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Recent research reveals a new muscle protein that could shed light on why staying active as we age keeps us healthier and stronger longer. The study highlights a protein named NOX4, which naturally decreases as we get older and inactive. As the levels of NOX4 fall, researchers observed issues like frailty, muscle loss, insulin resistance, and liver problems in mice.<\/p>\n
Published in the journal Science Advances<\/em>, the findings indicate that NOX4 plays a crucial role in helping muscles repair and adjust to physical activity. When NOX4 was removed from the muscles of mice, they became weaker and experienced common age-related health issues.<\/p>\n The researchers also discovered that exercising helped increase NOX4 levels in older mice. Josephine Hunt, an educational leader and founder of The Resilience Revolution in New Jersey, noted that these results emphasize the many benefits of exercise beyond just improved fitness.<\/p>\n “Movement is medicine,” Hunt explained, adding that this research supports what exercise scientists have known for years: that physical activity can do far more than just strengthen our muscles.<\/p>\n Hunt pointed out that many people focus on exercise for appearance or fitness alone. However, its benefits reach deeper, activating biological pathways that help the body adapt, repair, and grow more resilient over time. \u201cExercise is key to maintaining our ability to recover from challenges,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Moreover, Healthy aging isn\u2019t merely about living longer; it\u2019s about keeping our strength, independence, and overall quality of life intact. While this study was done on mice, it may offer insights into why regular physical activity is vital for maintaining good health as we age.<\/p>\n The researchers acknowledged that while they also found similar declines in NOX4 in muscle samples from younger and older men, more studies are needed to fully understand this protein\u2019s role in human aging.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Study Explains How Staying Active Helps Aging Muscles Recent research reveals a new muscle protein that could shed light on why staying active as we age keeps us healthier and stronger longer. The study highlights a protein named NOX4, which naturally decreases as we get older and inactive. As the levels of NOX4 fall,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[17,18896,18663,1990,18662,18595],"class_list":["post-34665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-and-wellbeing","tag-geriatric-health","tag-health","tag-longevity","tag-medical-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}