Nothing beats diet and exercise or a long, healthy life expectancy
RUTHAN BRODS
Special to the Jewish
riving ho
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Michael
Farmingt
felt dizzy, nauseous 4
Pain.
After describing
his brother-in-law, Dr Ba
Mazur drove to the e
entrance of an Ann
Mazur was having a
attack.
His recovery has bv..
I'm convinced th:'
done so well at age 5
Suzanne and I purpos
more healthy lifestyle a
'rears
ago, explains Mazur. "We rel ed.
we needed to change the way
if we wanted to continue doing. rvhR
we enjoyed.
"We ate more nutritionally an d
exercised regularly. I lost 25
and brought down my cholest
and blood pressure." iro
vinced that, because he
oth
diseases and was in goo
shape, his heart was bet
withstand the stress that:::40
Research supports the
lifestyle is important in kee
diovascular machinery and t
system working well. Popuiation2 sot
mot
vet's over the last 30H- ygarsoffer con-
vincing evidence thatil!ii..„,tcs., such as
eating .a low-fat diet and. regular
exercise, protect
disease
s t
and.some cancers.
Subtle Changes
Scientists uncover new elements in
our life cycles and the picture appears
wondrously complex. Aging is not a
simple slowing clown, as one might
expect.
is a set of intricate
t
ring here, an
4.nd a minor
ere else. The
iher than an
. ichael Mazur's
bout because there
his adaptation
ypcirterision, diabetes,
overweight become
t as major risk‘factors
Icant role in cardio-
4n and in other dis-
c age," explains Dr.
erg, D.O., who prac-
edicine with a specialty
in West Bloomfield.
price, a new study at the
sutures of Health found
mild psychological stress
ernporarily increase blood levels
emicai associated with the
,
C and Michael Mazur take
kr walks with their dog, Casey.