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"For example, maybe the runners share a strong commitment to investing time and energy in maintaining their health. But perhaps when the researchers designed the questionnaire, they weren't smart enough to include a question that identified this belief, which could be the real reason why the runners were healthier one year after the race. Without being aware of this difference between the groups, the researchers might incorrectly attribute the runners' better health to their having participated in the race." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Castell said he had relieved the runners' heartburn by giving them Zantac before they exercised. Glaxo then hired a public relations agency, Ketchum Communications, to spread the word across the country about this newly discovered problem among the nation's runners and the medicine that brought them relief. Girolami's promotional plan worked so well that Zantac was soon minting money for Glaxo. In 1986 Zantac passed Tagamet to become the biggest-selling drug on earth. And the once-sleepy Glaxo became Britain's largest company." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"But perhaps when the researchers designed the questionnaire, they weren't smart enough to include a question that identified this belief, which could be the real reason why the runners were healthier one year after the race. Without being aware of this difference between the groups, the researchers might incorrectly attribute the runners' better health to their having participated in the race. The other way to do this study is a randomized controlled trial, the gold standard of medical research." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"Virginias, runners, and Spanish peanuts are the three main types grown in the United States. Virginias (cocktail nuts) are large-kerneled. Medium-size kernels are called runners and small-size kernels are called Spanish peanuts. A fourth type, Valencia peanuts, characterized by three or four small kernels in a long shell, are grown less frequently in the U.S. A Serving of Food Lore... The peanut is grown mainly in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world but is thought to be native to the Western Hemisphere, most likely originating in Brazil or Peru." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"When comparing inactive mice with others that hit the running wheel four to five kilometers a night, the results showed that the runners remembered where to find safety more quickly. Both groups swam at the same rate, but the exercised animals made a beeline for the platform, while the sedentary ones floundered about before figuring it out. When the mice were dissected, the active mice had twice as many new stem cells in the hippocampus as the inactive ones." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.) "We had Olympic gold medalist Frank Shorter competing against the world's best runners in his hometown marathon; we had Bill Rogers telling everyone to get out there; and we had a new phenomenon called the "endorphin rush." A postdoctoral neuroscientist from Johns Hopkins University named Candace Pert had recently discovered that there were opiate receptors in the brain, meaning the body had a built-in way of killing pain with molecules that worked like morphine. Endorphins, as they became known, dulled pain in the body and produced euphoria in the mind." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Low-ranking baboons have been found to have the highest parasite load compared to others in their troop, and are always sick.29 runners training for a marathon complain of constant sore throats and colds; their immune system has been impaired, just as a low-ranking baboon's has. Observe animals under stress and you'll see that they eat to soothe themselves, and I'll bet you do, too. To quickly induce obesity in a rat, repeatedly pinch its tail. The feeding frenzy lasts as long as the pinching continues. Why? Remember the second and third rules: avoid pain and find pleasure." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "Using up this limited supply of glycogen is what causes marathon runners to "bonk" at mile 20.) Each molecule of glycogen in these tissues is bonded to a water molecule, so as the glycogen is liberated, the water rushes into your bloodstream and passes through your kidneys. Bingo! Now you know why you get a sudden "miracle" weight loss when you start most diets. Believe it or not, you've stored this water because in ancient Africa, winter was a dry season; you're designed to store fat and water when your genes perceive winter is coming." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "Did you know that if runners add a one-minute walk break to each mile run in a distance race, the vast majority actually improve their overall time?5 That's correct; they cover the distance faster by intermittently going slower. In fact, if you examine any training regimen, the introduction of mandatory rest periods improves performance. Research has demonstrated maximal muscle growth occurs if you rest an exercised muscle for several days between sessions.6 In Diet Evolution, you're learning a new regimen, a new way of living and eating." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.) "They're muscle bound—exactly the opposite of long-distance runners. If you run sprints fast, you'll gain muscle mass. HEAVY LIFTING Our ancestors were clearly into another form of exercise: both men and women collected food, whether prey, leaves, berries, or tubers, and carried it back to a central camp. Today, we call it strength training, but in the old, old days without such activity you and your tribe didn't eat. This is another way of saying: If you lift weights, you will lose weight. And for goodness sake, forget about lifting light weights with lots of reps." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"For example, in a recent study, runners were given protease supplements or a placebo four times a day for three days, twenty-four hours before and forty-eight hours after running. Evaluation of the participants found less soreness, improved pain threshold, and no mood change with those taking the protease supplements over the group who took the placebo. Enhanced recovery can improve overall physical performance. The enzyme support mechanism for athletic performance is tied to circulation and oxygen availability." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"It has also been shown that athletes tend to drink too little even when sufficient fluid is available. runners, for instance, seldom drink more than 0.5 L/h, although sweat rates can be much higher than this. A. Effects of Dehydration As the body becomes progressively dehydrated, a reduction in skin blood flow and sweat rate may occur. A high humidity may limit evaporative sweat loss, which leads to further rises in core temperature, resulting in fatigue and possible heat injury to body tissues. The latter is potentially fatal. 1." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Recent analyses from the National Runner's Health Survey of 6119 male and 2221 female runners whose running distances had changed less than 5 km/week between baseline and follow-up surveys 7 years later (19% of the surviving cohort) found that those who maintained modest (0-23km/wk), intermediate (24-47 km/wk), or prolonged running distances (> 48 km/wk) gained weight, through age 64 in men and in all age groups, from age 18 to 74 years, in women; however, those who maintained > 48 km/wk had half the average annual weight gain of those who maintained < 24 km/wk [35]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Menstrual function and bone mass in elite women distance runners. Ann. Int. Med. 102, 158-163. 13. Wolff, J. (1892). "Das Gesetz der Transformation der Kno-chen." Hirschwald Verlag, Berlin. 14. Beck, B. R., Shaw, J., and Snow, C. M. (2001). Physical activity and osteoporosis. In "Osteoporosis" (R. Marcus, D. Feldman, and J. Kelsey, Eds.), 2nd ed., pp. 701-720. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. 15. Taaffe, D. R., Snow-Harter, C, Connolly, D. A., Robinson, T. L., and Marcus, R. (1995). Differential effects of swimming versus weight-bearing activity on bone mineral status of eumenorrheic athletes." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"According to The American Journal of Cardiology, jogging has similarly caused some runners to drop dead from heart attacks. Their autopsies show severe coronary artery disease. Any regular, strenuous form of exercise actually does about as much damage to your heart as continuous stress does. The heart literally comes under constant attack via the excessive exercise sessions. Marathon runners are known to lose muscle mass, both in the heart and the rest of the body. Many have dropped dead just after reaching the finishing line." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Glaxo then hired a public relations agency, Ketchum Communications, to spread the word across the country about this newly discovered problem among the nation's runners and the medicine that brought them relief. Girolami's promotional plan worked so well that Zantac was soon minting money for Glaxo. In 1986 Zantac passed Tagamet to become the biggest-selling drug on earth. And the once-sleepy Glaxo became Britain's largest company. Queen Elizabeth knighted Girolami as "Sir Paul," and the company hired a sculptor to immortalize him in the form of a bronze bust to be placed in its headquarters." - Melody Petersen, Our Daily Meds: How the Pharmaceutical Companies Transformed Themselves into Slick Marketing Machines and Hooked the Nation on Prescription Drugs (Get the book.)

