Rhonda Patrick
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just really encouraging study for individuals that are middle age and really have never exercised.
that they can actually reverse the aging of their heart by 20 years.
And so, and this is what I'm talking about.
I'm not talking about doing the DNA tests, the epigenetic tests that has all the statistical noise.
I'm talking about actual structural changes in the heart, right?
So that to me would be the best thing that you can do.
And I said five hours a week.
Now for someone that doesn't exercise at all, that probably sounds like crazy amounts of exercise.
And it is, I mean, I do about six hours a week of exercise.
Cardio and resistance training.
I do both.
I do both.
But I think that what's really important here is that people need to think about exercise as part of their personal hygiene.
Something you have to, like, can you imagine, do you wake up every morning and brush your teeth?
Do you brush your teeth before you go to bed?
Why?
It's a routine.
Right.
And you do it because you don't want cavities, right?
Right.