Grand Rapids Chiropractor Weekly Health Updates:
Exercise slows down many of the degenerative complications that result from aging. This appears to be the result of modifications to a multitude of biological processes and systems — exercising in fact adjusts the whole process of your metabolism, making it work better.
There are a variety of suggested mechanisms for the effects of physical exercise, which includes:
* The induction of heat shock proteins
* Increase in cardiac antioxidant capacity
* Expression of endoplasmic reticulum stress proteins
* Anatomical and physiological modifications in the coronary arteries
* Modifications to nitric oxide production
* Adaptational alterations in cardiac mitochondria
* Increased autophagy
* Improved function of sarcolemmal and/or mitochondrial ATP-sensitive potassium channels