Wednesday, 16 October 2024
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You can exercise yourself to death, says new study | New York Post

Too much exercise can kill you, scientists have revealed.

White men who work out at least 7½ hours a week are nearly twice as likely to suffer from heart disease as those who do a moderate amount, a new study shows.

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Researchers in Chicago compared 25-year exercise patterns and made the surprising discovery that very active white men are 86 percent more likely to experience a buildup of plaque in the heart arteries by middle age.

But this didn’t apply to black men, they discovered.

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