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Aboutskilt 11:34PM September 20, 2008

Swimming is great - I've been a competitive swimmer for over 50 years. But unless you can swim fast enough to get aerobic exercise, swimming won't help you lose weight:
"A recent report from the University of Colorado shows that obese people who start a supervised swimming program do not lower their fasting blood sugar, insulin, total cholesterol, good HDL cholesterol and bad LDL cholesterol levels. They also did not lose weight or redistribute their body fat (2)."
- http://www.drmirkin.com/archive/7208.html
I cringe when I see a fat person in the pool, since I know they're wasting their time. They could be walking - using their tremendously strong leg muscles to build even more muscle and expend energy at a high rate.
Unless you're a good swimmer already or willing to invest the effort to become a good swimmer (something few adults can achieve) it's better to walk every day.

Benny Giorno of TX 5:03PM August 27, 2008

The good doctor points out a viable reality. Get off your butt if you want quality of life. Forget about doctors.
We all watched M. Phelps swim his way to Olympic stardom. But the truth is, America's swimming pools are YOUR best path to staying fit. It's not about winning gold medals. It's about learning to swim laps. Because as you age, you're not going to be able to keep playing basketball, football, mountain climbing, running or even walking. But, IF you know how to swim laps, you'll be able to do that as long as you can get in and out of the pool by yourself.
Now, if we could get the medical community to address THEIR societal failure in the medical arena of preventative medicine, and help pay for the swmimming pools and the lifeguards, then we'd have a better world.
As it stands, too much money goes into sustaining the lifestyle of all these good doctors, and not enough money is spent paying life guards to keep the country's swimming pools open and available to those who do want to stay fit. It's about priorities.
Every American high school should have a swimming pool. And every American community should have time alotted in the morning AND in the evening when laps can be swum by anyone with the motivation to swim them. Keep America fit.

Don Robertson of ME 3:47PM August 27, 2008

It is an insult to human intelligence to say diseases can't be cured.The truly incurable ailment is greed. With greed as a dominant force in the drug industry, we can see why we are failing.

sam of CA 3:28PM August 27, 2008

Dr. Kenneth Cooper: “Fitness is a journey, not a destination. It must be continued for the rest of your life.” The problem with that statement? Nothing unless you consider that such a statement implies a conscientious effort on behalf of those who hear it. Sadly, in America that's not going to happen.
It's estimated 3 out of 4 Americans, or a whopping 75% percent of us, are overweight or obese. It's an established fact that excess weight and a sedentary lifestyle lead to a host of medical problems such cancer, heart disease, diabetes.
Admittedly, you can't fix genetics so this doesn't apply to "everyone", but it does a whole lot of us. Put down the remote & pick up a barbell. Don't sit on the couch, sit on an exercise bike (oh, and you actually have to pedal).

Gabe of TN 2:24PM August 27, 2008

We all have better health care than Queen Elizabeth had, or Abraham Lincoln had. So, give it a rest.
It is immoral to seek a cure that will or could result in the mutation of a pathogen that will then go on to kill hundreds of millions over time. Neither is moral to expend an ever greater portion of the world's limited resources attempting to hold on to just a few more years of life. So, give it a rest.
And, give it a rest. Without a single penny of compensation mothers still provide the overwhelming majority of health care in this world.
Doctors are armed with uncommonly dangerous tools. And they are just about as likely to kill you as they are to cure what ails you. The medical industry is 98% sales hype and 2% malpractice. So, give it a rest.

Don Robertson of ME 1:10PM August 27, 2008