As it Turns Out, Fitness Fights Cancer

I just read a funny article, which had nothing to do with ellipticals and everything to do with smoking cigarettes. The article starts out with this picture, right. It is an elliptical with a caption underneath that says, “You can achieve a full body workout on an elliptical-cross trainer by working your arms and legs simultaneously.” Ok, so I guess it had a tiny bit to do with ellipticals. But after that, for the next 361 words – yes I counted all of them, out loud, one by one, while poking my grubby pointer finger against my computer monitor.—were all about smoking cigarettes and about how they are bad for you.

Same picture from the joke article.

You can imagine my disappointment. I wanted to read about how using an elliptical could have possibly combated the adverse effects of smoking. Well the article didn’t give me what I wanted, but it did tell me some fun facts about how cigarettes are causing fatal diseases. According to that article, since 1964 2.5 million “could have been spared from death had they adhered to the surgeon general’s warning”.

So I did my own research and forgot about that trick article I read. So I started perusing different websites looking for the information I wanted. LiveStrong is a very helpful site. It turns out there are many studies showing that whole body workouts will increase the body’s immune system, and will help prevent cancers of all types. Then I found this testimonial, posted on WebMD, of how aerobic exercise cured this lady’s cancer.