Cardiorespiratory Fitness Lowers Pca Mortality Risk?

i would think that's obvious

TJ123 said...
If it was that obvious it would seem that more people would be working on their cardiorespiratory fitness levels to protect their health. I think it's much more obvious with cardiovascular health than with cancer prevention or cancer mortality rates.

so you think if all the obese and sedentary people knew that fitness is good for their health they would do something about it? interesting but i'm skeptical

I went from Zero to 100 in less than sixty seconds.... I took a Pickleball training class and almost had to be carried out of the building.

AND, I exercise seven days a week.

So I call my muscle bound nephew... We concluded that I don't exercise enough... I ended up basically doubling the distance of my morning walk AND I do walk - RUN - walk - RUN. The increase in my Cardio workout really made a difference.

I have a good friend whose doctor told him he needed to take statins for his cholesterol. This guy won’t even take an aspirin for a headache so he resisted. He went on the Ornish diet and 6 months later his cholesterol was much lower. He told the doctor what he’d done and asked why diet wasn’t recommended. The doctor told him because patients don’t want to make lifestyle changes but just want a pill.

[By way of follow up, some years ago my friend drifted off the Ornish diet and a few weeks ago had a heart attack. He’s doing well but is now on statins.]

I don’t know if my own exercise (run, swim, bike) prevents anything but I feel that it makes having complications if something does come up less likely.

Exercise reduces stress, and in turn reduces inflammation in general. Which has to be good for overall health cancer included.
As far as obese people, I dunno what to say. I am constantly amazed as I walk through restaurants all the time, seeing people who weigh 300 pounds, with a giant plate of pasta and fried veal part, scoffing it down like it's water. And here I am, maybe 10 pounds overweight at most, and I feel guilty if I have a slice of whole wheat bread. I think people just don't care, think "it won't happen to me". Until it does.

I try to walk 30-45 minutes every day, I probably average 4-5 days a week. I need to lose those 10 pounds, and part of it is exercising more, so I plan to get back to weights in the next few days. I've got coronary artery disease, and recently found out that while my a1c is 5.0, my fasting insulin levels indicate insulin resistance. So I'm not doing it so much for PCa, but it helps to know there might be some benefit in that regard.

Here is another something that seems effective (for me) and involves little time. Over the winter I read a piece in the NY Times (no surprise given my HW alias) citing a study claiming that short walks after eating (especially dinner) reduces blood sugar levels. I have never had a problem along those lines, but I figured that anything that reduces inflammation and keeps me off the couch for a few minutes is a good thing. So about eight months ago I started taking a 20 minute walk immediately upon arising from the table — strangely the dishes are still there waiting to be done on my return. No other behavior or diet changes. The result has been a 10% decline in blood glucose levels as tested three times over that span. The article claimed that as little as five minutes is effective, so the 20 is just me. Best wishes… Bill

I agree that more exercise is generally better, but there is a point of diminishing returns. One that I have personally experienced is injury through exercise. Achilles tendon, which took months to heal. The amount of ideal exercise time would be different for everyone. Our bodies generally tell us when it's had enough.

Although the physical benefits of exercise are well-known and plentiful, one of the prime benefits of exercise is mental through the release of endorphins. Stress just seems to dissipate after a good workout. It's much easier for me to make important decisions after exercising and the quality of the decisions are almost always better.

Probably the hardest part of exercise for me was developing a habit of it. Now it's almost like brushing my teeth. And I look forward to it. It's always difficult to change one's life routines. That why I believe it's important to find an exercise that one really enjoys and visualize good changes that would result from the exercise. This increases the chances for success.

If it really does reduce the risk for mortality from Pca - what a gift that would be!

TJ123 said...
…..Probably the hardest part of exercise for me was developing a habit of it….

Not just you, but lots of people, including myself. When I decided to get in shape in my late-40s I’d start off fine and then miss a day, then miss a couple days, and after a while I was starting over. A wise friend suggested that I make a game out of it like he had: the consecutive day game. How many days in a row can I do something like run, bike, swim, etc?

I gave it a try and at Day 23 I was hooked. I made it 17-1/2 years without missing a day. It was mostly running, which included a streak of over 2 years of that activity, but I mixed in lots of swimming, elliptical, and biking. I broke the streak the morning I got up for my RALP.

Now I take the occasional day off but I felt myself needing another game so at the first of this year I started a project to run every street in our city. I map out a course, 3-7 miles, go run the course, log it on my master map, and write a blog entry for it. I am seeing parts of the city that I’d never gone to before which is lots of fun. We have around 500 miles of streets and I’ve run well over half of them. The blog:

https://myrunbillingsproject.blogspot.com/

Vince - congrats on your ability to sustain that exercise regimen. Impressive. My body would never tolerate it. I need a rest between workouts to allow the body to recuperate. 3-4 days a week. 2 to 2.5 hours per workout. No distance running though. The legs, ligaments and tendons wouldn't cooperate. I try to hit 80-85k steps a week on my Fitbit.

Thanks for the information on the non/cardio benefits of exercise. At 76, I’ve cut back a bunch on the real tough stuff, but walk, swim and play pickleball. I agree that exercise also has great social benefits (I’ve made a lot of friends) and that injuries are a possibility. I feel the positives far out weigh the negatives. This study strengthens my belief. Thanks again for posting the results.

NewspaperLover said...
I would add pickle ball to the list of exercise options, but every person I know who has tried that activity has gotten injured.

Our pickleball group has created boom times for Ortho Docs. I'm going next Wednesday for my shoulder. To the same Doc my wife used for her pickle ball elbow.

Nice to hear of normal folks on the forum doing normal things like regular exercise that help us combat PC and all related procedures. Too many of us take our bodies for granted and live an unhealthy lifestyle.

I was curious about how much is spent on healthcare in the US compared to let say the military.
I was shocked at the numbers which I thought would be reversed.

In 2021, 3.46% of GDP was spent on the military and get this, 17.8% of GDP on health care. I am assuming the healthcare numbers are every thing, personal and government.

Just wandered if everyone led a healthier lifestyle ( lots of exercise and healthy diet), how much could these health care cost % of GDP be trimmed?

Just loaded the canoe on the truck, plus 2 MTB’s and a bunch of hiking gear. 2 weeks of fun in the mountains and rivers.

Got a week long wilderness canoe trip planned, a back pack trip in the mountains and a bunch of volcanoes to explore in Bend, OR August/September.

Wether it’s pickle ball or bush travel, make it a daily priority.

Dave