Can exercise actually REVERSE aging? Promising new study

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Can exercise actually REVERSE aging? Promising new study reveals that working out can make skin appear up to FORTY years younger
Participants over 65 were found to develop the skin appearance of a 20 to 40-year-old after taking up exercise for just three months
By ANNABEL FENWICK ELLIOTT

PUBLISHED: 21:44 GMT, 17 April 2014 | UPDATED: 21:47 GMT, 17 April 2014

Forget expensive anti-aging creams, scientists have discovered that regular exercise may be the key to reversing the skin's aging process.

Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario found that even with people they studied who started working out later in life, younger looking skin could be achieved.

'I don’t want to over-hype the results, but, really, it was pretty remarkable to see,' Dr Mark Tarnopolsky, who oversaw the study, tells The New York Times.


Work it out: A new study has found that regular exercise can cause the skin's aging process to reverse, even in participants who took it up later in life

The study started out with mice, when scientists noticed that depriving the furry critters of their exercise wheels led them to quickly become weak, bald and sick.

Those who had access to their wheels, however, were healthier overall, kept their fur longer and didn't even go gray.

Encouraged by their findings, the team went on to study a group of 29 male and female volunteers between the ages of 20 and 84.

Half the participants were instructed to partake in at least three hours of moderate to vigorous physical activity every week, while the other half remained mostly sedentary.

All the volunteers then surrendered a patch of skin on their buttocks - an area rarely exposed to the skin-damaging effects of the sun - and sure enough, the sample who had been working out displayed visibly younger looking skin.

Their final part of the study looked at over-65's who had previously not been exercise bunnies, but who adopted a fitness regime for three months.

It is astonishing to consider all of the intricate ways in which exercise changes our bodies
When comparing the before-and-after buttock skin samples, researchers say the results were startling, noting that both inner and outer layers of the skin looked like those of 20 to 40-year-olds.

'All they had done different was exercise,' concludes Dr Tarnopolsky. 'It is astonishing to consider all of the intricate ways in which exercise changes our bodies.'

While he admits the sample size is small and more research is needed, the findings are yet another score for exercise; which boasts a long list of other established health benefits, including a sharper brain and better cardiovascular health.

And all of us for whom vanity trumps all, it couldn't be a better reason to get on the treadmill. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...#ixzz2zD9s8Aje

[Xanthias]

No it can't, I'm pretty sure about that, but what it can do is making you more young (my mum which is 65, looks pretty like she is 40)

[Caismeachd]

My grandfather used to ride a stationary bike up until he fell off a ladder at age 73 and shattered a bone in his neck. He's pretty youthful for someone in his mid 80s.

[Lithium]

I think that aging is inevitable. Practicing sport will definitely slow it but that's all.

[dude]

I think those results are bloated. But exercise does help you look and feel younger. It is better if you do it since you are young.

[Neanderthal]

No. It DOES NOT. It helps your overall health, but if you are concerned by your skin and other nonsense it will be counterproductive. Every time you exercise you release a shit ton of free radicals.