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Hindustan TimesOne of the most idiot-proof arguments in favour of exercise was made by an Australian exercise physiologist, Prue Cormie, in a paper published in May 2018. “If the effects of exercise could be encapsulated in a pill, it would be prescribed to every cancer patient worldwide and viewed as a major breakthrough in cancer treatment… it would be demanded by cancer patients, prescribed by every cancer specialist, and subsidised by government,” she said. Our minds have become used to fitting people into slots, and so it becomes a case of “mind people” versus “body people”. “Mind people” in domains such as academia and the creative arts are assumed to be mentally more capable and physically less capable than the average person. “Many people’s minds are so invaded by forgetfulness, despondency, irritability… because of their poor physical condition that their knowledge is actually driven out of them,” he said.
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