Cincinnati Chiropractic: Exactly how Exercise Slows Down aging

Cincinnati Chiropractic Weekly Health Alerts:

Exercise slows down many of the degenerative issues that result from aging. This appears to be the consequence of changes in a multitude of biological functions and systems — exercise actually modifies the whole process of your metabolism, which makes it function much better.

There are a number of proposed mechanisms for the effects of exercise, including:

 * The induction of heat shock proteins
 * Improvement in cardiac antioxidant capacity
 * Expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress proteins
 * Anatomical and physiological modifications in the coronary arteries
 * Changes in nitric oxide creation
 * Adaptational changes in cardiac mitochondria
 * Increased autophagy
 * Improved function of sarcolemmal and/or mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels