Comments on: High Fat and Healthy: The Maasai Keep on Walking http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-healthy-maasai-walk/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:28:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Setä Jarmo http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-healthy-maasai-walk/#comment-100231 Setä Jarmo Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:55:46 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1227#comment-100231 I know Mark that you got your stuff pretty much balanced diet and exercise wise but I have read from so many low-carb boards how aerobic exercise is bad for us that I want to praise endurance training with a couple of words. As Mark said we have to remember that Maasai people move around all day long. They don't need extra "moderate" aerobic exercise. What does typical western people do? Sit all day long. Most of us don't have time to walk around all day long, that's why I think endurance training should not be eliminated. A lot of "broscience" people talk how aerobic exercise speeds aging, adds oxidative stress and so on... Bunch of nonsense. Current idea is that oxidative phenotype -> longevity. Resveratrol for example induces oxidative phenotype (endurance type) -> SMALL fibers that are characterized as mitochondria rich and energy efficient. No hypertrophy! Longevity and endurance training responses have many other things in common. "Compared with power athletes, the ratio of all-cause SMR(Standardized Mortality Ratios) was lower for endurance (0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.51-0.79) and mixed sports athletes (0.76; 95% CI, 0.65-0.89); the respective ratios of SMRs for coronary heart disease were 0.59 (95% CI, 0.39-0.85) and 0.63 (95% CI, 0.47-0.84) for the same groups, respectively." source: http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/285/1/44 Remember moderation and balance. I know Mark that you got your stuff pretty much balanced diet and exercise wise but I have read from so many low-carb boards how aerobic exercise is bad for us that I want to praise endurance training with a couple of words.

As Mark said we have to remember that Maasai people move around all day long. They don’t need extra “moderate” aerobic exercise. What does typical western people do? Sit all day long. Most of us don’t have time to walk around all day long, that’s why I think endurance training should not be eliminated.

A lot of “broscience” people talk how aerobic exercise speeds aging, adds oxidative stress and so on… Bunch of nonsense.

Current idea is that oxidative phenotype -> longevity. Resveratrol for example induces oxidative phenotype (endurance type) -> SMALL fibers that are characterized as mitochondria rich and energy efficient. No hypertrophy! Longevity and endurance training responses have many other things in common.

“Compared with power athletes, the ratio of all-cause SMR(Standardized Mortality Ratios) was lower for endurance (0.63; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.51-0.79) and mixed sports athletes (0.76; 95% CI, 0.65-0.89); the respective ratios of SMRs for coronary heart disease were 0.59 (95% CI, 0.39-0.85) and 0.63 (95% CI, 0.47-0.84) for the same groups, respectively.”

source:

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/285/1/44

Remember moderation and balance.

]]> By: Helder http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-healthy-maasai-walk/#comment-99911 Helder Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:08:14 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1227#comment-99911 When we look at the Maasai and many other people who still live like we all use to thousands of years ago, we see those are healthy people, usually muscled and with low bodyfat, and what do they eat? Lots of meat or fish depending on where they live and no carbs or almost no carbs. I think we just have to look to our origin to know what's natural for our bodies and health. When we look at the Maasai and many other people who still live like we all use to thousands of years ago, we see those are healthy people, usually muscled and with low bodyfat, and what do they eat? Lots of meat or fish depending on where they live and no carbs or almost no carbs. I think we just have to look to our origin to know what’s natural for our bodies and health.

]]> By: james http://www.marksdailyapple.com/high-fat-healthy-maasai-walk/#comment-99898 james Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:17:48 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=1227#comment-99898 Walking while on a high fat diet is good to know. I have long been a believer of an extended low level or walking workout while coupled with a high fat diet as opposed to carbs. Walking while on a high fat diet is good to know. I have long been a believer of an extended low level or walking workout while coupled with a high fat diet as opposed to carbs.

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