I’m Not Sure I Believe This Either

Dr. Williams’s studies have shown that exceeding the federally recommended exercise guidelines can reduce the risk of stroke, heart attack, glaucoma, diabetes and other diseases by as much as 70% above the benefits of merely meeting the guidelines. “There is no gene or drug discovery that comes close” to the effects of more and more-vigorous exercise, says Dr. Williams, a staff scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley Calif.

Full report on the controversial claim that more-vigorous exercise is better.

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  1. Bruce says:

    Same problem here as with the previous post.

  2. Ken says:

    It’s called the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy: Prior to, therefore the cause of.