This article about the effects of space travel on human bodies makes an intriguing statement: “Many relate the effects [of space travel] to accelerated aging.”
Key points for the purposes of this blog post:
- “Weightlessness causes muscles to atrophy and bone mass to decline.”
- "Even the body’s most important muscle — the heart — loses mass and becomes more spherical."
- "To combat this deterioration, astronauts have individual medication regimens, which can include drugs commonly used to combat bone density loss and osteoporosis."
- "They also exercise a couple of hours each day."
This sure sounds like everything I've read about what can happen when we don't manage our aging as well as we should. Like the astronauts, we should consider exercise as a natural part of our lives so we can enjoy a high quality of life.
