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Click on the article below to read how French president Nicolas Sarkozy reaps the benefits of regular exercise.

Sarkozy’s Secret: Exercise Improves Sex Life

When it comes to tied women with big booties, I’ve always subcribed to the Sir Mix-A-Lot School of Thought.  Therefore, I was pleasantly surprised to read this article, where scientists have discovered that juicy rumps may be a sign of good health.

“New research, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, suggests the fat responsible for producing the pear shape flaunted by celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce may be active in protecting women from diseases by releasing certain hormones.

Buttock and hip fat may protect women against type 2 diabetes, researchers from Harvard Medical School found.

When buttocks and hip fat from mice was injected into other mice, their bodies easily used the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin and lost weight.

They were also able to make better use of insulin, the main hormone linked to diabetes.

People with the apple shape, where fat is stored around the tummy, can be more prone to type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Those with pear-shaped bodies, where fat is collected in the buttocks, are less likely to have these disorders.

Researcher Dr. Ronald Kahn insisted that not all fat was bad for health.

“The surprising thing was that it wasn’t where the fat was located, it was the kind of fat that was the most important variable,” he said.

“Even more surprising, it wasn’t that abdominal fat was exerting negative effects, but that subcutaneous fat was producing a good effect.

I think it’s an important result because not only does it say that not all fat is bad, but I think it points to a special aspect of fat where we need to do more research.”

As Sir Mix-A-Lot advises in his Grammy-award winning hit (and, in my opinion, the greatest rap song ever made), “Baby Got Back,”

You can do side bends or sit-ups, but please don’t lose that butt!

Here’s the link to the article:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,477434,00.html

Readers’ thoughts?

Allow me to wish everyone at Bodybuilding.com a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year!

I know it’s a been a while since I’ve written a blog.  Busy with work and exercise.  Having recovered from a bit of a head cold, and a need to just take a break, I’m back in the gym and it feels great.

Most fitness magazines advocate the need to take a little time off from the gym.  About every 3 to 4 months of consistent training, it’s good to take about a week to two weeks off to rest the body.  When you return to the gym, your body feels so much better.  At least this has been the case with me.

My primary health-related New Year’s Resolution is continue to eat right, exercise, and stay in shape. 

What’s yours?  Let me know.