PROOF THAT EXERCISE DOES INHIBIT AGING

According to some research conducted at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, exercising may indeed slow aging.

In their study, researchers employed mice who had a genetic defect that caused the mitochondria (the living processes within a cell that combine oxygen and nutrients to create energy) to deteriorate quickly leading to aging and an early death. One group of these mice lived a normal life, while the other group of mice enjoyed a regimen of intense exercise on an activity wheel. Three times a week for 45 minutes, these mice would run the wheel at a speed equivalent to a human running six miles an hour. The mice that didn’t exercise began to show aging as early as month three. By one year, all these mice were dead. However all the exercising mice were still alive.