Paul Saladino· MD
No one wants to get super sweaty before a flight but we know that even short bouts of exercise can meaningfully interrupt the inflammatory processes associated with being sedentary.
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
No one wants to get super sweaty before a flight but we know that even short bouts of exercise can meaningfully interrupt the inflammatory processes associated with being sedentary.
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And studies have shown that 2-3 hours of inactivity leads to a rise in inflammatory markers (PMID: 31562947, 22176839, 28323950).
And at two to three hours of being sedentary, which is probably the average length of a flight, you see inflammatory markers start to rise.