Rhonda Patrick

And with Dr. Gabala, when he came on the podcast, he was talking a lot about these VILPA studies where

Researchers give people that are engaging in this type of unstructured exercise an accelerometer.

So this is measuring their heart rate, and they're able to see their heart rate and also, I guess, the distance as well.

But it's also measuring their heart rate, and they're seeing how high their heart rate goes.

And then they've looked at a variety of outcomes, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular-related mortality, cancer-related mortality.

Okay.

And what these publications, which Dr. Gabala has been a part of, have shown is that people that are engaging in this type of vilpa exercise, this unstructured exercise for one to two minutes, three times a day.

So you're getting up to the nine minute a day range.

They have a 50% reduction in all-cause mortality, cardiovascular-related mortality, and a 40% reduction in cancer-related mortality.

And these are benefits that are even found in people that identify as non-exercisers.

So in other words, they don't consider themselves, they don't go to the gym, they're not doing tennis or dance class or whatever.

They consider themselves like not doing physical activity.

So I think that that data really kind of drives home that even these small sort of bursts of physical activity can be beneficial for health.

Then there's also a lot of psychological benefits that Dr. Kabbalah talked about as well.

It also helps with the midday slumpiness, where you're feeling kind of sleepy.

And I cannot drink caffeine afternoon.

For me, it affects me.

I'll be up too late in the evening.

So I will get up and do some bodyweight squats.

Usually it's bodyweight squats.