Rhonda Patrick· PhD
So that's pretty clear that we are dramatically underestimating the value of vigorous intensity physical activity in in terms of reducing the risk of a variety of different, you know, negative health outcomes, right?
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So that's pretty clear that we are dramatically underestimating the value of vigorous intensity physical activity in in terms of reducing the risk of a variety of different, you know, negative health outcomes, right?
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Now I feel like my my my you know I've shifted my understanding of that those guidelines and I have a different sort of take on them where where it's like okay well maybe we're really undervaluing the importance of vigorous physical activity and so that needs to be communicated to people.