL2 indicates an increased ability of the blood to clear the fat it receives after a meal. Dr. Patsch emphasized from his studies that exercise and diet should be maintained on a regular basis without off and on periods. My experience tells me that most people over an extended period of time tend to be off and on exercisers. And, unfortunately, it turns out to be more off than on. It takes a self-starter to be consistent. Take another look at your priorities, if the shoe fits. DR. LAURENCE E. Lamb in The Health Letter reports re-ports a University of Pittsburgh study of over 200 families fami-lies which consistently demonstrated an improved lower low-er level of cholesterol with family dietary manipulation. This was accomplished by lowering the intake of cholesterol and saturated fat, both of which come mainly main-ly from animal sources. The study covered a five year period and one member of each family either had a high cholesterol level or premature coronary artery disease, some with heart attacks. One of the criticisms of various dietary programs to lower cholesterol has been that many of the studies have been done in confined environments, such as hospitals, hos-pitals, rather than free-living. This study was much more a confrontation with reality. Again, I point out the fact that a dietary regimen predominently oriented toward to-ward a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, is the route to take-away from our number one killer. |
