Exercise: Resistance Training. https://greenmedinfo.com/category/therapeutic-actions/exercise-resistance-training en Exercise Stops The Mitochondrial Aging Process In Its Tracks https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/exercise-stops-mitochondrial-aging-process-its-tracks <div class="copyright">This article is copyrighted by GreenMedInfo LLC, 2012<br/><strong><a href="/greenmedinfocom-re-post-guidelines">Visit our Re-post guidelines</a></strong></div><p class="rtecenter"><img alt="Exercise Halts The Mitochondrial Aging Process In Its Tracks" src="//cdn.greenmedinfo.com/sites/default/files/ckeditor/greenmedinfo/images/exercise_mitochondria.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 400px;" /></p> <p>New research published in the <em>American Journal of Physiology</em> indicates that exercise may minimize, <strong>and even reverse</strong>, <a href="/article/exercise-training-can-help-minimize-detrimental-skeletal-muscle-aging-deficits">age-associated declines in mitochondrial function</a>.<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a> &nbsp;This has wide-ranging implications, as the health of the mitochondria intimately affect every cell, tissue and organ within the human body.</p> <p>Mitochondria are known as the "powerhouse" of the cell because they are responsible for producing the body’s primary source of chemical energy: adenosine triphosphate (ATP), but they are also intimately involved in a wide range of other indispensable cellular functions, e.g. neurotransmitter, hormone and RNA/DNA production, which is all the more fascinating considering that they have their own bacteria-like DNA ring <a href="/blog/probiotics-and-mitochondria-bacteria-are-not-other">completely foreign to our own</a>. &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/exercise-stops-mitochondrial-aging-process-its-tracks" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/exercise-stops-mitochondrial-aging-process-its-tracks#comments Athletic Performance Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Mitochondrial Diseases Mitochondrial Dysfunction Mitochondrial Myopathies Statin-Induced Pathologies Exercise Exercise: Resistance Training. Mitochondrial Biogenesis Fri, 01 Jun 2012 02:39:32 +0000 Sayer Ji 76547 at https://greenmedinfo.com