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The author initially believed that extensive aerobic exercise alone was sufficient for good health, neglecting the importance of diet.

Maintaining muscle mass through resistance training is crucial for overall health, especially as we age, due to its metabolic benefits.

Muscle loss reduces calorie expenditure and impairs glucose metabolism, contributing to fat accumulation and potentially leading to Type 2 diabetes.

I started writing this column in 1976 and, at the time, I was gung-ho on aerobic exercise like jogging as the pathway to good health.

Indeed, aerobic exercise is very important to the overall health of the body, but not in the way I incorporated it. My attitude was that if you do enough exercise, it will protect your health regardless of what else is go

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