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Jay Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So that kind of error was like, okay, good.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It made me happy that it was an underprediction because it's less obviously this intentional...

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

But Bob, they can play it both ways.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Let's go through this.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It depends on your goals and probably.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

But let's see what this study said, though.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So this was a new large observational study showing that the current public health recommendations that we may have all heard of, 150 minutes, right, of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

That might be more of a bare minimum than we might have even have thought.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So the study suggests that if your goal is cardiovascular risk reductions, right, to be specific, the benefits may continue well beyond that initial 150 minutes.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It may continue, get this, possibly into the 560 to 610 minutes per week range.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

That's 80 to 90 minutes per day.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So that was kind of their takeaway.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So, yeah, this kind of pissed me off.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

But let's go through the details here.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

That's a lot.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

It's a lot.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

So research is – these are from researchers based in five institutions, all in China and Macau.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

The study is based on – this is important.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

This is the UK Biobank, which is a large, huge British health research database.

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
The Skeptics Guide #1090 - May 30 2026

Half a million adults –