Plant Sterols and Stanols: What You Need to Know. Rotational Push-ups. The Scientific 7-Minute Workout. Photo Editors’ note: Here’s one of our favorite stories from the archives with a helpful tip for Smarter Living.
For a greater challenge, see “The Advanced 7-Minute Workout.” And download our new, free 7-Minute Workout App for your phone, tablet or other device. Exercise science is a fine and intellectually fascinating thing. But sometimes you just want someone to lay out guidelines for how to put the newest fitness research into practice. Can Cholesterol Drugs Undo Exercise Benefits? Photo Phys Ed Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness.
An important new study suggests that statins, the cholesterol-lowering medications that are the most prescribed drugs in the world, may block some of the fitness benefits of exercise, one of the surest ways to improve health. No one is saying that people with high cholesterol or a family history of heart disease should avoid statins, which studies show can be lifesaving.