--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Archer" <rick@> wrote: > <snip> > > The irony is that he died of cardiovascular disease, yet > > recently Maharishi told Purusha they shouldn't exercise > > because "Exercise isn't part of our tradition." >
> That would be ironic only if the type of > cardiovascular disease he had would have > been prevented or remedied by exercise > during the time he was in Purusha. > ************** Exercise may not be a critical factor in preventing heart disease, which is probably due to diet factors: http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/abstract/140/12/1007 Conclusions: Aerobic physical exercise did not attenuate progression of atherosclerosis, except in a subgroup of men not taking statins.