Former elite athletes transitioning to a sedentary lifestyle may become metabolically unhealthy and develop diabetes. — Whalespan
Former elite athletes transitioning to a sedentary lifestyle may become metabolically unhealthy and develop diabetes.
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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.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“I believe that the answer was more common in males than females where the rebound effect to becoming metabolically unhealthy was unbelievable. It's very hard to turn that spigot off of you're basically a nonstop eating machine and then all of a sudden you're on the path to having diabetes three years, five years, ten years after being the fittest person in the world.”