Does fat burning really stop during intense physical exertion? The RER increases with continuous intensification of the load (e.g. during spirpergometry). There are several hundred publications in the literature describing that fat burning stops during intensive physical exercise! The authors have in mind studies such as the one shown in the front part of the […]
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Sport and Corona Sport and coronavirus – a contradiction or feasible? “Due to the coronavirus pandemic, sporting activity and respiratory diseases are currently more in focus than ever before,” says Professor Dr. Edgar Heinen. The doctor, a specialist in the field of metabolism and hormones, advocates physical activity to reduce respiratory infections. “As with so
The incidence of mental illness is increasing significantly. The AOK report (2017) shows that the proportion of days missed from work due to depression, anxiety disorders and burnout has risen by almost 70 % in the last 10 years to 11.2 % of all days missed; in third place after musculoskeletal disorders (still in first
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Musculature and osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a systemic skeletal disease that affects many women during the menopause. It is also increasingly being diagnosed in men as they get older. While it is true for almost all diseases that the frequency and severity of occurrence can be favorably influenced by endurance training, such results are unfortunately not
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Fat mass index for the assessment of obesity The fat mass index is the reasonable parameter for assessing obesity. in progress The WHO, the World Health Organization, defines obesity as “an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that can lead to adverse health effects”. The WHO only determines the degree of obesity using body weight
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People who move a lot live better. Many of you will come to this conclusion if you compare the couch potatoes in your circle of acquaintances with those who regularly take part in sporting activities. The latter are almost always in a better mood. A large representative study in Colorado from 2007 * shows
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Physical performance and lifespan There are countless studies on this topic. All of them unanimously show that physical performance clearly correlates with lifespan! If we had any drug in medicine that showed even a halving of the risk of death when taken, practically everyone would take it. In medicine, we are usually proud when
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Physical performance and intelligence mens sana in corpore sano Juvenal already said (shortened quote). The translation to “In a healthy body lives also a healthy mind” was shamefully misused by the National Socialists. There are many highly intelligent people who are anything but physically fit! The time when people were judged – on their intelligence
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People who move a lot live longer! There is a lot of evidence for this statement in the scientific literature. At this point, the results of Hakim and colleagues from 1998 should be quoted as a representative example. (Hakim et al.: NEJM 1998, 338: 94 Effects of walking on mortality among nonsmoking retired men)
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