Short bursts of exercise induce changes in your body’s metabolites that correlate with long-term health.
Regular physical activity has innumerable benefits. Do you want to lower your risk of heart disease and stroke? Physical activity may be a good way to do so. High blood pressure, obesity, diabetes risk reduction, and more? Yep, exercise.
Recently, I have thought a lot about exercise intensity. At 57 years old, I am beginning to have a slower recovery from my high-intensity interval workouts. I need to shift my approach to physical activity, even as I remain fit. I recently spotted a research paper out of Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital that gives me some hints about how to alter my program.
Researchers examined blood chemicals before and after exercise
The MGH research study examined data from the Framingham Heart Study. They measured the levels of nearly 600 circulating metabolites before and after 12 minutes of vigorous exercise in 411 middle-aged men and women. Metabolism describes the chemical reactions that take place in your body. Metabolites either facilitate such reactions or are the result of them.
Go here to see what they discovered:
https://medium.com/beingwell/could-exercise-bursts-be-key-to-improving-metabolic-health-5c6a5970df24?sk=3ed698b56662de7c3dd344b8ce43766b
On another note…
