Positive health news for old 'uns

[reohn2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43308729

[Cyril Haearn]

'Cycling 60 miles or more may not be your idea of fun' says the bbc
I am quite glad to be a bit older, one gets wiser just through time

[Grandad]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43308729
But only if they have been doing long distances for many years

[Sweep]

Came here to post this reohn, but you beat me to it.

Rejoice ladies and gents, boys and girls.

[jimlews]

Your'e only as old as the bicycle you ride!

[mercalia]

"Steve Harridge, co-author and professor of physiology at King's College London, said: "Being sedentary goes against evolution because humans are designed to be physically active"

well evolution in the past would have made you a fast food snack for a dino before you got to 30

[Graham]

I'm just speculating about the Daily Hate's spin on this one . . . . .
How about . . .
"Selfish, elderly, cyclist scum block resources for the younger generations" ?

[Mike Sales]

"Steve Harridge, co-author and professor of physiology at King's College London, said: "Being sedentary goes against evolution because humans are designed to be physically active"

well evolution in the past would have made you a fast food snack for a dino before you got to 30

Perhaps being active rather than sedentary would have made you less likely to become a snack for a large carnivore?

[Cyril Haearn]

Right again just been reading the thread about feeding birds, pigeons are not worth eating, too little meat, just like fit people, the Monstosaurus would choke on the bones

[thirdcrank]

I'm just speculating about the Daily Hate's spin on this one . . . . .
How about . . .
"Selfish, elderly, cyclist scum block resources for the younger generations" ?

Today's Daily Telegraph has a report of a report presented to a conference in New Orleans organised by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons which revealed that a recent increase in sports injuries to the neck, especially among cyclists, means they have overtaken car crashes and diving accidents as the main cause. (This article does not seem to be in the online edition)

The Daily Telegraph's headline and opening para:

Risk of neck fracture rises for 'men in lycra.'

"MAMILS" - middle-aged men in Lycra - are fuelling a dramatic rise in sports-related neck fractures ....

followed by a reference to the growth in popularity of cycling here since British Olympic and TdeF wins.

[foxyrider]

But for how many years? And just how far is long distance?

[foxyrider]

"Steve Harridge, co-author and professor of physiology at King's College London, said: "Being sedentary goes against evolution because humans are designed to be physically active"

well evolution in the past would have made you a fast food snack for a dino before you got to 30

Except of course that the dinosaurs were extinct long before man made an appearance on this planet.

[Graham]

Hopefully, . . . .

[. . . the recent increase in sports injuries to the neck, especially among cyclists. .] . .
The Daily Telegraph's headline and opening para:

. . . . will be a small dis-benefit compared with the huge general health benefit to those that travel by bike.

[horizon]

The researchers believe that being physically active in old age will help people respond better to vaccines, and so be better protected against infections such as flu.

I would have thought that this group would be the last one queuing up at the doctor's for vaccines of any sort - and they certainly don't need a flu jab.

Another thought: why has cycling been singled out?

[rotavator]

Except of course that the dinosaurs were extinct long before man made an appearance on this planet.

Sorry to be pedantic and drift the thread but birds evolved from dinosaurs and there isn't a single feature that separates the two groups so you could say that birds are dinosaurs. So the well worn maxim that all the dinosaurs became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous is not quite right.