Exercise Linked To Change In DNA

Training, not exercise.

Training changes:

Not trained:

A recent study, published in Cell Metabolism , and conducted by researchers at the Karolinska Institute, demonstrates that exercise almost immediately alters DNA in healthy inactive men and women.

The researchers explain that although the genetic makeup is not altered, DNA molecules change structurally and chemically when a person exercises. An example of this is the DNA gaining more or losing parts of methyl groups that are found on sequences of DNA families.

Juleen Zierath, Professor of Clinical Integratice Physiology at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery says:

"Our muscles are really plastic. We often say 'You are what you eat.' Well, muscle adapts to what you do. If you don't use it, you lost it and this is one of the mechanisms that allow that to happen."

Now that is real gene therapy.

Your choice.