Friday, June 22, 2018

Fitness Friday

Exercise Can Help Reduce Inflammation
Obese people can reduce the amount of inflammation found in their blood with regular exercise.

     Obesity is diagnosed as a person rating over 30 on the BMI scale (to find your BMI click here) otherwise defined as having more than 30 extra pounds. It increases the risk of many diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. Often when people hit a certain weight they deem themselves hopeless and think nothing can change that fact and it's just who they are, but that just isn't the case. We have seen time and time again studies that show no matter your size or age starting an exercise program can reap huge rewards, improving quality of life. One of the latest studies is one that shows you can reduce the damaging effects of long term inflammation in the blood.
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     A study published in The Journal of Physiology studied the effects of exercise on inflammation in the blood in both people of a healthy weight, and those who are Obese. Inflammation is a normal response brought on by trauma, but has been found to be a long term condition found in obese people creating the risk of cell damage. Researchers took a group of lean adults and obese adults who are other wise healthy, put them through an exercise program testing their blood for an inflammatory response before and after for six weeks. They found a reduced number of inflammation producing stem cells after an exercise session. They hope to use this information to see if other people with chronic inflammation would benefit and if the reduced inflammation affects the efficiency of muscle tissue.

The Physiological Society. "Exercise makes the blood of obese people healthier." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 19 June 2018. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180619230820.htm>.

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