Mesenchymal stem cells are a type of adult stem cells found throughout the body. These cells can form fat, bone or cartilage cells.
Researchers in Canada found that endurance exercise encourages mesenchymal stem cells to become bone instead of fat cells.
In this study, one group of mice were trained on a treadmill at progressive speeds over a 10-week period. While the other group was made to simply watch life go by. Tissues were harvested 2 days following the final training session.
Results of this study show that:
This could be true in humans too... so.. HIT THE GYM PEOPLE!
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