Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

And that was associated with 50% or more greater reduction in like many of these categories for health outcomes, you know, cardiovascular related mortality, all cause mortality.

So I

type 2 diabetes incidence, right?

50% or more reduction.

That's pretty robust.

And again, that was at the higher end of the vigorous intensity physical activity.

But there's definitely a dose response that was seen there.

Right.

OK, so let's I think that's pretty clear that we are dramatically underestimating the value of vigorous intensity physical activity in terms of reducing the risk of a variety of different, you know, negative health outcomes.

Right.

And so that's pretty clear.

But the question is, why is that?

Right.

And this is something that I would say.

We've sort of talked about on the podcast before, I've had a lot of different exercise physiologists, Dr. Ben Levine, Dr. Martin Kabbalah on the podcast, and we've talked a lot about the adaptations to physical activity.

So I wanna kind of start off with the effects on cardiovascular health and the adaptations that occur

in the cardiovascular system, because I think it's probably one of the most important concepts here.

And it does really come down to this idea of the stronger the stimulus is, the greater the adaptation, right?

Now, obviously, you can always take something to the extreme case, right?

If you were to exercise all the time, nonstop, like that's not good, but we're not talking about that.