Do Couch Potatoes Live Longer?

A new study confirms that doing “aerobics” and “cardio” shrink your telomeres.
Even a couch potato who does no exercise at all may be better off than the folks who run marathons and spend hours on treadmills.
Why is this important to you?
Because many of today’s most widespread conditions and illnesses are associated with shorter telomeres. Telomeres are the tiny genetic “clocks” that tell your cells how old they are and how old to act.
Today, I’ll show you the simple alternative to cardio that can help you maintain your telomeres, so you can live stronger and longer.
It’s the opposite of aerobics and other endurance exercises, which shorten your telomeres and make you more susceptible to cancer and heart disease.
First, let me show you why you would never want to let anything shrink your telomeres…
In one telomere study, people with the longest telomeres were the least likely to develop cancer. They were more than 10 times less likely to develop cancer than people with short telomeres.1  And when I read further into the study, I discovered that people with short telomeres are twice as likely to die from cancer.
Another study shows that the death rate for heart attacks is almost three times higher for people whose telomeres get short the fastest.2
As bad as it is to have accelerated telomere loss, that’s exactly what endurance exercise does. And the studies proving it have been completely ignored by mainstream fitness “experts.”
In one, researchers...

Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 7, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Fitness Heart Health Weight Loss Source Type: news