There is bad news for anyone who thinks vigorous exercise can compensate for a diet that favours junk food over fruit and veg.The study found people who were highly active with a high-quality diet had the lowest risk of death
The study found people who had high levels of physical activity as well as a high-quality diet had the lowest risk of death, showing you can not outrun a poor diet. For those who had high levels of physical activity as well as a high-quality diet, their mortality risk was reduced by 17 per cent from all causes, 19 per cent from cardiovascular disease and 27 per cent from selected cancers — compared with those with the worst diet who were physically inactive.
"Some people may think they could offset the impacts of a poor diet with high levels of exercise or offset the impacts of low physical activity with a high-quality diet, but the data shows that unfortunately, this is not the case," Dr Ding said.
Pretty much can
'Study examined the effects of diet and exercise using 360,600 British adults' well the Brits are not known to have healthy food to start with.
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Living longer is more expensive and I’m yet to have anybody convince me it worthwhile prolonging my life for good diet
That's subjective. Whats a poor diet and what's vigorous? I had the shitest diet but played sport and exercised daily and was in the best shape of my life. Was I skinny? No. But I was at my lowest adult weight. I've always been a chunky boy.
Jim Fixx (credited with triggering the jogging boom in the 70s with 'The Complete Book of Running') was a strong believer in exercise compensating for bad diet. Jim died at a superbly fit 52 from congested arteries.
Celery and a marathon a day keep the doctor away
Derp
With inflation I got a rich diet
In other news, water confirmed by top scientist to indeed be wet
You need ludicrous exercise to do that