Unlocking the Chemistry of Exercise: How Metabolites Separate the Physically Fit from Unfit

Wednesday, May 26, 2010 - 16:42 in Health & Medicine

The virtues of exercise are myriad: better cardiovascular health, decreased risk for diabetes, boosted mood, and even perhaps a leaner physique. But aside from such macro links and knowledge about the heart rates, blood–oxygen levels and hormonal responses related to exercise, scientists have a relatively cursory understanding of the chemical mechanisms at work in the body during and after physical activity . [More] Health - Diabetes mellitus - Physical exercise - Blood - Oxygen

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