Exercise Lowers Markers of Inflammation in Older Individuals

Source https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/09/exercise-lowers-markers-of-inflammation-in-older-individuals/

Researchers here note that structured exercise programs can reduce the burden of chronic inflammation in older individuals, a desirable outcome. The study is a reminder that being sedentary has a cost. Too little exercise and a lack of physical fitness in later life produces harmful consequences such as a raised level of chronic inflammation, and thus a faster progression towards all of the common and ultimately fatal age-related diseases. The fine details of our metabolism and its interaction with aging evolved in an environment of much greater regular physical exertion, all the way into later life, than is presently the case. When we fail to keep up with that level exercise, we suffer in its absence.

Increased basal low-grade inflammation is observed with advancing age, which is…

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