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Regular exercise keeps your body and brain sharp as you age. It preserves mobility, supports independence, and may slow cognitive decline. New research shows exercise reprograms the body at the molecular level, fundamentally transforming biological systems from the inside out.
Exercise has long been recognized for boosting metabolic health, but the intricate molecular networks behind these benefits were poorly understood. Recent studies have uncovered new layers of complexity in how skeletal muscle and circulating molecules respond to physical activity.
A new paper reviews 20 years of advances in human exercise metabolism, revealing that physical activity can rival medicine in preventing and managing diverse diseases. It maps intricate molecular networks behind exercise’s wide-ranging benefits, outlining key milestones and future research paths. It reveals exercise as a molecular powerhouse, inducing over 1,000 changes across 20+ tissues, rivaling FDA-approved drugs.
Exercise sparks a precise sequence of genes and proteins in muscle, coordinates metabolism and immunity via the bloodstream, and dispatches molecular signals that reach distant organs, revealing effects far beyond simple contraction.
Future molecular biomarkers could predict exercise response based on genetics and metabolism, enabling personalized strategies to prevent, treat, or delay obesity and cardiometabolic diseases. These findings could revolutionize exercise as a tool for disease prevention and treatment.
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Twenty years of progress in human exercise metabolism research
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