Alcohol and exercise:
Alcohol has no effect on heart rate but chronic use of alcohol increases blood pressure during rest and exercise. Alcohol has no effect on exercise capacity.
Hypoglycemic (blood sugar lowering agents) and exercise:
These medications include insulin and oral agents which have no effect on heart rate and blood pressure during rest and exercise. They also have no effect on exercise capacity.
Evidence-based benefits of aerobic exercise:
Exercise and weight loss:
Annual statistics kept by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of individuals in the United States who are overweight and obese is increasing at an alarming rate. New theories appear regularly about the reason that people have difficulty managing a healthy weight. These theories include suggestions of genetic abnormalities, a heavy bone structure, defected metabolism or viruses.