Nov 25, 2023 05:33 PM
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INTRO: Here's a simple improvement you might want to make to your exercise regime: commit to doing whatever activity you do at the same time each day. A new study in mice suggests several benefits come with a regular exercise rhythm.
While we have a central body clock in the brain (in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN), we also have other, more localized body clocks. Exercise can reset the local body clocks in the joints and spine, according to the research led by the University of Manchester in the UK.
If that reset happens at the same time each day, these local clocks can better stay in sync with the SCN clock, the team discovered. Previous research has shown that out-of-sync clocks in peripheral tissues can increase the risk of problems such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
"Our results showed that physical activities in the morning, associated with daily patterns of sleep/wake cycle, convey timing information from the light-sensitive central clock in the brain to the weight bearing skeletal tissues," says Qing-Jun Meng, a chronobiologist at the University of Manchester.
"In effect it's telling your skeletal system it's time to wake up." (MORE - details)
INTRO: Here's a simple improvement you might want to make to your exercise regime: commit to doing whatever activity you do at the same time each day. A new study in mice suggests several benefits come with a regular exercise rhythm.
While we have a central body clock in the brain (in the suprachiasmatic nucleus, or SCN), we also have other, more localized body clocks. Exercise can reset the local body clocks in the joints and spine, according to the research led by the University of Manchester in the UK.
If that reset happens at the same time each day, these local clocks can better stay in sync with the SCN clock, the team discovered. Previous research has shown that out-of-sync clocks in peripheral tissues can increase the risk of problems such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
"Our results showed that physical activities in the morning, associated with daily patterns of sleep/wake cycle, convey timing information from the light-sensitive central clock in the brain to the weight bearing skeletal tissues," says Qing-Jun Meng, a chronobiologist at the University of Manchester.
"In effect it's telling your skeletal system it's time to wake up." (MORE - details)