Healing Powers Within Your Reach
Researchers from the University of Illinois conducted several studies on mice that suggest exercise speeds up the healing of wounds and also helps boost our immune system. Jeffrey Woods, an associate professor of kinesiology, nutritional science, and pathology at the University of Illinois, says it’s likely that exercise decreases local inflammation, as the wounds in the exercising mice had lower levels of inflammatory cytokines compared with wounds in sedentary mice.
Human studies also strongly suggest that exercise strengthens the body’s immune response to infectious disease. A cross-sectional study also conducted by Dr. Woods of highly fit versus sedentary older people showed that those who exercised had higher antibody or immune responses to an influenza vaccination than those who did not exercise.
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