I didn't mean that there are only so many times the
heart can beat.  I was just responding to Judith's
comment about this.  To think that the heart can only
beat so many times in a lifetime is ridiculous.

--- Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, Kenny Brown wrote:
>
> > Just think if you exercise even more and the
> resting
> > heart rate goes down even further like mine.  That
> > means the heart beats even less while at rest and
> > normal activity.  Again saving more beats.
>
> The problem here is that you are assuming that
> "saving beats" is
> a good thing, as if each heart has an allotment of
> beats, and you
> are using yours up more slowly.  As far as I know
> there is no
> evidence for any such thing, however.  The slower
> heartbeat is a
> consequence of the heart having become enlarged from
> much aerobic
> work.  But the size of a heart is not an indicator
> of its health.
>
> Todd Moody
> [log in to unmask]
>

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