"She found that if the rats were kept in the same conditions, over the long term the isolated runners' systems caught up. Somewhere between twenty-four and forty-eight days of running, the rate of neurogenesis leveled out between the isolated and social groups. She speculates that one explanation might have to do with serotonin, which is increased by social interaction and in turn enhances neurogenesis. Both isolation and prolonged exposure to Cortisol reduce the number of serotonin receptors in the hippocampus." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"Medium-size kernels are called runners and small-size kernels are called Spanish peanuts. A fourth type, Valencia peanuts, characterized by three or four small kernels in a long shell, are grown less frequently in the U.S. A Serving of Food Lore... The peanut is grown mainly in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world but is thought to be native to the Western Hemisphere, most likely originating in Brazil or Peru. Spaniards brought the peanut to Europe; Portuguese explorers transplanted it to Africa, and from there it was brought back to the Americas." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"The researchers had divided a group of runners into four groups and asked them to do one of four types of preparation: to imagine themselves in a 40-meter sprint; to engage in power training on a stationary bicycle; to combine imagery and power training; or, as the controls, to do no training in any form. After six weeks of training the athletes were asked to perform two tests—to cycle their hardest while their effort was recorded on a cycle ergometer, which tests for cycling power, and to run a 40-meter sprint. The two activities require much the same motor ability and leg muscles." - Lynne McTaggart, The Intention Experiment: Using Your Thoughts to Change Your Life and the World (Get the book.)

"Aerobic athletes, such as runners, rely heavily on glycogen stores to give them energy during long exercise bouts. Hearts also rely on glycogen as an energy store to protect them from short periods of ischemia when the oxygen-requiring pathways of energy metabolism slow down or stop. 3. Sugars are also used as constituents of cell walls and membranes and in cellular secretions, such as mucous. These sugars attach to proteins forming large, complex compounds called glycoproteins. 4. Ribose is unique among sugars." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"It was during that time that modern running tracks were built following strict guidelines that would assure the accuracy of the distance and provide a consistent surface for the runners who were competing. On July 26, 1852, Charles Westhall established the modern benchmark for the one-mile run at the new track built on the Copenhagen House Grounds in London. His time was a blazing 4 minutes and 28 seconds, setting a record that would not be bested for a long time by footracing standards: another six years." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"Without being aware of this difference between the groups, the researchers might incorrectly attribute the runners' better health to their having participated in the race. The other way to do this study is a randomized controlled trial, the gold standard of medical research. This study design provides a much more precise way to identify the factors that contribute to a particular outcome. Continuing with the example of the 10K race, researchers would find 200 women who agreed to participate in a study about the health effects of running such a race." - John Abramson, Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine (P.S.) (Get the book.)

