Why Do You Ride? Health and Longevity or Maximum Cycling Fitness
My main problem with cycling is the major emphasis on cycling fitness rather than health and longevity. Let’s face it, the large majority of cyclists aren’t competitive professionals. Nor do we want to...
View ArticleLife Expectancy of Endurance Athletes
A new study claims that Tour de France cyclists add an average 8 years to their life span through extreme endurance training, and that people engaged in such activity should have no fear that they...
View ArticleCycling Intensity is Important for Longevity, Not Duration
A new study from Denmark shows that cycling intensity has a strong relationship with life expectancy and cycling duration appears to have little, if any.[1] Here’s study’s data on intensity and...
View ArticleRice Alters Human Gene Expression
There’s been a lot of goodwill towards rice lately among the more open-minded bloggers in the Paleo community. Sure, it’s a Neolithic food, but there hasn’t been much of a case against occasionally...
View ArticleStandard Calorie Restricted Diet May Lead to Cancer and Death
Researchers at Colorado State University recently completed a review of the limited amount of science around yo-yo dieting (scientists call it weight cycling) and cancer risk. What’s interesting is...
View ArticleJogging is Paleo, Deal with It
A couple new papers and stories in the media have me thinking more about running lately. I don’t make a big habit out of it, but I do occasionally do some hill sprints and 5k races just for fun, and to...
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