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Duh.  A new study has found that regular exercise can slow aging. It may even be able to add up to five years to your life. New research s uggests that a person can slow the speed at which she ages by exercising regularly, according to newswise.com. My husband, who believes exercise can cure everything from the common cold to cancer, will be jubilant (and boastful).   I can't wait. Regular exercise not only improves the quality of life but can also extend a person’s lifespan by up to five years, the Web site reports on the study's facts. Additionally, research suggests that older adults receive the most benefits when combining endurance exercise with resistance exercise. Yay.  Finally I'm doing something right.  I jog and swim.  Not well, but still. However, other studies suggest it's extreme exercise that slows aging.   The Guardian writer Matthew Jenkin claims that e very morning, 72-year-old grandmother Dr Betty Holsden-Smith does a few cr...

I've heard it both ways.   Eat before a workout.  Don't eat before a workout.  Now Gretchen Reynolds weighs in (pun not intended!) on what's better to do. Reynolds, who herself has run marathons, writes that she was orginally told that "pre-exercise calories would lead to a quick increase in blood sugar — a sugar high — followed by an equally speedy blood-sugar trough, known as 'rebound hypoglycemia,' which would arrive in the middle of our race or workout and wreck performance." This idea came from d ecades-old studies showing that blood-sugar levels and performance tended to decline if athletes ate or drank sugary foods or drinks just before exercise, according to Reynolds. But this has since been debunked. I remember marathoner friends eating pounds of spaghetti the night before the race. Eating easily-digestible carbs before working out can help you stay the course longer, though, research has found, and if you run or lift weights, she says, ...