- Exercise plays an important role in a person’s overall health.
- Much debate still exists over what the best time of day is for a person to exercise.
- Researchers have found via a mouse model that exercising in the morning helps increase fat burn compared to working out in the evening.
Exercise plays an important role in overall health.
Not only can it help with weight loss, but previous studies also show physical activity can help lower a person’s risk for diseases like diabetes,
Although people know they should work out, much debate exists over what is the best time of day to exercise for the most benefits.
For example, one
Now, researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden found that exercising in the morning helps increase fat burn compared to working out in the evening in models of mice.
The study was recently published in the journal PNAS.
According to Dr. Juleen R. Zierath, a professor in the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery and the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and the lead author of this study, many of our internal rhythms are governed by an
“This clock coordinates a great deal of our physiology, including body temperature, blood pressure response,
“Therefore, if we can align what we do — for example, our daily exercise routine — with this clock, we may be able to fine-tune the health benefits,” she added.
For this study, Dr. Zierath and her team examined the
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