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A Hearty Life

Endurance training protects our hearts over time

by Kendra James, RN on July 24th, 2008

What is the fountain of youth? Hmm… endurance training. Or so it seems.

In a new study older people who did endurance exercise training for about a year ended up with metabolically much younger hearts- and women fair better then men.

Our hearts suck up glucose while in a high energy activity- thus protecting our heart against an ischemic attack or lowered oxygen that would occur during a heart attack or similar event.  Think of it as protection. Get yourself on that treadmill and go, go, go!

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