There’s a pill that reduces your risk of diabetes, high-blood pressure and some cancers. It lowers your risk of being anxious or depressed. It is inexpensive (virtually free in some cases) and widely available. It is the wonder drug of all wonder drugs.
OK – it’s not a pill. It’s exercise.
Starting Sunday, our series, “Exercise: The Real Wonder Drug,” will show how exercise helps you and how you can get moving. The series starts on the front page, moves to the Connect section Monday and continues Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Life, etc.
We will show you how gadgets can help tailor your exercise routines. We will offer tips for getting out there and getting it done (find a buddy, start slowly). We will tell you what and when the average exerciser should eat. We will show how you might look with a new wardrobe, once you lose weight.
Getting started can be the hardest part. There is an exercise routine for everyone; you just have to find yours. Any movement is good.

--John Drescher