"The rumors and intelligence are translated into buy and sell orders, little slips of paper carried across the floor by the runners, the traders-in-training. Their street clothes covered in tunics carrying the colors of their houses, the runners grab the slips from the phone and computer banks owned by the Lords and race them down to their warriors in the Ring, who scream out their offers to buy for a penny more or sell for a penny less." - Dean Cycon, Javatrekker: Dispatches From the World of Fair Trade Coffee (Get the book.)

"Another interesting study was of the incidence of respiratory infections in long-distance runners, people who run marathons and ultra-marathons. These runners tend to have a much higher incidence of colds and upper respiratory diseases following a race because of the physical stress on the lungs. The study found that runners given vitamin C supplements had half the incidence of post-race infections compared with runners who received a placebo. We also know that vitamin C reduces infection and the symptoms of other viral infections, including mumps, herpes, measles, and flu." - Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Intelligent Medicine: A Guide to Optimizing Health and Preventing Illness for the Baby-Boomer Generation (Get the book.)

"Claims that pantothenic acid enhances exercise performance rest, primarily, in the results of one study in which experienced distance runners received 2 grams of pantothenic acid daily for 14 days. Their performance was significantly better than that of equally well-trained distance runners who received placebo. In another study, however, 1 gram of pantothenic acid daily for two weeks did not enhance the performance of distance runners compared with distance runners given placebo. More recently, highly trained cyclists performed no better with a combination of 1 gram of allithiamin and 1." - Sheldon Saul Hendler and David Rorvik, PDR for Nutritional Supplements (Get the book.)

"Maintaining vigorous activity attenuates 7-yr weight gain in 8340 runners. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 39, 801-809. 36. Williamson, D. R., Kahn, H. S., Remington, P. L., and Anda, R. F. (1990). The 10-year incidence of overweight and major weight gain in U.S. adults. Arch. Intern. Med. 150, 665-672. 37. Samaras, K., Kelly, P. J., Chiano, M. N, Spector, T. D., and Campbell, L. V. (1999). Genetic and environmental influences on total-body and central abdominal fat: The effect of physical activity in female twins. Ann. Intern. Med. 130, 873-882. 38. Waller, K., Kaprio, J., and Kujala, U. M. (2007)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"For knee problems in runners, for example, often the hamstrings are too strong and the quadriceps are too weak, so progressive resistance exercises for the knee (extension) can be performed, both for prevention and treatment. If the shin area is giving problems or might potentially be a future problem, the anterior leg muscles can be strengthened through toe-raising resistive exercises (with stretching of the calf muscle, which is often too strong). 3. Warming up and down. Slow aerobic exercises should always precede and follow hard aerobic exertion." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"In this ailment, commonly seen among runners and other exercisers, the main tendon connecting the heel and forefoot irritates the heel resting upon it. Over time, this friction results in bone irritation, or "spurs," near the fat part of the heel. For years, podiatric or orthopedic surgery was standard treatment over the long-term for heel spur sufferers, but not necessarily anymore. Since the early 1990s, stretches, rest and acupuncture (a three-month course) or a combination of these therapies have gained favor." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.) "BONE FRACTURES • De-stressing Stress Fractures istance runners, gymnasts and other athletes involved in intense weight-bearing activity and prolonged pressure on the bones risk sus- taining a stress fracture. These injuries can sideline an athlete for many months. But now, a device that relies on sonic healing can help them get back into action much more quickly. The Sonic Accelerated Fracture Healing System (SAFHS), manufactured by Exogen, Inc., of Piscataway, New Jersey (www.exo-gen.com), utilizes low-intensity ultrasound waves to boost the body's natural bone-repair process." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"In a survey of 100 top runners, each was asked if he could take a pill that would allow him to be Olympic champion but kill him in a year, over half the runners said they would take the pill" (Samaras, 1995: 29). Many athletes consider drugs a natural part of training, a necessary evil for success (Wagner, 1989: 2060). In some sports, like power-lifting and football, athletes may feel compelled to use ergogenic drugs because they believe all their competitors do. Soon after the development of hGH in 1985, the athletic underground began to consider hGH as a drug with great ergogenic potential." - Peter Conrad, The Medicalization of Society: On the Transformation of Human Conditions into Treatable Disorders (Get the book.)

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