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“The amount of time a person sits during the day is associated with a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and death, regardless of regular exercise, according to a review study.”

“Exercise also decreased the numbers of microglia/monocytes expressing a crucial initiating component of the complement pathway that others have shown previously to play are role in age-related cognitive decline. View full publication.”

“About half of the participants engaged in a supervised fitness program and took a nutritional supplement; the remainder engaged in the fitness program but took a placebo. The fitness program included resistance, aerobic, flexibility, and core strength exercises and lasted 45 minutes per session, five times per week, for 12 weeks.”

“[...] > McEwen said that in the second study, the amount of BDNF increased 35 percent in the group that had participated in both cognitive training and exercise -- and half of that increase occurred within the first two weeks of the study.”

“Studies in animals have shown that aerobic exercise slowed the growth of breast cancer tumors 1.5 times more than sedentary animals. Exercise also made the cancer cells much more sensitive to chemotherapy and the combination of the two had the most significant impact in reducing tumor size.”

“Exercise may be as good at lowering blood pressure as blood pressure medications in people with high blood pressure according to a meta-analysis of 391 clinical trials. The exercise included aerobic, high-intensity interval training, and resistance training.”

“A new study finds there are no upper limits to the benefits of exercise. Any level of cardiovascular fitness, including the kind you’d see from elite athletes, is linked to lower all-cause mortality and improved quality of life. Elite athletes had an 80% decrease in early mortality risk.”

“This 2023 review summarizes the evidence supporting links between exercise and the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.”

“The researchers measured the participants' upper arm muscle thicknesses before and after the intervention. They found that all the participants who performed the various exercises saw improvements in muscle size, strength, and force-generating capacity.”

“A recent study found that 35-year-olds who engaged in 30 minutes of vigorous exercise each day had cholesterol levels comparable to those of sedentary 30-year-olds, suggesting that vigorous exercise can offset up to five years of age-related decline in heart health.”