High Intensity Exercise Before A Fatty Meal Is Best For Vascular Health

Sunday, April 5, 2015 - 15:40 in Health & Medicine

A short burst of intensive exercise before eating a high-fat meal is better for blood vessel function than the currently recommended moderate-intensity exercise, at least in young people. Cardiovascular diseases including heart attacks and stroke are a leading cause of death and the process underlying these diseases start in youth. An impairment in the function of blood vessels is thought to be the earliest event in this process, and this is known to occur in the hours after consuming a high fat meal.  read more

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